Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1871-04-26
GluttOny and Dyspepsia-HeaIthfGl
Food.


DIR. DiO Lewis has lately issued
some "NOtes and Maxims" concern
Ing health, which are Of very great
interest to everybody.
To regulate health, We must regu-
late diet
Certain kinds of foOdfeed the Eatand
leave the muscles and brain to starve.
Certain other foods feed the muscle
exclusively, and certain Others the
brain. 4 large part of the food Of
Americans Is composed Of white -four,
sugarand butter. People who try to
i've upon such stuff gradually starve
o death.
The common notion that our health
and life depend upon q mysterious
providence is downright infdelity.
A child goes ont of hot oOm with
naked arms and legs in pursuit of its
daily supply Of poisoned candies, and
then dies OF Group. Is that a mysteri-
Gus providence If a man INDUCES
himself until he gets the govt, and
the disease attacks his heart and kills
him, is his death a mystery?
The reason that the American peo-
pie are such dyspepucs is, that they
eat and drink so much, and eat and
drink so fast.
The process Of digestion begins in
the mouth and ends in the lungs.
The mouth grindsthe food the lungs
supply the oxygen which converts
the products Of the food into pure
aud useful blood.
Many people imagine themselves
afflicted with serious diseases when
they are only suffering from dyspep-
sia. A dyspeptic patient always des-
pairs; a cOnsumptiye always hopes.
To make the best bread that can be
made of wheat, obtain good wheat,
and grind Il without boiling mix il
with cold water until il is as thick as
can be well beaten with 3 spoon; Sf-
ter It Is thoroughly beaten down, put
It into a large iron pau composed Of
many little ones, which must first be
made hot put il then quickly into
hot oven, and bake il rapidly as
Indian corn makes excellent nOur-
ishment.- Tt contains q large amount
Of OF, has remarkable fattening quail
ties, and Is likewise remarkable as q
heat producer Rice keep its o n
.sumens fat, but it lacks the elements
which feed the muscles and brain.
Potatoes, both Irish and sweet, are
very poor food for brain and muscle.
Of meats, the best for heat and fat
are pork, mutton, lamb, beef and
veal; for muscle, beef, veal, mutton,
lamb. and pork fer nerve, beef, veal,
mutton, lamb, and pork.
In cold weather, fat meat, butter,
and the likewiH keep the body warm
and IN wu-oRnm u~nnNhar milk nUnG
bFan-bread, and summer vegetables
will keep it cool.
Tue Greek and Roman armies ate
but one meal q day.
Pies and cakes are poisonous.
To healthy persons mineral waters
are not wholesome.
C0rsets are most injurious 70 diges-
ton. Their use finally results in an
immense and very ugly protubeTanee
of the abdomen.
Light and sunshine are indespensi-
bic to health, and great curative
agents in disease.
Those who suffer from heartburn
should avoid soups, drink nothing at
meals and say, mo, thank you, - TO
pies and cakes, and go withouT supper.
If you wish TO live to eighty-hve,
in the full enjoyment of all faculties,
60 TO bed at 8 o'clock, and eat twice a
day a moderate quantity of plain
food.
The native American requires more
sleer than the average European.
Nine or ten hours sleep in a single
night is very beneficial. Thin Yam
KEGS 20 TO bed at nine, and rise be-
tween five and six.
In a girls school which DR.. Lewis
conducted with great success at Lex
ington, Mass, the health rules were
as follows:
ITO 60 TO bed at half-past s every
evening, to rise early in the morning
and take a walk, to walk a second
time during the day, to eat Onlytwiee
a daR plain. nOurishing food, to
wear no c~orsets, to exercise twice a
day, half an hour in gymnastics, and
70 dance an hour, for about three
times a week. The gymnastic exer-
else proved invaluable but the nine
hours in bed were still mOre-so."
Weakness Of the stomach is a pro-
lection against other maladies. So
dyspepsia Is the safety valve, and
may be spoken of as the source Of
longevity.
People who are fat, can easily be
reduced by reducing their food, and
giving them more exercise. Such
persons must not sleep too much.
Long sleep fsttens. Thin people, on
the contrary, should sleep-a great
deal