The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1888-11-24
WHAT MAN SHOULD EAT.
A PHYSICIANS Attack on the vege.
tartan Doctrine.

tartan DOCTRINE.
Animal Food the N1ainstay of Hca1th-
Reouirements of the Nervous System
How to Build 1t Up and Keep IT
In Good Condition.
"With few exceptions vegetarianism b
the fad of persons Of leisure, who either
have to occupy themselves with some hobby
or whose habits are SO sedentary that their
digestive apparatus is out of gear,'' said
physician of experience to Chicago Hs7uM
reporter, as he put down an English illus
trated treatise on vegetable diet. ''No: I'm
not going to let my name go into print N
connection with that statement. have
some cranky patients who are disciples OK
the vegetarian faith. don't care to cut of
nv practice for the sake of airing my views.
It's all stuff and nonsense to talk about the
present development Of humanity Depend
ing upon vegetables alone,'' he continued
"Why, the entire human anatomy would
have to undergo q change. The digestive
apparatus Of vegetable eaters is far 7noes
complex in arrangement than that OF car
niyorous creatures. The stomach Of q cows
for instance, is arranged in four parts-toos
stomachs in fact-through each Of viii
mouth to- be still further masticated befoi9
it can be digested. Flesh-eating animal
have but single stomach, like sack.
One killed three or four hours after it has
eaten a full meal will be found to have aa
e,uptv stomach A COW or a sheep killed
the same length of time after eating VIII
hardly hsye finished the first stage CT de
gestion. It is apparent from this, il from
| no other evidence, that human stonlachss
especially if weak or belonging to nervous
persons, should be saved the labor OF co1a~
yerting vegetable substances into torn
| fit for ass Imitation SO long Is they can ba
spared the task by being supplied with ant-
NAL food.
"I am disposed to exclude paes, WITH
the exception Of cereals aud fruit, from tbs
diet of nervous persons. Why's Flrsts be-
cause animal food is more Nutritious to tbs
nervous system and to the body generally
than vegetable. It has all the essential eae-
ments for the formation OF the tissues o&
the body and is easily digested Il appears
to be the natural food Of human beings. Il
seems possible for man to exist on it alone
in any climate and continue in Il normal
condition Of health Tue first food taken
by n1an--lnilk--is strictly an animal Sub
stance It contains all the elements necsss'
sary to the growth of the hu1nan body and
to it's maintenance in state of health. Thu
can net be said of any one article OF vegeS
| table food. Then, the nervous systtem con,
sists largely of fat. This substance E,uss
! be supplied in some form OF other III order
that the brain and other structures shall bc
properly nourished. IF person uses up hin
brain faster than he makes it he soon be.
comes nervous and irritable. If he does nos
assimjlate enough food to supply its de-
mands, his mind is sure Go become weak
The healthiest and strongest individuals,
even, should eat far greater proportion o.
meat than OF vegetable food Beef shouh
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 excelent
food Tor nervous persons, but 1t is not read
lily digested. Yet, in the army, we used to
think nothing better for the wounded men
than bacon. AS a rule, salt meat is not
adapted to the requirements Of the nervous
individual, as nutritious juices to a great
extent go into the brine.
sThe flesh of wild birds is more tender
and more readily digested than that OF Dc
nestle ones. This is accounted for by tina
greater amount of exercise they ta]ses
thereby renewing their flesh more rapidly
and making it younger than that OF birda
which live more quiet life. This is a sug>
gestion that might be Of benefit to women
Of sedentarY habits who are DESTROYS OF
prolonging an appearance OF youth. hlssS
of all kinds is good food for the nervously
inclined. Raw eggs, contrary TO general
opinion, are not as digesuble as those that
! have been cooked.
"a notion has been prevalent that many
persons injure their digestion by eating too
Fo< fhot, ala
land of abundant food don't eat enough.
There are more people killed every year by
| insufficiency of nourishment than by over
loading their stomachs. Many Of those
who do eat sufficient quantity are pre-.
vented by some disease from d1gestlnG
enough for the economy of their systems
The very first thing for any one to do who
has exhausted himself by mental work OF
who has been born weak and irritable IL to
furnish his brain with sufficient nourish~
ment to either repair the damage it has sus~
tanned or to build it into strong, healthy
condition. People in this condition usu-
ally suffer from nervous dyspepsia. Their
stomachs are unable to perform the Labor
of assimilation. Owing to the deficient
nerve power of the individual the food Lea
in the stomach Enacted upon by the gastric
Juice because there is none on the quan tity
is insufficient to have any power. Food, In
stead of helping to renew the body, and the
nervous system with the rest, undergoes
fermentation, and the body and brain it
should nourish may starve. The person Is
in g. worse state than if the food had not
been taken, for the fermentation generates
acids and gas.
"Nervous individuals may derive all the
fat they need from sugar and starch. It is
hettar however. for those with weak d.
gestve organs, or whose nerves are in q
highly sensitive state, to get it from the
animal kingdom than to compel their en-
feebled stomachs, intestines and pancreas to
create it out of these articles. Good bread,
sweet hntfar and meat are the best foods