The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-02


seized them.
It is undoubtedly true that men, es-
pecially of sedentary habits, eat too
much solid food 1T is equally true that
SUCH troubles as have their origin In
the stomach and nerves are. not due so
much to excessive eating as to. iil-ehosen
food and foolish methods of consuming
food Men are every day avoiding the
consumption of flesh meat In order to
preserve their health who are doing
themselves grievous physical injury by
their abstinence. 5 Men are seen every
day who regard themselves as having
their appetite for food in complete con-
troll, and who avoid meat diet who are
merely denying their bodies necessary
nourishment. Other men eat heavy and
indigestible food and eat 1t at such times
and in such manner as destroy their ca
pacity for assimilating it, thereby infict-
ing on themselves the insufferable pangs
of dyspepsia and indigestion.
Nature tells US when to eat and what
gard her directions If intelligent men
would. for instance, learn few funda-
mental facts regarding their daily food
there would be no danger Of the Ameri-
fcally, degenerate one.
The consumption of a certain quantity
of fats, of sugars and of aibumen Is in
dispensable to the preservation of health.
The needed proportion of these elements
Is established with accuracy, and the
articles of food which furnish them, and
the proportions in which they furnish
them, are equally we'll known. The al
bumen We must look for principally from
animal flesh, from butter and cheese and
from certain vegetables, Like peas, beans
and Ientils. The sugar we ga wholly
from the vegetable kingdom and from
the sugars The fats come from both
animal and vegetable bodies.
The vegetarian steadily tries to con-
vince himself that he may avoid animal
food wholly He is mistaken. When he
confines himself to vegetable diet s Ty
and avoids animal products, such as mi k
butter and cheese he is undermining IS
vital resources in such manner as Will
one day bring with it the. payment CT 3
heavy penalty. Toprovide himself wi n the
necessary albumen; he must eat in e-ror-
nous quantities. and even then he unable
to secure the necessary albumen Neg2-
table albuminous substances Iose from
20 to Is per cent of matter, which i asses
through the body undigested; Whine the
loss in the case of animal alumni acus
substances is estimated at 10 per cent at
the most
With the growth Of exact knowIedge
on the subject of dletetics there is no
reason why any Intelligent person should
| suffer- from the evil effects of ill-chosen
food or of excuses in eating or drinking.
The main constituents of healHhful f3od
are generally known. The kinds OF dishes
we eat, and our manner of eating them
are of vital Importance. Those who do
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do hard physical toll, more, of the
albuminous substances in food. The man
who eats wholesome food and enough of
it to stay the pangs of hunger, avoiding
eating to repletion, is bound to get more
out of life, everything. else being equal,
than the man who lives abstemiously, Or
who deprives himself Of needful foods In
the effort to escape the danger OF con-
Stunning food too freely.
The variously used expression, good
cheer" taken in its broader and more
comprehensive sense, applying it to mind
and body alike, contains the greater part
Of the secret of how to eat and what
to eat, in order to promote good health.