The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-06-24
Answers.
How Men should Eat who Can Not EXERCISE.

How Men should Eat Who Can Not Exercise.
[sr Henry Thompson. in the Nineteenth Century.
Those who have little time for exercise and
are compelled to live chiefly within doors
must endeavor to secure or should have Sc
cured for them as far as possible by employ
erS by way of compensation, regular sup
ply of fresh air without drafts, an atmOs-
phere as free from dust and other impurities
as can be obtained, with a good supply OF
light, and some artificial warmth when
needed These necessities granted. cereal
foods. such well-made bread in variety,
and vegetable produce. including fruits,
should form great part of the diet con
sumed. with fair addition OF eggs and milk
if no meat is taken, and little of other animal
food than fish. On such dietary, and with
Quit alcoic stimulants thousands of such
workers as | have briefly indicated may en-
JOY. with very little exercise. far better health
and more strength than at present they eX-
pcrience on meat and heavy puddings, beer,
bakers bread and cheese. OF course there
are workers who belong to neither of the two
extreme Glasses indicated. and whose habits
can not be described as sedentary, but who
occupy middle place between the two. For
such some corresponding modification of the
dietary j. naturally appropriate. But IL IS a
vulgar error to regard meat in any
form rs necessary to life; ii for any it is
necessary, il i for the hard working outdoor
laboreI~ and for these a certain proportion
is no doubt desirable. Animal flesh is Use
.ul. also. as a concentrated form of nutri-
ment. valuable for its portability. and for
the small space il occupies in the stomach
unrivaled in certain circumstances. Like
every otLer description of food, il is highly
eeul i'm its place, but i by no means
necessary for large proportion OF the popu-
lation. To many il has become partially de
sirable only by the force of habit and because
Il cir digestive organs have thus been trained
TO deal with it, and at first resent change.
But this being gradually made, adaptation
takes place. and the individual who has con-
sumed two or three meat meals daily with
some little discomfort. chiefly from being Of
ten indisposed to make active exertions. be-
comes. after sufficient time has elapsed,
stronger. lighter, and happier, as well as
better tempered and manifestly healthier, on
the more delicate dietary sketched. People
i'm general have very inadequate ideas OF the
great power of habit alone in forming what
they believe to be innate personal peculiari-
ties or i'm creating conditions which are APP
parcntlv part of q constitutional necessity,
laws of their nature and essential to their
existence. Many of these peculiaritics are
solely due To habit. that is,
to long continuance in a
routine .f action. adopted il may be without
motive or design; and people are apt TO for
get that il Il routine of precisely opposite
81 araeter had beeu adopted. precisely oppo-
site conditions would have been. established.
and opposite pecllliarities would have become
dominant. a their contraries are now. Al
t rations in the dietary. especially OF elderly
persons, should be made gradually and with
caution This condition fulfilled. a consider
able change may be effected with satisfactory