Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1874-08-13
NOurislling the Body.

Mrs. Waite G. Lyman recently deliv.
cred a lecture in New York on the sub
ject of "HOW to prepare food to best
nourish the body, what to eat and what
to drink" An endless variety of ten
peraments, said Mrs. L., needing variety
of treatments, made it difficult task fo1
anyone to give a set of rules which
should suit all in regard not only to eat
ing, but to dress and temperature as
we'll; each individual must, in a meas
ure, make rules for himself. What is
meat to some is poison to others One
may drink coffee with good effect; an
other should not touch it at all. Bread
as rule, suits the masses. Potatoes are
the next most acceptable, though by no
means as good diet as other less com
mon food. Regarding meats, some crave
it and care for little else. These are
usually the delicate, thin, wiry people,
who need it, and should by all means
have it. Others loathe it and care more
for vegetables. These it will iniure.
Never force a food the stomach does not
ask for. The nutriment in meat is in its
juices; its fibers are mere waste
material; hence boiled meats are not as
good as broiled, and salt meat not
us good as fresh. Hard baked meats
are not as digestible as those
rare done. Veal and young lamb are
unripe and should be sparingly used, or,
better still, not at all. Mutton digests
readily and is therefore desirable, though
not as nutritious as rare roast beef. Pork
being indigestible as well as diseased, has
been the latter ever since it was stalled,
and should not be eaten at all. All wild
meat is more readily digested than tame.
Turkeys are the easiest digested Of fowls.
Chickens, from the fact alone of their
being unclean feeders, should be avoided
except when especially fed up for the ia
bic. Goose is hard to igest-shOuld be
classed with pork; it contains a rancid
Oil which the gastric juices of the stOm-
ach cannot control. Fish, containing
phosphorus, may be taken sparingly ev-
cry day by all, and oftener by those who
use the brain much. Oysters, which very
largely contain phosphorus, should not
be eaten at all by people of full habits
and those whose exercise is muscular.
Regarding vegetables, tomatoes, raw
or carefully prepared, are good food; raw
cabbage, ditto; boiled, bad; beets, tur-
nlps and cucumbers cut up is waste, but
waste is as essential to digestion as is
nourlshment; it is to the stomach fed
with rich foods what light reading is to a
mind taxed with much study. Pastries
are bad. Ices and fruits should never be
eaten after a meal; always before
Fruit of all kinds is better eaten
in the morning and is generally
healthy(?). Eat all the pears you
can; they contain much iron. Eat
apples and peaches with the skins
on; the skin contains that which assists
the digestion. An orange eaten before
breakfast is good medicine for anybody.
Do not eat lemons; while the acid is
good for the blood, it must be diluted
| before touching the stomach, the mucous
membrane of which it Injuries. Pure
lemonade Is better. Grapes contain a
Watery element which the blood needs,
also much iron; consequently they are a
desirable fruit. Bananas are not only
healthful, but most nutritious, one banana
| containing more nourishment than halt
! bushel OF potatoes. Digestion IS aided
| through the sense of smell and light; the
| door from food acts as a stImulant, as
| does the appearance of beautifully pre-
! pared dish. Coffee and tea should never
be boiled, the aroma from either allowed
/ to escape leaves a fiat, improbable drink
which too often brings kidney diseases
Though people may differ as to what
/ they eat, they cannot as to when they
eat, without paying a penalty. A healthy
/ person feels well in the morning, stronger
even at noon, after which the vitality