Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-02-18
The Food We Eat.

Shall we eat more than two meals
day Is question which requires little
consideration on our part before we
proceed to discuss the dinner and how II
shall be prepared, and Of what 1t shall
consist. First to be thought about is,
as always, what are the individual cir
cumstances Of the casel Are you
jewellers on a farn' II so, this time Of
year, there Is not much work for your
men folks to do, and II would be well
for them to reduce the number of their
meals, as they are not consuming as
much material as they do when In the
harvest field, and even yourself. II you
are the busy housewife IL will be better
II you will not crowd your stomach, but
cat only enough to sustain yourself in
health. II you are working In a factory,
or In a shop, and are obliged to have
breakfast Mt six o'clock In the morning,
and YOU could eat three meals day, only
the first one ought TO be so light that Il
could scarcely be called meal. There
are very few occupations during the
winter months which would justify
person in eating more than two meals.
Now, whether you will agree with me
or not, want to tell you the truth, and
that Is that this matter Of eating one,
two, or half a dozen meals in one
day Is simply matter OF habit, and |,
can be regulated to suit the notion Of
the individual who wishes TO take him
self In hand. The man who eats, rs a
certain family living near me do. five
meals a day would assure you that Il
was just as impossible for him to get
along on four meals as the one who rs
now eating three meals would feel II
impossible to get along on two. The
stomach Is an organ which Is extremely
sensitive to habit. You can adopt q
certain mode OF eating, and II II Is n
change from the old custom. for few
days the stomach will protest. But by
and by the normally healthy organ will
adjust itself to the changed condition,
and 20 on about its work the best way Il
may. You will hear some though,lcss
person say, ooh, well, | am not going to
give up good things to eat. nor cut my.
self down In the number Of meals, for
what Is the use Of living II one has to
continually deny himself" Such re-
marks cause sensation Of mixed pity
and contempt In the mind OF a listener
who lives for something beside guiding
and gobbling, and great pity Is felt for
the weak minded individual who casts
away so RECKLESS, ly his time and chance
upon this earth. II you are a person
with an ambition above your waist line,
and II you feel thatyou are here on this
earth Tor divine purpose. assume
that you will be quite ready to ask your
self, what Is the best thing for me and
my familyi Our circumstances are SO
and so, and now when and what shall
we eat TO be healthy, full Of vigor and
able to make the very most OF our time
upon this earthf In the winter time,
1t must be very unusual circumstances
which would require you to eat more
than two meals day, one at eight in
the morning. and the other at three or
four o'clock In the afternoon; and then.
let me beg Of you not to eat between
your meals. After a day or two you
will find that you do not get hungry. and
the slight headache caused at first by
the change In your meal times will dis
appear to return no more until you go
Z to the three meal systep'. ~ LEES,
~ hours should he ai.ow.! vNsSegfi
meals and seven Is much better.