Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1890-02-08
WHAT SHALL WE EAT?


standard meat. 1t answers every purpose
of the system. Veal and pork are not as
easily digested. Pork, so far as its compo-
sition goes, is an excellent food for nervous
persons, but it is not readily digested.
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 individual, as
nutritious juices to a great extent go into
the brine.
The flesh of wild birds is more tender
and more easily digested than that of
tame ones. This is accounted for by the
greater amount of exercise they take,
thereby renewing their flesh more rapidly
and making it younger than that of birds
which have been domesticated. This is sug-
gestion 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 good food for the nervously
inclined. Raw eggs, contrary to the gen.
eral opinion, are not as digestible as those
that have been cooked.
a NOTION
Has been prevalent that persons have in
juring their indigestion by eating too
much. The fact is that most persons don't
eat enough. There are more persons killed
every year from insuficiency of nourish-
ment than by overlooking their stomachs.
Many of those who do eat sufficient
quantity are prevented by disease from di-
costing a sufficient quantity for the econo-
my of their systems. The very first thing
for any one to do who has exhausted HIM
weak and irritable, is to furnish his brain
with nourishment either to repair the dam
age it has sustained, or to build it into
strong, healthy condition. People in this
condition usually suffer from nervous dys-
pepsia- Their stomachs are unable to per-
form the work Of assimilation. Owing to
the deficient nerve power of the individ-
ual 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 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 worse state
than if the food had no 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 of weak digestive
organs, or whose nerves are in highly sem
sitive state, to get it from the animal
kingdom than to compel their feeble
stomachs, intestines and pancreas to create
it out of these articles. Good bread, sweet
butter and meat are the best for the nerves.
People troubled with insomnia, nervous
starting from sleep and sensations of fall
ing can oft be cured by limiting themselves
to a diet of milk alone for time An
adult should take pint Of milk and take
four meals daily. People with weak
nerves require larger quantity Of water
than those whose brains and nerves are
strong. 1t aid in the digestion of food by
making it soluble, and seems to have
direct tonic effect.
By proper eating and drinking we
should have fewer broken-down, nervous
wrecks. and far more vigorous intellects.
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 every one somewhere in life. 1t is
due to some disorganization, and usually
passes away with the disturbance that
created it.
MARTHA j. LAMB,
The historian, suggests that plays be pro-
duced at the New York theaters on April
30th which Washington saw when Presi-
dent. Mrs. Lamb is editor of the MagQ-
zine of American History. and is one of the
most unobtrusive women in New York.
Years ago Mrs. Lamb brought out novel
entitled "Spicy," but she soon turned her
attention to a more serious character, and
her History of the City of New York" is
monument to her talent, research and
indefatigable industry. She is petite,
quiet, gentle-voiced, with a kindly and
sympathetic face. Mrs Lamb lives at the
old-fashioned Coleman House, where on
the upper floor she has the cosiest eyrie
under the sun. She frequents society to a
certain extent, and is familiar figure
during the season in Washington.
COUNTRY PARLoR.
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