The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1873-07-10
How Much Shall we Eat?
BY do LEWIS.

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Sir James Clark thought that one
of the most fruitful sources Of con
sumption was excessive eating.
An eminent American author atfirms
that "where all the arts Of cookery
are brought into requisition to tempt
the appetite, it not frequently produces
consumption" And again, super
abundant and exciting food produces a
morbid condition Of the body and de-
rangement Of its functions, rapidly
wasting its vitality. Children overled
are never healthy. Their excessive
fitness and redness of face, though or
ten exhibited by fond parents with
pride, indicate an unhealthy condition
DR.. Hunt Declares Our own ma
ton is proverbial for gormandizlng,
which is already beginning to deterio-
rate the energies Of the American peo'
pie
DR.. Muzzey says! "Much feeling is
likely to be followed by disease"
Lola Montez declares: 1.-The ordl-
nary fare of o fashionable lady is sui,
dcient to destroy the brightest and
smoothest skin"
DR., Phillips and DR.. Paris recon-
mend that the dyspeptic should care
fully attend to the first feeling Of So
! tiety.'
Prot. Hitchcock advises that We
should eat only one dish, or, as ne OK
plains it afterward, Zone course"
The celebrated DR.. Johnsan Offers
the following on this point: when
ever a meal is followed by an inaptl
tude for mental or corporal exertlons
we have transgressed the rules ofhealth
and are laying the foundation Tor dis
ease"
The famous DR.. Cheyne says: II
any man has eaten or drunk so mucl
as renders linn unfit for the duties ant
studies of his profession, he has over
eaten"
Many expcdients have been resort
, ed to to assist in securing moderation
p but when the food is good and the so
cial atmosphere pleasant, nine peopl
in ten 60 too far.
l have q rule which has proved val
liable. / have recommended it to man.
, others, to whom it has likewise proved
r of great value. 1t is this:
Before you take the first mouthfnI
place upon your plate all you are t.
cat, and eat but twice a day.
This, tor the most obvious reasons
is greatly superior to any Of the rule
| have named, and, l may add, to a
that have been given. This rule &C
complishes all that the practice o
e weighing does, without the embarrass
ment and annoyance when weighini
. involves. 1t is better than the rule O
DR.. johnson and Others-yiz., watch
; ing while you are eating for the frs
indication Of safety for it is almos
r impossible for o dyspeptic, with hi
. morbid appetite, to watch, or hal
: when he does discover that the foo
: fails to give the intense qualification o
the moment. This is, indeed, tn
great ditlculty-to use calm ju1gmen
S and moral irmness in the midst of tn
absorbing pleasures of q deliciou
meal. | am free to confess that hav
rarely done it myself, and think may
without harsh Judgment, say | do NO
b know OF half a dozen persons who car
h Besides, with this rule, you Away
avoid the desert and the condiment.
which, in the shape of extra salt, mus
tard, pepper, etc, are almost sure
find their way to your plate during tn
meal. What ar immense gain it roul
. prove to US all, if the desert could b
abolished! Ninety-nine people in
hundred get enough, and most OF theI
c too much, before reaching it.