Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1880-11-03

elements needed to yield flesh and
heat. 1t contains fesh-making and
Matchmaking elements. Eggs also
possess all the nutritious elements
needed by growing body. The
bird and the fish obtains food prop
er for its early day, prepared for IFS
growth.
The proportions of the tissue
making food and the heat making
food must depend upon the peculiar
condition of each person, and very
much more upon the occupation
and the kind and;amount of exer-
else, but most of all upon tempera-
ture, In hot temperatures the body
does not need to generate much If
any heat. Hot air is diluted air,
and so contains less oxygen to burn
the waste. or carbon in the various
capilarries. So we should avoid
oil, sugar, fat, and other carbon
food, and consume chiefly cooling
and mild food. Heat stimulates
the organs Of digestion and ultimate
ly exhaust them, We all feel
weak and exhausted in hot days,
and prefer fruit to meat. We in
stictively avoid meat and seek bread,
vegetals and fruits. These latter
articles of diet are sufficiently nutri-
tious, but not 50 stimulating as to
hasten the organic action Ofthe sys-
tenn. In winter and cold seasons of
the year, in frigid climates, men
prefer. and have a strong desire,
anda real necessity, for meat, that
may rouse the organs Of digestion
to greater activity and force. So
we clearly see that health and
strength require that our food
should vary with the temperature
in which we live. The same gener-
al principle appears in young chill
dren, They are sensitive and excl
table. Consuming meat makes them
more so, therefore they should avoid
it, and be limited to bread and milk,
vegetables and fruits, The same
general principle also appears in all,
young and old, who have an easily
excited nervous system. They have
better health, longer life, are more
agreeable companions, and useful
members of society, when they
avoid meat and live on vegetals and
grains.
Tie food we need depends also
on the condition of the digestive or
gans. Ifthey be weak, meat and
concentrated food does not easily
digest and gradually induce still
greater weakness and ultimately
some disease, as consumption or
anaemia. The cause of these NAL
aides is often improper food, and the
cure is nutritious and easily digest
ed food. Exactly what food each
person may need to keep himself in
health and strength must be deter
mined in part at least by personal
experience. The general guiding
rule must be TO avoid all food that
does not easily digest, or disturbs
the organs OF digestion, Undiges-
ted food is worse than none. 1t can
not be absorbed, and so enrich the
blood, but irritates the food canal
and induces, if not continued, some
serious malady. Some forms Of Or
binary food are always to be dis
corded from the dietary of the dys
peptic and indolent. Masticating
Inew and hot bread does not divide
it into small pieces so that the gas
trio juice may come in close con-
tact with each. but it often gives it
a compact form, so that the gastric
Juice can reach only the outer part
and so retard greatly, if not prevent
its solution and digestion. All arti-
cles of food that are rich in oils, fats,
and compounds are difficult to digest.
We sometimes meet with idiosyn-
cracies in digestion. A few persons
may not be able TO digest the SIM
plest food, as milk, while others
may easily dispose Of what is ordi-
narily hard to dissolve and fit for
ASSERTION. a mother, then, should
have some knowledge Of the many
principles involved in properly feed
ing children.-Prairie Farmer.