Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1880-11-18
When 10 Take Food.

| The time of taking food is impor
tant. This is true even for adulte
Many find il out by experience
Irregular and frequent eating iu in
fancy and childhood is particularly
harmful. We have often said tha,
the stomach is composed of Us.
cles, and, like other muscles, needs
rest. The heart, lungs, liver and
other inner organs map toll eontin.
ually, but the stomach resents the
harm arising from over action. No
organ is sbused so much IS the gas.
trio sack. The necessity of rest in
1t is not appreciated, aud 80 food lie.
hurried toto this sack at irregular
periods of time-food of various
sorts, often mixture of fresh food
with that which has been partially
digested. Experience has already
determined how long the intervals
between meals should be. 1t has
been fonud that different kinds re.
quite different periods for digestion,
but four hours is time short enough
for the proper digestion of any food,
and two hours form none too long
a period for the digestive forces 10
rest and regain strength for exeout-
ing their proper duties. Regular
meals then, should recur not ofleBer
than once in five bours Infants
who live on milk CAP digest it in
Two hours, end the stomach needs
one tor rest. so that feeding them
once IN three hours satisfies their
needs and promotes their growth
Our childrea are also growing and
need food enough to retain thu sub
stance they already have and enough
to promote their growth end in
crease their strength. They are Us
uaiIy active-their digestive powers
act rapidly, so that they not only
need food every fifth hour Of their
waking and active life, hu. ften
slmpla lunch between. One rule
experience teaches, namely, that
health, growth and comfort imper-
atively demands that food should
be taken at regular intervals of five
hours or less, according to the age.
exercise and digestive powers of
each person. The regularity Is
more important than the length of
the intervals. One meal should be
fully digested before smother is be
gun. Mothers make a great mis-
take when they feed their infants at
shorter intervals than once in three
hours.
Exercising the muscles compels
the blood to flow more freely and
so supply to them the means OF
growth. Moving the muscles de-
stroys the particles of which they
are composed and augments the
Deed OF food In this wey exercise
of the body increases the desire for
food. The exercise of the stomach
in digestion brings to it's substance
an increased amount of blood. Elk.
ercising the limbs and body at the
time we exercise the stomach in the
process of digestion, lessons the ease
and complete action of the latter,
teaching that exercising at once af-
ter eating is not wise. Nature gives
US the came lesson. ALI anime ais,
after eating full meal. lie down
and rest. Intellectual effort after q
square meal lessons the digestive |
forces of the stomach. Experience
and observation teach US that we |
should rest after partaking of 9
hearty meal, or, at any rate, that
we should avoid great mental or
bodily exertion after eating freely. |
Ease OF body and quiet of mind con.
tribute largely to good digestion.
A very similar principle appears |
before eating. Excessive exercise |
exhsusts the body, of which the
stomach forms an essential part. So |
that they who labor hard should !
rest awhile previous to eating much.
The stomach, ss we'll as The other
muscles, are mere or less exhausted |
by their special functions.