Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1888-11-30

Meat Diet Considered Best for Nervous
Persons-Eating Too LittIe-The yege-
tartan Idea.
"a am disposed to exclude vegetables"
said physician of experience, with the ex
ception of cereals and fruit, from the diet Of |
nervous persons. Whyi First, because animal
food is more nutritious to the nervous system |
and to the body generally than vegetable. 1t !
has all the essential elements for the forma- |
ton of the tissues of the body and is easily |
digested. 1t appears to be the natural food |
of human beings. 1t seems possible for man
to exist on it alone in any climate and con- |
tinue in normal condition of health. The
first food taken by man-milk-iS strictly an
animal substance. 1t contains oil the ele-
ments necessary to the growth of the human
body aid to its maintenance in a state Of
health. This cannot be said of any one arti-
Gle of vegetable food. Then, the nervous
system consists largely of fat. This substance
must be supplied in some form or other in
order that the brain and other nerve struc-
lures shall be properly nourished. If per-
son uses up his brain faster than he makes it
he soon becomes nervous and irritable II
he does not assimilate enough food to supply
its demands his. mind is sure to become
weak.
1.-THE healthiest and strongest individuals,
even, should eat far greater proportion of
meat than of vegetable food Beef should be
taken as the standard meat 1t answers
every purpose of the system Veal and pork
are not as easily digested. Pork, so far as
its composition goes, is an excellent food for
nervous persons, but it is not readily di-
gested. Yet in the army we used to think
nothing better for the wounded men than
bacon. As rule salt meat is not adapted to
the requirements of the nervous individual,
as nutritious juices to great extent go into
the brine
FLESH OF WILD BIRDS.
''The flesh of wild birds is more tender and
more readily digested than that of domestic
ones. This is accounted for by the greater
amount of exercise they take thereby renew
ing their flesh more rapidly and making it
younger than that of birds which live a more
quiet life This is a suggestion that might
be of benefit TO women of sedentary habits
who are deSirous of prolonging an appear
ance of youth. Fish of all kinds is good food
for the nervously inclined Raw eggs, con-
| trary to general opinion, are not as digesta-
| bic as those that have been cooked.
"A notion has been prevalent that many
persons injure their digestion by eating too
much The fact is that most people in this
land of abundant food don't eat enough.
There are more people killed every year ~
insufliciency of nourishment than by over
| loading their stomachs MANY of these who
do eat sufficient quantity are prevented by
some disease from digesting enough for the
economy Of their systems. the very first
thing for any one to do who has exhausted
himself by mental work, or who has been
born week and irritable is to furnish his
brain with sufficient nourishrent TO either
repair the damage it has sustained or to bull ]
it up into strong, healthy condition People
in this condition usually suffer from nervous
dyspepsia. Their stomachs are unable to
perform the labor of assimilation. Owing to
TIE deficient nerve power Of the individual
the food lies in the stomach unacted upon
by the gastric Juice because there is none OF
the quantity is insufficient to have any
power. Food, instead of helping 70 renew
the body, and the nervous system with ths
rest, undergoes fermentation, and the body
and brain it should nourish may staTve, Th,
person is in worse state than if the fooC
had not been taken, for the fermentation
generates acids and gas
FOR NERVOUS INDIVIDUALS.
''Nervous individuals may derive all tn,
, fat they reed from sugar and starch. It i
better, however, for those with weak diges
tive organs, or whose nerves are in highl,
sensitive state, to get it from the anima
kingdom than to compel their enfeeble(
, stonachs, intestines and pancreas to Great
it out of these articles Good bread, swee
, butter and meat are theybest foods for tn
, nerves. People troubled with insomnia, ner
| vous starting from sleep and sensations Q
, falling can often be cured by limiting them
selves to a diet of milk alone for q time. A
adult should take pint for meal and tax
four meals daily People with weakene
' nerves require usually larger quantity o
4 water than those whose brains and nerve
+ are strong 1t aids in the digestion Of foo
q by making it soluble and seems to have d
4 rect tonic effect Hot water is relaxing I
v the stomach.
+ with proper eating and drinking "
!. should have fewer broken down, nervou
v wrecks and far more vigorous intellect
v The present human species cannot elimir at
n flesh from its food and amount to a row
pins. The fancy that nothing vegetable shoul
be eaten is apt to overtake every one SOM
where in life. 1t is due to some disorganizatiol
If and usually passes away with the dist1Irl
y ance that created it. This fancy is moro az
n to assail the young than the middle age,
i and females moro frequently than males.
n nervous, sickly girl of nineteen was put Iii
N der my care about nine months ago. l foun
n she had imbibed the vegetarian notion an
"a pTacticed it about year. limited her di
Ia to so much meat per meal and a small qua
! tity of fruit and bread, with pint of mil
ir She doesn't look like the same girl now.
r that absurd belief in a strict vegetable di
n has left her with her growth of strength al
.s nerve forever. Chicago Herald.
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