Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1896-10-03
WHEN TO EAT.
It Is Debafzbie Question, Says DE.
James H jackson

It Is q Debatzbie Question. Says DE
james H jackson
A weil-known physician, James HI.
jackson, says: 1t is debatabie Ques-
ton how often food is required TO pre-
serve health or aid in resoring it, but
the important point Is gained when suf-
icient nourishment is applied to make
good the continual waste OF tissue thus
keeping the body in repair and main
tanning the normal expression of the
vital forces
To fulfill the demands CT the system,
the blood should be kept in condition
to nutrify all the tissues of the body,
neither falling below nor rising above
heaithfuI standard of nutritive power.
AS the process of nutrition, involving
the removal of waste and the assimila
ton OF new material. take place more
rapidly in some cases than in others. no
absolute rule can be laid down as to the
frequency OF eating. but in general it
may be said that nourishInent must be
adequate to prevent deteriation of the
blood The average man in active life
requires daily from 16 to % ounces of
food, free from water, representing be-
tween three or four pounds of the or
binary nutritive substances Now,
scientifically it would seem to be of
little consequence when this amount is
taken into the system, but practically
it does make considerable difference.
First, it is necessary to prevent eNhaus-
ton of the nutritive elements in the
blood, and second to guard against any
functional digestive disturbance, thus
precluding an abnormal manifestation
in the organs of digestion. In other
words, if the demands upon the diges
tive functions are too frequent there is
liability to irritation, exhaustion, in
fammation, and the whole train of
functional disorders Overlooking the
stomach tends te produce the same or
similar conditions Habit largely con-
trolls the times of eating but habit is
often formed without regard to any ne
cessity on the part of the organism. and
may De arranged with equal facility to
conform to longer or shorter intervals
as may be desired.
The quality OF food has also an inn
portant bearing on this subject Per-
sons who live on stimulating articles of
Diet, including tea, coffee. animal flesh
in considerable quantities. cond -ments
or alcoholic stimulants, seem to require
food oftener than those who choose an
tnstimula ting diet. The reason is that
regardless of the nutriti-e material al
ready Al the blood a seeming demand
exists for an additional quantity which
is expressed by a sense OF hunger or
weakness as the result of reaction from
the stimTlants taken; and this reaction
usually asserts itself more imperatively
than the natural desire for food when
here has been no undue stimulation.
True hunger is always call from the
tissues of the body for nutritive ma
terial. while much of the so-called hum
ger is merely an expression of irritation
Of the nerves of the stomach arising
from Inflammation or Initiative condi- |
tons as The result of reaction from pre-
sious sti mutation.
Persons living on stimulating foods, |
" hen called upon to foTego an accus- |
toned meal. complain OF weakness. |
4goneness" and hunger, to a far greater |
degree than those who live on an I'M |
diet As a ule meals re- |
FUR too frequently, compelling the or
rams of digestion to undergo the ply
,iologicai congestion which follows the
of food into the stomach |
% often that after longer or shorter
period = pathological or abnormal con-
yestion is set up which results in lack
# secretion or changes the character of |
he fluid contents of the stomach to
;uch an extent the fermentation and the
ormatioa OF gas follow. Unquestion-
Ibly the majority of people would be
setter in health to take but two meals
day. breakfast at eight or nine o'clock
n the morning. and dinner at five or six
n the affernoon--WesteIn Rural.