Grand Rapids herald. [volume] (Grand Rapids, Mich.) 1892-1959, 1892-03-31
BEST FOOD FOR MEN
What Some Brain Workers
Eat I'm Order TO Do Work
WHAT FEEDS BODY AND BRAIN
no Hard and Fast Rules Can Be Laid
Down tor Individual re
eul.zrsfiss Must Desermlue


heart Is reached through his stomach Is
or u not . true one. II Is scientific fact
shAt the stomach Is . highway 10 the
BRAIN The exhiiaEsting influence OF
good dinner Is sometimes shown IN
brilliant imprompsu speeches. without
aoobk The cook Is responsible for
many Of the accidents. the failures and
successes Of life. Not long ago well
known lawyer IN summing up q case
acquitted himself 50 wretchedly that the
fury promptly brought in verdict
against bis client. The lawyer after
ward acknowledged that hot mullins at
breakfast were responsible for his hav-
ing lost the case. They made him ir-
ritAble and insoleat
Curious 10 know upon what sort OF
food men Of note do their best work.
recently interviewed some OF the lights
Of tho medical profession. law. COM
rasrce. theology and society.
Genial DIR. George +. Shrsdy. Presi-
dent Grants staneh friend, declares
that be must vary his food in order to
develop and nourish, separately and col
lsctively. the organs of his body.
Il have an excellent digestion and can
take all kinds OF food without feeling
nny discomfort" said he, ''but l believe
that The brain Is most nurtured by sleep
and rest. Ii we crafty our intellectual
tastes we are feeding the brain vastly
better than by any sort of material food.
snd consequently obtain better results.
a friend once mad as patient a
young author, who had been recon-
mended 70 follow a strict diet of pump
kinA On this sort Of fare he Tote q
novel. Well. the offspring of pumpkins
roasted, boiled and stewed-is still
looking for publisher to launch it on
IN unsuspecting publicl
mo one kind of food exclusively is
good for the ordinary man. IT. be
healthy. wealthy and wise as the old
maxim goes, study the likes and dislikes
Of your stomach and regulate your diet
accordingly las do) and ell viii 60 well. T"
Judge Roger A. Pryor laughed heart
lily when told that every bl ie1ess lawyer
in town was anxious to know whether
his spirited speeches might be attributed
TO SQUAD, lobster or partridge.
Tell them from me-" said Judge
Pryor, "that I am extremely fond of
birds and dainties generally and that
lobster la Newburg is toothsome dish
/ don't despise and that my brain works
best when I'm free from indigestion.
Tell these young men to follow the old
Roman maxim and secure for them
selves . sound mind in sound body
Hot breads, salads, ices and sweets
form part of my daily menu, and as they
give my body strength l am able to do
my allotted share of mental labor. The
body must first be ministered to by food
and exercise, and then the mind viii
soon b ripe for cultivation The rea-
son, memory and imagination must each
Be noQrished with the food it requires
logic, law, thematics, poetry or art.
Upon tho idiosyncracies and constitu-
6oual peculiarities Of each man depend
Me kind OF food he assimilates-"
DR.. 81 p. LOOMS thinks men pay too
much attention to the specific uses Of
PERTAIN foods.
"Look at the enormous sale of phos-
pilates and 20 called brain foods" said
he. There is nothing in them If in
stead Of wondering whether this, that or
the other il good for him a man would
simply follow the dictates Of his own
appetite We would be much better off.
Nature places safeguard upon excess
BY creating the sensation Of safety.
when I have eaten some rich food
that causes me some annoyance take a
horseback ride or other pleasant exercise
and nd myself of thu i'll feeling. and in
the future avoid that Welsh rarebit or
venison that caused the trouble. Rest
IL really the best tonic for the brain. In
two words would give this prescription
for happiness-.Avoid worry"
A prominent member Of Sorosis, a
really brainy woman. declares that the
amount Of food people require or think
they require Is largely q matter OF
habit Said she: ut is possible to train
The stomach to do with very little or Il
make its requirements border on the
margin Of gluttony. When the hunger
Is satisfied. brain achievements depend
npon herecity and environment. and to
them must be attributed all success or
failure. The gardener who only cares
for the blossom Of his plant instead Of
directing his efforts TO the root, will
have but sorry fruit as q reward. Let
mankind look 10 their physical perfec-
hon. and the mental and moral are sure
10 follow"
The Rev. DIR. Henry Van Dyke, the
suthor and clergyman, believes the
,rsin TO be touchingly spprcciative Of
al kindness shown to the stomach. and
ullsn and unmanageable when the lat
hr is oppressed. Al the same time al
bw.nce must bs made for individual
nstes.
my food he said, 'snuet be taken
u regular intervals and be largely Of
he farinaceoas kind, while yours. POS
vbly, may be taken when and rs you
hoeA A sinzle sandwich Of caviar
rould incapacitats me for several hours
%. say, be kind TO the machinery Of
ne body. After all. the best diet for
Ne brain ID . constant variety in the
quality and quantity Of our intellectual
bod"
There seems 20 be 40 particular edible
yhsch holds . magic power over the
rain of thouxht but By selecting food
With . view to digestibility In indi-
Fidssl cases the body h aided in per-
n-rning iss various functions. and the