Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1873-04-24

stomach by causing it to act on too great
variety Of food. Again, we should not
eat that only which is easily digested, as
the stomach, thereby deprived of proper
amount of work, becomes weakened.
QUANTITY.-For this there can be no
rule. Food is necessary to repair loss Of
substance from exertion, whether of part
or of the whole body Therefore, the
greater the amount of exercise, the larger
the quantity needed. 1t should be lessen
ed when the digestive organs are weak
ened or diseased.
Persons sometimes say, mo matter how
much I eat, never feel satisfied" In
such cases the digestive apparatus is either
debilitated, or there is too much infiam-
nation to allow the gastric and other
fluids to be poured out to digest the great
quantity taken. No more food should be
eaten than is sufficient to satisfy the natt-
raj desire-tO meet the demands OF the
system.
Milk, the first food of every human be
ing, is often hastily put aside with the say
ings, q don't like it. 1t makes me bilious
never have been able to take it since
was child" The. chief reasons for all
these are, that now you take it, either
when the stomach is crowded already with
more than it can digest, which makes you
bilious; the system is too exhausted to
take anything, or something acid is swal-
lowed in connection with it, both together
forming an indigestible mass, upon which
the digestive organs must work hard and
painfully before it is ready to be taken up
and changed into blood. Milk is the
most nutritious and digestible OF all food.
1t yields all the essential elements neces-#
sary to form blood, after passing through
different processes in the system. Again,
it is most easily acted upon by the gastric
juice, and hence quickly absorbed
Sugars and fats are very nutritious
| and valuable as articles Of human food on
account of the amount of carbon they con-
tain. This supplies the waste OF eleven
ounces daily, which we are constantly I'M
dergoing by oxidation In this climate,
however, the deficiency is easily made up
from the sugars and fats in other food. We
have rather to guard against the tendency
to use them to excess. In health, these
| two articles of diet should be taken spar
ingly, as sugars, in too large quantities,
are apt, by decomposing, to furnish the
digestive organs with too much acldlty,
often causing the common trouble, "sour
stomach" This acid is liable to separate
again into the gases OF which 1t Is com
posed, and cause flatulency. Fats, when
taken in excess, add many impurities to
the blood, and form one of the great causes
Of eruptions and biliousness. OF the fats,
those derived from beef and mutton are to
be preferred to butter, which, being liable
to so many changes and impurities, should
always be dispensed with in connection
with meats
Butter, even when freshly made, should
be taken sparingly. In too large quanti-
ties it furnishes the system with more
nourishment than it can absorb. The ex-
| cess, by decomposition, renders the blood
impure, disorders the digestive organs,
causing headache lassitude, nausea, and
sometimes diarrhea.
Fruits, especially when fresh, should be
largely eaten, but generally at meals.
Then the stomach, having performed its
| work, is allowed to rest awhile and gather
strength, that when the time for action
comes again, its work may be done thor
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