Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1888-11-14
MUST WE EAT MEAT?
MAN SHOULD NOT LIVE BY VEGE-
TABLES ALONE.

TABLES ALONE.
So Says a Physician of Experience = a
Meat Diet Considered Best for Nervous
Persons-Eating Too IittIe--Tho vece-
tartan Idea.
81 am disposed to exclude vegetables
said physician Of experience, "with the ex-
ception OF cereals and frnit, 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. It
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 IL seems possible for man
20 exist on it alone in any climate and con-
tinue in a normal condition Of health. Tho
first food taken by man-milk--is strictly an
animal substance. 1t contains all the ele-
ments necessary TO the growth Of the human
body and to its maintenance in a state Of
health This cannot be said Of any one arti-
ele Of vegetable food. Then, tho nervous
system consists largelyof fat. This substance
must be supplied ia some form or other in
order that tho brain and other nerve struc-
lures shall bo properly nourshed II a 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 suro to become
weak
THE healthiest and strongest individuals,
even, should cat far greater proportion OF
meat thnn Of vegetable food Beef should be
taken as tho standard meat 1t answers
every purpose Of the system. Veal and pork
arc not as easily digested. Pork, SO far as
its composition goes, is an excellent food for
nervous persons, but it is not readily d.
gested. Yet ia tho army We used to think
nothing better for the wounded mon than
bacon As a rule salt meat is not adapted to
the requirements Of the nervous individual,
as nutritious juices to great extent 20 into
the brine.
FLESH OF WILD BIRDS
"The flesh Of wild birds is moro tender and
moro 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 aud making it
younger than that Of birds which live n more
quiet life This is n suggestion that might
be of benefit to women of sedentary habits
who arc DESTROYS Of prolonging an appear
ance of youth. Fish Of all KINDS is good food
trary to general opinion are not as digesta-
bic as those that have been cooked.
"a notion has been prevalent that many
persons injnre their digestion by eating too
much. Tho fact is that most people in this
land Of abundant food don't eat enough.
There arc moro people killed every year hy
insuficiency Of nourishment than by over
loading their stomnchs Many Of these who
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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 nourishment to either
repair the damage it has sustained or to build
it up into a strong, healthy condition. People
in this condition usually suffer from nervous
dyspepsia. Their stomaohs arc unable to
perform the labor of assimilation. Owing to
the deficient nerve power Of the individual
the food lies In the stomach Enacted upon
by the gastric juice because there is none or
the quantity is insufficient to have any
power. Food, instead of helping to renew
tho body, and the nervous system with the
rest, undergocs fermentation, and tho body
and brain 1t should nourish may starve The
person is In a worse state than If the food
had not been taken, for the fermentation
generates acids and gas.
FOR NERVOUS INDIVIDUALS.
Nervous individuals may derive all the
fat they need from sugar and starch. 1t is
better, however, for those with weak diges-
tive organs, or whose nerves are Ia a highly
sensitive state, TO get it from tho animal
kingdom than to compel their enfeebled
stomachs, intestines and pancreas to create
1t out OF these articles. Good bread, sweet
butter and meat are the best foods for the
nerves. People troubled with insomnia, ner-
vous starting from sleep and sensations Of
falling can often be cured by limiting them
selves 70 a diet Of milk alone for a time. An
adult should take pint for meal and take
four meals daily. People with weakened
nerves require usually larger quantity Of
water than those whose brains and nerves
are strong. II aids in tho digestion Of food
by making it soluble and seems to have a di-
rect tonic effect. Hot water is relaxing to
tho stomach.
with proper eating and drinking We
should have fewer broken down, nervous
wrecks and far moro vigorous intellects.
The present human species cannot eliminate
flesh from its food and amount to a row OF
pins. Tho fancy that nothing vegetable should
be eaten is apt to ovcrtake every one Some
where in life. ltisdne to some disorga
and usually passes away with tho disturb
ance that created it. This fancy is moro apt
to assail the young than the middle aged,
and females more frequently than males A
nervous, sickly girl Of nineteen was put I'M
der my care about nine monthsago found
she had inbibed the vegetarian notion and
praeticed it about year limited her diet
to 50 much meat per meal and small guam
tity Of fruit and bread, with pint Of milk.
She doesn't look like the sans girl now. All
that absurd belief ina strict vegetable diet
has left her with her growth OF strength and
nerve forever. Chicago Herald.