Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1889-10-13
WHAT PEOPLE SHOULD EAT.
Views of Doctors on When to Eat and
the Proper Kinds of Food.


From the Philadelphia Press
What to eat is a question that troubles
everyone mode or less. Some doctors who
have been talked to on the subject of eat
ing lately agree that man ought to be
able to eat anything that he fancies One
doctor said that mans digestive organs
ought to be in such condition that he could
eat shingle nails. They attribute dyspepsia
not so much to eating wrong kinds of food
as from eating too hurriedly and paying
too little attention to their meals when
they are eating, and letting their mind
wander away to business and other subjects
of the day.
DR.. Alexander Lambert, house surgeon
at Bellevue Hospital, of New York, has
given some attention to the subject of eat
ing. He said:
81 think the trouble with people in this
country is that they overeat. They don't
eat so often as the Frenchman or the Eng
lishman, but when they do eat they usually
partake of large variety of food, and eat
it as hurriedly as they possibly can, IN or
der that they may be Kept from their bus
mess as little while as possible. In this
way they overeat. If they haven't time to
sit down and eat an elaborate dinner slowly
and carefully, then the best thing they can
do is to eat small, plain meal, which they
could easily do in the time that they de-
vote to their elaborate dinner and from
which they would derive great deal more
benefit.
81 think that the best time for one to
take breakfast is between and o'clock
in the morning. Dinner should be had at
about o'clock if possible; that is, if time
can be spared at l o'clock to eat the meal
properly. Ii not, light luncheon should
be had at l o'clock, and the meal of the
day at about 8 O'clock Another light
meal might be had at about or 10 o'clock
at night if one is hungry. / usually find
that an orange or a cracker is all that /
want to eat at that time. | think as
rule families of the better class eat very
sensibly. They eat usually plain, sub
stantial food, which is prepared in simple
way, and not spoiled by being made up
into fancy dishes and highly seasoned. l
think, though, that they make mistake
in not drinking enough water with their
meals. A man who leads literary
life and who is occupied at his desk and in
his Office all day should be careful what
kind of breakfast he eats. 1t should not
be too heavy.
''Such a man should eat very little oat-
meal, as oatmeal is heating. He might
eat lightly of steak, chops, weak coffee,
milk and fruit A laborer, or one who is
engaged in physical and manual labor, can
eat heartily Of oatmeal, bread aud butter,
meat, eggs, coffee and almost anything
that is strengthening. In the middle of
the day the laboring man should have his
! dinner. The busy man who is down town
must take time to have a light lunch. The
habit Of rushing out and getting something
TO eat, perhaps while standing at the buf-
fet, may not seem TO do any harm Just
now, but by and by the result will be very
serious. When this man has got through
with his days work and his mind is at
rest he should eat his heaviest meal of the
day, his dinner. He ehould eat it care
fully and slowly, and pay attention to what
he is eating and TO his meal generally. 1t
Is mistake for men to attempt to eat any
meal and to read at the same time
Don't go to bed hungry. If you have
been to the theater, or out late, eat a light
meal before you retire. Highly seasoned
food out TO be generally avoided. Sweets