Arizona weekly enterprise., 1888-11-03

z While undeniably mixed diet Is the best for man, there is mistaken notion, which prevails to @ great extent, that meat should largely enter into the same. As a consequence, much more is eaten than Is needed or can properly be dis posed of in the system. Never eat meat oftener than once day, and very spar ngly in summer. Men of sedentary habits might with safety for several days at time during that season live on veg etables, fruits, milk, breadstuffs and foods of like cearacter, which are easy of digestion. For those who have good reason to believe that their kidneys are weak diet largely made up of meat Is i i'll advised. Those organs are intimately concerned In its disposal in the system, and hence are overtasked If it Is taken in too great 0 quantity.
 Some drink too freely of water, espe- cially during the heated term. There is, however, a class largely made up of women who do not at any time drink sui 6ciently of that eminent essential to health. As rule they suffer from con stipation. Every one ought to drink about two quarts of water daily to meet the needs of the system. Water is fat tening" Is an expression of some truth. Very feshy people are proverbially thirsty, and when they attempt reduction in weight, to lessen as much as possible the quantity of fluids habitually taken is one of the recognized rules of treat ment. But rigid adherence to it is dangerous for many, if not all. Un- less advised by & physician to do diff ferently, they should drink all they crave, within reason, excepting during the hour before and the hour after meals. With the food only the smallest quantity of fluids possible is allowable
 ICE WATER IN MODERATION.
 Much has been written for and against Ice water. It is not only agreeable and refreshing, but harmless when used in moderation. In certain forms of dyspep- sia characterized by f1atulence-bloating as it is popularly called-very cold water acts as an agreeable tonic, and quickens gastric and intestinal activity in many cases if taken when the stomach is com paratively empty. If taken on full stomach it, as a rule, intensifes the trouble. Over indulgence is always harm ful, and it is especially so at meal times.
 For robust person in hot weather to reduce one-ha1f the quantity of food he Is habituated to eating would be most salutary custom, for he would then not only suffer infinitely less from the heat,
 
 mentally and physically. Those espe- cially who are welded to their "appe- tizers" would do we'll to forego them at least until cooler weather comes, and leave nature, uninfuenced by the seduct- i've cocktail, to direct the quantity of food necessary for the body's support.
 That berries are healthy food can in truth be said, and yet some kinds should be denied people who have certain forms of digestive disturbance. Blackberries, for instance, which contain small seeds, to some extent irritate the intestinal canal. It is in that way that they are useful in constipation; they stimulate and quicken activity of the bowels. But if the stomach and bowels are what is gen. erally termed weak, then in such case they are likely to do harm. Very young children should, of course, be denied them.
 The average farmer knows as little of dietetics as an infant. He dilates on his wholesome food, which largely consists of substances which require for digestion the stomach of an ostrich. Plain living is all right. but that does not mean that Q man should make meal essentially on one course, varied only by & piece of pie or something of the sort. The greater the variety the better, as long as proper selection of the food is made.
 Soup is, by people generally, considered indispensable at dinner. It stimulates the stomach and makes that organ ready for the work before it. For that purpose clear soup may properly be indulged in by nearly all; there are, however, com pafatively few who do not find soup thickened by stock meat. vegetables, etc., a tax upon digestion If hearty" foods are eaten after 1t. It 'sours on the stomach, and hence should be forbidden dyspeptics, for whom only clear soup is allowable.
 TROUBLE WITH PATTY FOODS.
 The digestive organs find an admixturt of several fatty foods difficult to dispose of. The man who has fried fish, bacon steak, eggs and dry toast for breakfast is made uncomfortable, and feels dull end heavy for several hours afterward unles: he eats very sparingly. With the butter in such meal as generally prepared fvt different kinds of fat. And they arc stil more indigestible when taken hot.
 In this country there is most decided prejudice against cold meals. Of cours, some foods should be served warm, bu none hot. Americans are scarcely satisfied with tea or coffee unless it Is near th, boiling point; potatoes, also, must b. , steaming hot. Dyspepsia is the natura consequence. The English in this respec arc delightful contrast People who ar forced to be early in the morning at thei lnbors would be much better did they ca cold meats for breakfast, and how mucl such O custom would lessen the burden 0 their poor, overworked wives.
 The question what shall we eat may b best answered by simply quoting the fac that man is an omniverous animal Wh, and how much we shall eat can be SC forth tolerably well by saying that it 3 impossible for an engine to make stear . without coal or water and that no com petent engineer would make his machin F carry 100 pounds of steam when lift , pounds would do the work in hand. A . important duty of those who work wit , engines is to see that tho fire is free I from clinker and ash. So waste must b regularly eliminated from the human sys , tenn. The skin, tho kidneys and th bowels are the main channels for the es cape of this, and when these sieves fail t act, the state of affairs in the body is yer parallel to what would occur should flrs a man fail to clean the grate, and present. , the fire will cease to burn. = Bosto F. Globe.
 A Natural Mistake.
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