The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1889-01-02
FOOD AND DRINK.
A BOSTON PHYSICIAN GIVES ADJ
VICE TO THE PUBLIC.


Term Concerning "Appetizers"-Ber.
ries-Soup-Cold Meals.
While undenia5lv 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 Il 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
inely in summer. Men of scdentary
habits might with safety for several days
q i time during that season live on veg
cables. fruits, milk, breadstuffs and
{ f.oJs Of like ccaracter, which are easy OF
digestion For those who have good
reason to believe that their kidneys are
weak, q diet largely made up of meat is
i'll advised. Those organs are intimately
concerned in it's disposal in the system.
and hence are overtasked i it is taken l.
too great q quantity.
Some drink too freely of water, espe
cially during the heated term. There is.
however, class largely made up Of
women who do not at any time drink suf'
fciently of that eminent essential to
health. AS q 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 ilcshy people are proverbially thirsty,
ard VIXEN they attempt reduction IL
v,-o;sl,-. to lessen as much as possible the
Quantity OF fluids habitually taken Is
one Of the recognized rules of treat
ment. But a rigid adherence to it IS
dangerous for many. if not all. On.
less advised by a 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. 1t is not only agreeable anc
refreshing. but harmless when used il
moderation. In certain forms of dyspep'
sia characterized by misunderstanding,
as it is popularly called-very cold water
acts as an agreeable tonic, and qutckens
gastric and intestinal activity in many
cases if taken when the stomach is COM
paratively empty. If taken on a full
stomach it, as O rule, intensifes the
trouble Over indulgence is always harm
full, and it is especially so at meal times.
For robust person in hot weather to
reduce one.half the quantity of food he
is habitpated to eating would be most
salutary custom, for he would then not
only suffer infinitely less from the heat,
but be stronger and more active, both
mentally and physically. Those espe.
cially who are welded to their "appe-
Tiers would do well 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 1t is in that way that they ere
useful in constipation; they stimulate and
quicken activity Of the bowels. But it
the stomach and bowels are what is gen
orally termed weak, then in such case
they ere likely to do harm. Very young
children should, of course, be denied
them.
The average farmer knows as little Of
dletetics as an infant. He dilates on his
wholesome food, which largely consists OF
substancns which require for digestion
the stomach of an ostrich. Plain living
is ali right, but that does not mean that
a man s..ollld make meal essentially on
ore COURSE, varied only by a piece Of pie
or something of the sort. The greater tbs
variety the better, as long as a 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
cleor soup may properly Oe INDUCED IN
by nearly all; there are, however, COM
paratively few who do not find soup
thickercd by stock meat, vegetables, ETC.,
o tax upon digestion If 'hearty" foods
are eaten after it. It "sours on the
stomach" and hence should be forbidden
dyspeptics, for whom only clear soup is
allowable.
TROUBLE WITH FATTY FOODS.
The digestive organs find an admixture
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 and
heavy for several hours afterward unless
he eats very spariagly. With the butter,
which is, of course, an essential, there are
in such meal as generally prepared five
different kinds of fat And they are still
x,,o,o 4o1- hot
In this country there is a most decided
prejudice against cold meals. Of course
some foods should be served warm, but
none hot Americans are scarcely satisfied
with tea or coffee unless it is near the
boiling point; potatoes, also, must be
steaming hot. Dyspepsia is the natural
consequence. The English in this respect
are delightful contrast. People who ara
forced to be early in ahe morning at their
labors would be much better did they eat
cold meats for breakfast, and how much
such custom would lessen the burden o:
their poor, overworked wives.
The question what shall we eat may be
best answered by simply quoting the facz
tl!at man is an omniverous animal Wing
and how much we shall eat can be SET
forth tolerably well by saying that it is
impossible for an engine to make steam
wTtHoTiJ Cu;I or " areI cnaV no COLI
pctc2t engineer would make his machine
carry 100 pounds Of steam when hfty
pounds would do the work in hand. An
Important duty Of those who work with
engines is to see that the fire IS freed
from c!inker and ash. So waste must be
regularly eliminated from the human sys-
ten. The skin, the kidneys and the
bowels are the main channels for the es'
cape of this, and when these sieves fail to
act- the state of affairs in the body is very