The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-05-30
LESS FOOD, MORE LIFE.
FROM THB NO. BREAKFAsT PLAN TO
ONE r. A DAY.
Why Two Meals MAJ ne Better thar Three
ana One Meal ne BETTER than E~ither-The
sieep That Cou,es 20 tho Empty Stomach
"a. L.. n....ha.AaA ~ an Eater.

sleep That Couses 20 tho Empty Stomach
tn Curo Experienced ~ an Eaten.
Reduced consumption Of food and perfect rest
are the principal features Of the plan adopted
| nowadays by those who would live what they
think arc normal lives and got tho most out
Of existence.
When about fifteen years ago the citizens Of
. Meadville, Pa, learned that DR.. EdwardH Hooker
! Dewey, one Of their established physicians, was
advising some Of his patients to fast until tho
| mid day moal, opinion became very emphatic,
but somewhat divided. About half of tho
people, except his own patrons, affirmed
that tho idea was founded on idiocy.
He became and has remained a marked man,
the originator and promoter Of q hcresy be-
lievcd TO DO absolutely dangerous to life. 1t was
said even that his parents, who died, went down
to death with the pangs Of hunger added to the
pangs of disease. For many years his was a
ministry OF sclfsacriace. Not only was he
held up as the crank-in.chief OF the entire city,
but he WINS made to feel professional ridicule
and financial loss. To-day, however, his no
breakfast plan has spread and taken such hold
on many persons that they have also given up
their luncheons or their dinners. Some go 80
far ms 10 live on one meal a day.
John Hamlin Dewey, NJ. D., who conducts tho
School OF the Higher Life in this city, and is the
author of many books, has. IN original idea
about food. He thinks IL is a mistaken idea that
people derive their strength from what they eat.
His family adopted the no-breakfast plan over
two years ago. and have made many converts.
who are now enthusiasts. When asked IL there
was any sense in eating at one time of day and
abstaining at another. he said:
"Yes, decidedly there is. II a person intends
to give up one meal, 1t is far more beneficial to
! health to give up the early morning meal than
any other. Whyi Sleep Is not a hungerpro.
/ preparation would bo for n day Of hard mental
| night of perfect sleep which means perfect rest.
At the. end Of such q night one gets up in a
to begin the days work. Having been in
astatc of rest during all the hours OF. the night,
s %orgg GIm Be sn nSter"i sS a aIiiRsryi is on mo orliiins, WANT MT.
The old notion that one should go to bed on an
empty stomach Is q good one, Il one goes to bed
ciept rest. and is left in an irritated state, which
creates a false appetite in the, morning. Ono
S San go T. Hvs SeS aagnsfhy las anf had get that %R e es.
Perience. repeat; morning hunger is not real
h hspser ma how o do b | E@qw a NIB BECAUSE SsSsq the t sbbesp
sands who have given up the bad habit Of eating
breakfast find that all want OF it totally disap.
pears. Nature would not let us off SO easily II
we actually needed this early meal. 1t Is not
time to eat until nature rings the bell: as Or.
II believe that it is a mistaken idea that food
gives strength. regard i as a pun pure soS dslq Eio5
is used in building and repairing the body just
as the carpenter uses materials in building and
, suppose that the force which builds the body is
derived from the food which 1t uses for material
/ builder is derived from the materials used in
. building a house. By way OF, illustration, take
the first food of an infant-the mothers milk.
vital organs OF the infant there could be no di-
gestion and appropriation Of the milk. II II
that meal furnish force for the digestion of tho
next, and so on to the, end : Ordinary waste
and repair is going on all the time. Injury calls
1.-The life is more than meat and the body
t than ra III m e ;,sdI use t MSsan quotation S65es in 1n Sor f0rsc
that uses the material in repairing and building
the body We say that the life Of the child is
up OF the child's organism is under the brooding
life Of the mother, but now the child is separated
pendent Is9aa she exi Releet + The 0'f force ni Resident an ino IN
the child,s organism WAS not derived
tGs child HHs own R5'T nstrifivo' di sys's@, yt ss9 Il wa aa
sufficient to digest the first meal. Now comes
the point Of the introdnetion q the active; in
tation or expression of the child's independent
life was a cry. The cry was produced BY tho
taken in Immediately at birth. There is no
consciousness In the brain until the lungs
Srsa'hin tn' a The ibn Taipp respond is'1 to 0 tie action Sten
of the. lungs. Consciousness begins and ends
with breathing. We breathe deeply and fully
or partially and shortly. and the action of the
take snort steps and walk ali day in a. half
Watch them and you will find that their breath.
ing corresponds with their steps. and their
They never finish a sentence. and their thought
Is chopped up. Deep full breathing means deep
us there any proof that sleep more, beneficial
to the health can be had in the night than in tho
day timei Yes. for it has been proved that nor
than the abnormal conditions 30 often adopted
by man. The activity OF the world is awakened
to sing. the Chickens to crow. and all animal lie
day as it sinks to rest with the decline of
the sun. II a person attempts to sleep
when ali animate creation is awake and active,
It is like a persons attempting to seek repose in
tnre at night is conducive to sleep, and suggests
that as . normal provision, and whatever Is
forced to turn day into night. even when shut
of from al. noise, the atmosphere that he
breathes during sleep Is surcharsed with activ'
lis 1t not true that some people can school
themselves to five hours Of sleep a day and get
along just AS well as II they slept eightf asked
That is a matter Of temperament" ansEers
could not sleep oyer two hours without injury.
II he made himself sleep three or four hours he
ssS t. work Thin himself sbo t 6sss i to e1 his HG % 7
very little sleep, The waste Of the nervous
e. fhhtif Srsi Gr T yhs so ian BE fIiHlRs' n%s sy be Tsp repsl sSi
by sleep; The heart and lungs and other organs
and Is more thoroughly repaired when nature
provides quiet for this purpose"
baths, is convinced that he owes his life TO Civ:
ing UP the early breakfast habit. He agreed
that II going without breakfast had done him 50
much good, giving up his dinner also would
make him even better. and so for a year he has
boon living on one meal a day. He is not alone
in this practice, for 1t Is not an uncommon thing
for those who adopt the no-breakfast plan TO
get into the habit of doing without either tho
midday or evening me d.
IF man wouldn't make his stomach an OBJ
struction, he would never be sick" said Mr..
Easton when questioned about his mode Of iy;-
ing. For years / was in wretched health, suf-
feTing terribly with vertigo. / consulted. many
prominent physicians, and while none Of them
seemed to be able to tell what allied me- rs they all
changes did much toward building up my gen:
eral health. 1 couldn't get rid Of the vertigo. |
friends, and read his book,. The New Cos;
Living but ! was so miserable didn't think
much about II. A little over IA year ago i was In
San Diego, and the crisis seemed to come In my