The examiner., 1886-03-20
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A MANS THREE MEALS.
Some Common-sense' Suggcstfo ms About Food in It's Relation 10
 Health.

Su2&cHNEOH8 About Food in It's Relation to Health.
 Yes. breakfast ought to be a hearty one, eaten early in the morning, and eaten slowly. so as to preclude the possibility of eating too heavily, which wonld materially interfere with the business of the day. A man or woman who is no breakfast eater must either be heavy-over-heavy- per eater, or be in bad ate of health A person who requires the stimulus of a cup of tea or any other stimulus or stImulant whatever, before partakine of solid food is not in the heyday of health, like 10 see man have his breakfast first, and then feel round for his emp of coffee, tea or chocolate. I have known the strongest and healthiest of men posi- lively forget all about the liquid part of their breakfast and leave the table with out it. T have known men who scarely ever touched drop of liquid of any kind from one weeks end to the another, and who. nevertheless. were in rnddy and rohust health What a person eats for breakfast often gives me clue to tho state of his health One example: If. while sojOurning at hotel, see a man come down to breakfast between 10 and 11o'clock, and sit down to deFiled kidneys with plenty of sauce piqnant| and per haps one poor puny egg to follow, would
 
 tongue and that his liver sadly needs see- ing to. Ham and eggs, bacon and eggs, or beefSteak or underdone chop, with boiled eggs to follow, and then cup of nice tea, is a sensible breakfast for a man who is going away out into the fresh air to walk, or ride, or work till noon, but not for person who has to sit all day in the same position at manual labor. emphasize the word manual because intel 1ectual or mental work conduces to appe- tite. An author hard at his desk, If his ideas be flowing freely, if he be happy at his work, and time flying swiftly with him, soon gets hungry, which only proves that we must support the body well when there is strain upon the mind, so that no ex- tra expenditure Of tissue may lead to debility. Cheerful conversation insures the easy digestion of good breakfast. It is 8 pity that in this country the custom of inviting friends to matutinal meal is not more prevalent 1t may seem a strange thing to say, but Iwould ten times sooner go out to breakfast than to dinner One is, or ought to be, freshest in the morning; he then needs no artificial stin- ulus to make him feel bright, witty, happy, as he too often does after the duties of the day are over.
 The midday meal or luncheon to those who dine in the evening and who have work to do in the afternoon, should be a light one am not quite sure that do not quite approve of the city sssnack.n 1t puts one past, it sustains nature, it leaves the mind free to think and to do it's duty, and, above all it enables the stomach to have rest before the principal meal of the day. Now, about thls meal have to say that, if partaken of alone by one self, 1t ought to be an abstemious one Even in company it need not be a heavy one. No matter how many courses there are there is not the slightest necessity of mak- ing too free with them. But it is a fact, which every one must have felt, that even followed by witty or intellect 1al and s1g- gestive conversation.
 .pm a dyspeplde must not dine out, have heard a gentleman more than once remark.
 Well, my impression is that it does dys- peptics deal of good to dine out, if they can eat in moderation and judiciously, never being tempted to call in the aid of artificial stimulus to enable them to do as men of more robust physique are doing arouud fharp p-TCassellSe MaUaZire