The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-06-13

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forward to serene and healthy OLD
age 1t was an uncerrain prospect
now He began 10 READ BOOKS on diet
and hygiene. II you feed an engine
with too much food II gets clogged.'
he reasoned. The same must be true
OF the body" And he set 10 work 10
find cut now to reduce this amount.
He had read that Mr.. Gladstone had
said that every nlorsel OF food should
De chewed at least thirty-two times.
Il gave AIR Fletcher an idea. 4 VIII
begin to Chew he said. He started
with a bite OF French roll He found
that he could chew it sixty times be-
fore the impulse to swallow. The long
( er he chewed the sweeter and creamier
it became. Bread had never before
/ tasted as this tasted. lie then tried
! different kinds OF food. What was
/ true Of bread was true of beans, pota-
| toes. griddle-cakes, and vegetables gen
/ orally He tried soups and coffee and
milk The longer he kept them IN his
mouth the better they tasted. The more
| he chewed the less ne ate. but the en-
! -joyment of what he ate was keener
/ than when he was eating large dinners.
/ He began these tests in June, 1898. BY
the middle of July he had no desire
for breakfast. Breakfast ceased TO be
habit. He began TO ask himself:
What do 1 want to eat?" Then he ate
| that thing, no matter whether il was
beans, cakes. potatoes, or cereals. He
found that as he allowed the appetite
to prescribe food the demand was for
simple things. And he chewed well
every morseI he ate.
Was not this careful chewing very
tiresome? ?" I asked.
no. he replied. The pleasure I
got out of every bite of food made
me forget the mechanical work of
eating it properly
When Mr.. Fletcher began TO eat
two meals a day and to eat only what
his appetite called for ne weighed 205
pounds and measured fl inches around
the waist On October 10th, after
three months Of simple living, he
weighed 165 pounds and measured 81
inches around the waist. He had lost
nearly half a pound a day, yet the loss
was not attended by any physical
weakness He felt in better condition
than for many years, and his stom-
ach trouble was disappearing. During
these three months he had on some
days eaten not more imam 8IiS-IOGA III
the amount Of food that other people
eat He proved that his body was get /
ting the amount of nutrition that it
needed and no more.
The results of the first three months j.
We're these: Mr.. Fletcher's appetite In
voluntarily disseminated against IN
paIatable foods, like meats 1t was not
a question of how much food, but
what kind of food he wanted and how
much he enjoyed it.
After six months of economic living
the waste matter of Mr.. Fletcher's di-
gestion was reduced to one-tenth the
usual amount, and it ceased to be Of
fensive. The thoroughly chewed
food relieved the stomach Of
the extra work that unchew
ed food imposes. Food not chew
ed and therefore indigestible reaches
the stomach in Jumps Then the stoT1-
ach ia required to work this food to
pass il into the intestines- When the
quantity of food is large and not chew
ed the Jumps pass into the intestines-
Fermentation and decay set in In the
case Of MI Fletcher the food was so
chewed, and therefore so d.
gestible from the chemical action OF
the Juices of the mouth, that when 1t
reached the SlOITGGl II was lCcAA- ~
perform its various functions in renew
ing the body The waste analysed and
compared with the original amount OF
food before eating showed that the
carbon, the fat. and the albumen had
all been used for the benefit Of the
body.
Another test of Mr.. F7etcher's endur-
anca and strength was made at Yale
On February 4. ), s. 7, and 8. 1893,
under the direction Of DR. William G
Anderson. he took every day the
same exercises that were taken at that
time by the members Of the university
boat crew in training. Before gciTF |
To Yale Mr. Fletcher had been in Fu-
rope and had taken no exercise during
the winter He had lived or two meals
a day-the meals consisting chiefly 81
naca roni. beans potatoes. and milk
AT the end OF the first days work he
showed no sign Of fatigue. and the
next day he was not sore \ man {
7ged twenty years given the same ex-
7rcises vvit1oUr training was - sore 9
-ha rave day that he could take no c