The record-union., 1898-04-12

HEALTHY NEVER HUNGRY.
Man in Perfect Health Never Feels
the Pangs of Hunger.

A thoroughly healthy person is neVel
hungry" Thus says DR.. William Hen
ry Porter, of the Strathmore. who is a
recognized authority on dietetics.
Up to this date huge appetite has
/ almost invariably been considered as
evidence of a good physical condition
Many persons will realize, after weigh
Ing the doctors remark, that their great
| desire for food at certain times is 4
warning that all is not we'll with them.
DR.. Porter supports his startling
statement by some interesting explana-
tory facts. The healthy person does
not slight his meals, it must be under
stood, but does ample justice to them.
Yet not until he tastes the food before
him. says DR.. Porter, does he realize the
need of it. He could go about and for
get his meal times but for fore of cir
cumstances
| The pangs Of hunger are felt as AZ
effect of imperfect digestion.
! DR.. Porter gives some valuable in.
! formation on the question, which and
of what kind shall be the principal
meal; morning, noon or night? In
speaking of this he said
'As in the running of an engine the
| most intensive consumption Of fuel
must be just in accordance With the
! amount of work performed; 50 in a
man the time for taking and the guam
! tlty and quality of the meal ingeSted,
or the determination of the principal
meal must be in harmony with the
| work to be accomplished. If the indi-
| vidual is to begin his daily labors be-
| tween four and six in the morning and
| terminate them between five an six
| O'Clock in the evening, it necessitatcs
the taking of a good and liberal break
| fast at an early hour in the mornirg G,
| from half an hour TO an hour before
/ beginning active work, especially so if
/ the last meal of the day previous has
! been a light one at six O'Clock, as is
/ the common habit of this class Hail.
it's of this kind naturally call for the
heaviest meal, which is also the prin-
cipal meal at noon, or near that hour
''On the other hand, if the custom is
| to rise between six and eight in the
morning, and the largest amount of
work is performed between nine in the
morning and the succeeding midnight
an entirely different arrangement of
the meals, must be followed. In this
about eight in the morning; n stronger
more substantial meal at one o'clock
in the afternoon, and the heaviest and
what justly deserves to be called the
principal meal should be taken from
! six to seven in the evening bccause this
is more nearly in the middle of the
working hours. When the labors are
! continued until midnight, and the hour
of resting is after this time, a light
meal should be taken at eleven O'Clock
In many of the instances cited, Il
the food stuffS taken have been easy
of digestion, rapidly absorbed and oxi-
died, the fires will naturally burn low
after several hours sleep and abstin-
ence from food On the other hand
if the food stuffs taken require consid-
cradle time for their digestion and are
slowly absorbed and oxidized, the heat
| producing supply may not be exhaust
ed completely during a somewhat pro-
! longed abstinence from food, or during
the hours usually spent for sleeping
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