The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1873-07-03
How Much Shall we Eas2
BY DIonEwIs.

Sir james CLARK thought that one of
the most fruitful sources Of eonsump-
ton was excessive eating.
An eminent American author afirms
that "where all the arts of cookery are.
brought into requision to tempt the APP
petite. it not unfrequently produces
consumption. And again, "supera-
bundant and exciting food produces
morbid condition of the body and de-
rangement Of its functions, rapidly
wasting its vitality. Children over-fed
are never healthy. Their excessive full
ness and redness of face, though often
exhibited by fond parents with pride,
indicate an unhealthy condition.
DR.. Hunt declares "Our own ma
ton is proverbial for gormandizing,
which is already beginning to deterior-
ate the energies of the American
people"
DR.. Muzzey says: "Much feeling is
likely to be followed by disease"
Lola Montez declares "The ordi-
nary fare of fashionable lady is suf-
ficient to destroy tine brightest and
smoothest skin"
DR.. Philips and DR.. Paris recommend
that the dyspeptic "should carefully
attend to the first feeling of safety"
Prof. Hitchcock advises that we
should eat only one dish, or, as he ez-
plains it afterwards, "one course.
The celebrated DIR. johnson offers the
following on this point Whenever
a meal is followed by an inaptitude for
mental or corporal exertions, we have
transgressed the rules of health, and
are laying the foundation for diseases.
The famous DIR. Cheyne says: eff
any man has eaten or drunken so much
as renders him unfit for the duties and
studies of his profession, he has over
eaten"
Many expedients have been resorted
to to assist in securing moderation );
but when the food is good and the so
ciAl atmosphere pleasant, nine people in
ten go too far.
Ihave rule which has proved valu-
able. Ihave recommended it to many
others, to whom it has likewise proved
of great value. 1t is this
Before you take the first mouthful,
palce upon your plate all you are to eat,
and eat but twice day.
This, for the most obvious reasons, is
greatly superior to any of the rules I
have named, and, I may add, to all that
have been given. This rule accom-
plishes all that the practice of weighing
does, swithout embarrassment and an
noyance which weighing involves. 1t is
better than the rule of DIR. johnson and
others, viz, watching while you are eat
ing for the first indication of safety
for it is almost impossible for dyspep
tic, with his morbid appetite, to watch,
or halt when he does discover that the
food fails to give the intense gratifca-
ton of the moment This is, indeed
the great difficulty, to use calm judg.
ment and moral firmness in the midst
of the absorbing pleasuresof delicious
meal. am free to confess that I have
rarely done it myself, and think may
without harsh Judgment, say I do no
know of half dozen persons who can
Besides, with this rule, you always
avoid the desert and the condiments
which, in the shape of extra salt, mus
tard, pepper, etc., are almost sure t.
find their way to your plate during tbt
meal. What an immense gain 1t would
prove to us all, if the desert could b
abolished Ninety-nine people in
hundred get enough, and eost of then
too much, before reaching it.