Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1889-07-19
THE HOUSEHOLD.
What shall We Emf

\ physician, writing on the food neces-
sary to give strength and sustenance, says
that if person uses up his brain faster
than he makes it, he soon becomes nervous
and irritable. If he does not assimlate
enough food to supply its demands, his
mind is sure to become weak The health
lest and strongest individuals even should
eat "A far greater proportion of meat than
of vegetable food. Beef should be taken
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 individ
ual as nutritious juices to great extent
20 into the brine.
The flesh Of wild birds is more tender and
more easily digested than that of domestic
ones. This is accounted for 10y the greater
amount of exercise they take, thereby re-
newing their flesh more rapidly and max
ing it younger than that Of birds which
lead a more quiet life. This is a sugges-
ton that might be of benefit to women of
sedentary habits, who are DESTROYS of pro
longing an appearance of YOUTH Fish of
all kinds is a good food for the nervously
inclined Raw eggs, contrary to the gen
eral opinion, are not as digestible as cooked
ones.
A notion has been prevalent that many
! persons injure their digestion by eating too
much. The real fact is that most people
don't eat enough There are more people
| killed every year by insufficiency of nour-
ishment than by overlooking their stomachs
Many of those who do eat enough are pre-
vented by 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 weak and irritable, is to fur
nish his brain with sufficient nourishment
either to repair the damage it has sustain
/ ed, or to build it into a strong, healthy con
| dltion. People in this condition usually
suffer from nervous dyspepsia. Their stom-
achs are unable to perform the labor of as
similation. Owing to the deficient nerve
/ power of the individual, the food lies in the
stomach Enacted upon by the gastric juice,
either because there is none or because the
| quantity is insufficient to have any power
/ Food, instead of helping to renew the body
the nervous system with the rest-under-
/ goes fermentation, and the body and brain
| it should nOurish may starve. The person
| is in 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. 1t is
better, however, for those with weak di-
/ gestive organs, or whose nerves are in a
highly sensitive state, to get it from the
animal kingdom rather than compel their
enfeebled stomachs, intestines and pancreas
TO create it out of these articles. Good
bread, sweet butter and meat are the best
/ foods for the nerves
People troubled with insomnia, nervous
starting from the sleep and sensations of
falling can often be cured by limiting them
selves to a diet of milk alone for time
An adult should take pint for meal, and
take four meals daily. People with weak
ened nerves require, usually, larger guam
tity of water than those whose brains aud
nerves are strong. 1t aids in the digestion
of food by making it soluble, and seems to
have direct tonic effect
With proper eating and drinking we
should have fewer broken down. nervous
wrecks aud far more vigorous ntelects
The present human species cannot elimi
nate flesh from its food and amount to a
row Of pins. The fancy that nothing but
vegetables should be eaten is apt TO over
take everyone somewhere in life. 1t is due
10 some disnrganization, and usually passes
away with the disturbance that created it
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