The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1889-01-09
WEDNESDAY, JAN. 9, 1889.
MUST WE EAT MEAT?
MAN SHOULD NOT LIVE BY VEeE-
TABLES ALONE.

iAbEES ALONE.
So Says q Physician of Experience - A
Persons-Eating Too Little-Tho Vege-
tartan idea.
81 am disposed to exclude vegetables"
said physician of experience, with the ex-
ception of cereals and fruit, from the diet Of
nervous persons. Why2 First, because animal
food is more nutritious to the nervous system
and to the body generally than vegetable. 1t
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. 1t seems possible for man
to exist on it alone in any climate and con-
tinue in normal condition of health. The
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-
Gle of vegetable food. Then, the nervous
system consists largely of fat. This substance
must be supplied in some form or other in
order that the brain and other nerve struc-
lures shall be properly nourished If per-
son uses up his brain faster than he makes it
he soon becomes nervous and irritable. If
he does not assimilate enough food to supply
its demands his mind is sure to become
weak
1.-THE healthiest and strongest individuals,
even, should eat far greater proportion of
meat than of vegetable food. Beef should 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 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 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.
FLESH OF WILD BIRDS
"The flesh of wild birds is more tender and
more 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 and making il
younger than that of birds which live a more
quiet life This is a suggestion that might
be of benefit to women of sedentary habits
who are DESTROYS of prolonging an appear
ance of youth. Fish of all kinds is good food
for the nervously inclined. Raw eggs, CON
trary to general opinion, are not as digesta-
BILE 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.
There are more people killed every year by
insufIiciency of nourishment than by over
loading their stomachs Many of these who
do eat a sufficient quantity are prevented by
some disease from digesting enough for tho
economy of their systems The very first
thing for any ono to do who has exhausted
himself by mental work, OF 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 strong, healthy condition. People
In this condition usually 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 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, undergoes fermentation, and tho body
and brain it Should nouIish may starye. Tho
person Is in worse state than if the food
had not been taken, for the fermentation
generates acids and gas
FOR NERVOUS INDIVIDUALS.
NERVOUS individuals may derive oil the
fat they need from sugar and starch. 1t is
better, however, for those with weak diges-
tive organs, or whose nerves are in highly
sensitive state, to get it from the animal
kingdom than to compel their enfeebled
stomachs, intestines and panereas TO create
it out of these articles. Good bread, sweet
butter and meat are the best foods for tho
nerves. People troubled with insomnia, ner-
vous starting from sleep and sensations of
falling can often be cured by limiting them
selves to diet Of milk alone for 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. 1t aids in tho digestion of food
by making it soluble and seems to have di-
rect tonic effect Hot water is relaxing to
the stomach.
"With proper eating and drinking We
should have fewer broken down, nervous
wrecks and far more vigorous intellects.
The present human species cannot eliminate
flesh from its food and amount to a row Of
pins. The fancy that nothing vegetable should
be eaten is apt to overtake every one some
where in life. tits due to some disorganization,
and usually passes away with the disturb
ance that created it. This fancy is more apt
to assail the young than tho middle aged,
and females more frequently than males. A
nervous, sickly girl of nineteen was put UNI
der my care about nine months ago. found
she had imbibed tho vegetarian notion and
practiced it about year. limited her diet
to SO much meat per meal and a small guam
tity of fruit and bread, with pint OF milk
She doesn't look like the same girl now. All
that absurd belief in strict vegetable diet
Mas left her with her growth of strength and
nerve forever. Chicago Herald
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