The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-02-23
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is one of the first questions we are called
to deal with, because it is one of the most
easily preventible, while, at the same time
1t is one of the most common infections
from which We suffer.
Indigestion is entirely durable by proper
attention to nutrition. A state of enron
ic Indigestion. or of constant malnutrl-
tion is. however, most m~ischievous, and
none but n fool would allow of its con-
tinuance. for it entails starvation. and in
the end will lead to disease of those or
gans that suffer such perpetual friction.
We have said thai indigestion is both
preventible and durable by proper nutrl-
ton. Let us go further into this. oo-
yiously, then, it involves such care anu
selection in the Administrator OF fooas
and drinks as fits them to the indivlouai
requirements of the one for whom they
are nrenared. what is one mans meat
is another's poison is but half the truth,
for the time at which one man nnos II
best to take his food will not suit the III
gestiye requirements of anotner' any
more than the food which strehs,hehs
ons sto,,tens the man of muscle will serve
10 support the nervous activity OF the
bilious temperament.
The study of temperaments is a great
help to a mother when catering 1or her
on,Iaren for If as some say, what we
eat makes us what We are" then IL may
he more than probable hat the gloomy
cloud brooding over the spirit of one may
no nehtened or the fretful querulousness
Of another auieted, by judicious feedine
and kindly restraint. At least We kno"
This for certain. that if rebellion Is goans
an in the inward parts we cannot ha'e L
serene exterior.
Digestion. like many other functions OF
the body. ought to be so regular ana so
nunctual as to be almost es-
pecially with children. 1t is obviously
imuossible for this to be If all are treateo
alike according to one rule, even II tha'
rule be in itself a good one. Far more
so-called fits of temper" in delicate chill
dren are due to irritation of the stomach
than to any other cause. in mind or VIII.
AS a broad rule, it might be said tnat
whatever food maintains the functions OIL
the body in. regular working conoition
and keeps the temper even, is the 1ooo
that is best suited TO the Individual cniio'
and to the man or woman.
In cases of long-continued "indiges-
tom the cure will have to be undertaken
gradually; it will be impossible even by
the strictest system of dietetics to bring
ahout a speedy reform, though we may
obtain relief. To aid the cure it will,
doubtless. become necessary to chahse
MANY of the habits of life, and also to
change the environment as well, at any
rate for a. time. for this will be a true
work of recreation.
Obstinate indigestion when there Is no
disease at the back of it will invariably
yield to a combination of fresh ar.
scenery. exercise and diet, without the
help of drugs. although some slightly
stimulating tonic may be helpful as well.
Where there is disease. the case can only
be left in the physicians hands.
Remembering. however, that mal-as-
sanitation of food is the true root of this
matter Of indigestion, our part as house
wives is to seek out such foods land such
modes of preparation as shall conduce TO
a better assimilation, and so by degrees
to get back me forces that will enable
the digestive system to do its own work
In a proper manner.
1t is possible to eat a large quantity or
food without satisfying the bodily crav-
ings. as We are made aware an hour or
so after a meal by a z sense of
emptiness. this often makes US add still
more to an already ever-burdened stom-
ach. Each meal must consist of certain
elements if it is to be nutritious and sat
isfying. -
When we have combinations of foods
we should see that they are rightly pro-
portioned to each other, also that they
are not made more complex by the man
ner of their cooking. AS a rule, we give
the stomach too great a variety of foods
to deal with at a time, and we further
cornplicate matters by mixing up fluids
as wines, soups, coffee and liquors. In
addition to this we give it a conglom-
crate mass of vegetables, fish and fowl,
sweets and starches. What wonder
then, that when the mouth has bolted
these, and sent them down to a stomach
that is unready for them, the latter
should reject the mass and pass it on
to the duodenum, to be here struggled
with until at length this organ also gives
out, patience and power alike, exhaustee.
The first step in the process of diges-
ton is taken by the cook when .prepar-
ing the meal, for food we'll cooked is
already half digested. Those animals
which take their food in a raw state
nave a far more elaborate digestive sys-
tenn than we have.
The next step takes place in the
mouth by mastication. and if not done
here there is little likelihood of its being
done at all. for that which the mouth
let's slip is usually ignored by the other
organs. Food passed on into the stomach
without this first process i~rritates the
whole digestive system, ~distending the or
gans and producing al excessive guam
tity of waste.
Then whilst temperament and the type
of body has much to do with the indi-
vidual power of digestion, occupation is
another influential factor. The man
whose work involves muscular exertion,
taxing his breathing powers, and keep
ing him perpetually ION the CO." needs
food that will supply heat, force and en-
ergy, as well as repair the waste OF
actual tissue. Those who sit for many
hours at desk work, In heated and otter
Authenticated rooms, need repair fogd, fol
brain and nerve lave been consumed
but they need much smaller proportion
of heat and force producing matter still
less can they do with stimulant- Foot
that is easily n quickly digested ant
non-stimnlating is essential for them
though the outdoor laborer may take hi.