The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-11-20
MUST WE EAT MEAT!
MAN SHOULD NOT LIVE BY VEcE-
TABLES ALONE.

So Says a Physician 81 Experience - A
Meat Diet Considered Best Tor Nervous
Persons-I.sting Too Lttie-Thc yese-
tartan Idea
~ am disposed TO exclude vegetables, y
said physician Of experience, with the cx-
ception Of ceroals and fruit, from the diet q
nervous persons Why First, because an nal
food IS more nutritious 10 the nervous system
and TO the body generally than vegetable Ii
has oil the essential elements for the forala-
tion Of the tissues Of the body and IS easily
digested. II appears TO bo the natural TODD
OF human beings. II seems possible for man
10 exist ON 10 alone in any climate and con-
tluuc in a normal condition Of health. The
first food taken by man--milk-is strictly an
animal substance IL contains all the ele-
iDents necessary 20 the growth Of the human
body AID TO It's maintenance IN a state Of
health. This cannot be said Of any one ayti-
Gle Of vegetable food Then. the nerv Gus
system consists largely Of fat This substance
must bo supplied in some form or Other IN
order that the brain and othcr nerve struc-
NHi - oAA'iA ~ lANl'fiff iA'At i"h''As - % f't
son uses up his brain faster than he makes 10
he soon becomes nervous and irritable. II
be does not assmilato enough food 20 supply
lis demands his mind is sure 90 bccGe
weak
"Thc hcathicst and strongest indiviGlais,
even, should eat far greater proportion q
meat than Of vegetable food Beet should De
taken as the standard meat II answers
every purpose Il the ystem. Veal and pork
IRE not as easily digestcd. Pork, so far as
its composition goes. is an excellent food for
nervous persons. but IL is not readily d.
ee,ted. Yet .n the army we used 10 think
nothing better for The wounded men ihan
bacon As a rule salt meat is not adapted 20
the requirements Of tie nervous individual.
as nutritious juices TO q great extent 80 into
the brine
FLESH or WILD BIRDS.
"The flesh OF wild birds is moro tender md
more readily disestod than that of domestic
ones. This is accounted for by the greater
amount Of exercise they take, thereby rerew-
ing their flesh more rapidly aud making IL
younger than that Of birds which live II ore
quiet life. This IS n suggestion that might
be Of benefit % women Of sedentary ba9its
who are DESTROYS Of prolonging an appear
ance of youth. Fish of all kinds is good GOOD
for the nervously inclined. Raw eggs, con-
trary 20 general opinion, are not as digtsta-
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.
m. l. III D.
insuhlciency Of nourishment than 10y ever
loading their stomachs, Many Of these who
do eat a sufficient quantity are prevented 10y
some disease from digesting enough FOR the
economy of their systems The very FIRST
thing for any one 70 do who has exhausted
himself by mental work, or who has teen
born week and irritable is TO furnish his
brain with sufficient nourishmcnt 70 either
repair tho damage il has sustained or 20 bgild
IL up into a strong, healthy condition. People
IN this condition usually suffer from nervous
dyspeusIa. Their stOmachs are unable 10
perform the Iabor Of assimilation Owing 10
the deficient nerve power Of the individual
the food lies i8 the stomach Enacted mon
by the gastric Juice because there is none or
the quantity Is insufficient TO have ony
power. Food, instead Of helping % renew
the body. and the nervous system with 'Ae
rest, uudergoes fermentation, and tho body
and brain ii should nuurish may atafYc. HE
person is y worse state than it tAe food
had mo-; been taken, for the fermentation
generates acids and Gas,
FOR NERVOUS INDvDUAIS.
"Neryous individuals may derive all 'he
fat they need from sugar and starch j IS
better. however. FOR those with weak dlEcs-
tive organs. or whose nerves arc IN highly
sensitive state, 90 get 30 from the animal
kingdom than to compel their enieen 81
stomachs. iutestincs and paucreas O. crclte
il out of these articles. Good bread, D." 20
butter and meat are the best foods for .Ae
nerves People troubled with insomnia ier-
vous starting from sleep ana sensations Of
falling can often Doe cured hy limiting them
selves o. o Dict of milk alone for tmc. IN
adult should take a pint for % meal and take
four meals daily. People with weakened
nerve, require usually q l1rscr quantity II
water than those whose brains and nerves
are stroag. IL aids in the digestion II iHod
by making 30 soluble and seems go have d.
rect tonic effect Lot water is relaxing 20
the stomach.
"Wth proper eating and drinking wc
should have fewer broken down, nervous
wrecks and far moro vigorous iutcliests.
Tho present human species cannot ellmitate
flesh from its food and amount 90 row Of
pins. 1hcfmcy that nothing vegetable should
be eaten is apt TO oyertako every one so.ne-
where in life ltis due tosome d.sorgan.zat!on,
and usually passes away with tho disturb
ance that created IT, This fancy is mora apt
to assal the young than the middle aged,
and females more frequently than male'. \
nervous, sicky girl Of nineteen was pu- I'M
dermv caro- about nine months ago. / found
She Lad inhibited the vegetarian notion ana
practicod j. about year limited be: ciet
10 SO much meat per meal and small IAN
ti;y of fruit and bread, with pint Of INK.
sac doesn't look like the same girl now. All
that absurd belief in a strict vegetable diet
has left Der with her growth OF strength and
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