The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1906-07-04
DRINK WHEN YOU EAT
TAKE As MUCH WATER AS YOU
WANT WITH YOUR MEALS.

Is Claimed, rs Neither Gastric Juice
NOR repsin Work Properly Unless
Largely Diiuted with Water.
How much water should We drink
nAd - Zen should we drink it arc ques-
tons 81 simple that at first sight their
discussion seems snpertnous. One
would naturally answer Drink all the
:, alter you wish when you are thirsty"
LAT authorities say, Drink more than
,ou wish when you are not thirsty,
Ior they recommend that a gallon OF so
be drunk between meals, which Is
more water than We need and the very
tihIe the system least demands ". Us
uaIIy re experience thirst during or
directly after eating.
lnasmuch as 81 per cent Of the whole
body is water. which Is, Of course, be
IHa used up every moment, there - no
question that We should drink or This
element Copiousiy, but 1t Is serious
question whether we should refrain
from Water at meals the time we par
JCalariy desire it.
There is class OF persons, ever
growing more numerous, that believes
that whatever Is Is wrong. For the
natural and simple they would substl
tdie the artificial and complicated. TO
drnL water while or directly after eat
ing Is natural instinct Give a dog
MS dlHuer putting a bowl II water
uedt IT, and observe that he viii first
eat ali he can and then Immediately
drinL Wild animals look for II stream
after feeding cage birds Will stop
peeLing al seed to peek at water. Ghii
dfeH have a perpetual thirst. and /
have seen babies that, unlike young
Oliver have refused 10 eat more when
denied water alter every Few mouth
fuis
II Is especially important that babies
ba given what water they wish and at
the time they wish IL which Is usually
al table
The thinner food Is the more easily
aud thoroughly Is 1t digested in fact,
it cannot be digested until II has been
made liquid by the gastric and intesti
nal Juices Indigestion Is caused often
bY food that has not been sufficiently
n11istencd by the digestive secretions.
There are sound physiological rea
soils for our craving water with meals.
Water is the solvent that constitutes
90 per cent Of the gastric juice. Now,
when one eats Al hearty meal and does
mol drink the amount OF water ia the
stomach Is not sufficient thoroughly 10
moisten the great quantity Of food.
and tins makes digestion difficult On
The other hand. when enough water Is
lugestcd with the food the Latter Is
well noisttned and broken up. the di
gestibe PARTICLES being then readily
acted On by the gastric juice and after
Ward absorbed. Again, when the par
TALLY digested food tehymel passes into
the intestlnes II IL most important that
il he very moist, particularly as water
is constantly absorbed from the chyle
IN the large intestine Bad eases OF
constipation are caused by dry chyle
remaining ii the lntestines, where II
sets up an Inflammation that some
lines proves fatal dry faeccs, OF
course, resisting peristaltie action. The
eACrymeHt OF persons suffering from
tlpatioh Is always dry and hard
ANA IS a potent cause OF appendicitis.
The idea dat water drinking at
meals uHduia dilHtes the gastric Juice
Is u0nsehsicdl. water being not So pal
atabe mat one is apt to drink more
than his digestive functions require
A. matter OF FACT water generally
facilitates The digestion Of ulbuminous
substances. In this connection Dr \.
jacob ia his work on Infant Diet,
page %. says:
In experiments upon digestion OF
albumeh With gastric juice obtained
from Tie stomach OF animals 1t was no
tited dat utter IA certain tine the proc
ess began 10 slacken, but Was renewed
merely by the addition Of water The
gastric juice became saturated with
The substance It had dissolved and
ceased 10 act upon what remained un
I'll 1t had been diluted lii the living
stomach this dilution is OF even greater
Importance. for It permits Of the i'm
mediate absorption Of the substances
soluble ia water aud which do not re
quile tbs specific action OF the gastric
iulUe Neither the gastric juice nor
pep@m has amy true digestive action
unless they lie largely diluted with Wa,
ter
II goes without say ing that ii Is not
the food that i iugested but that
which Is jteested that does good and
luis principle holds good with water
which il practically food Now,
when uue ieeisls The perfectly natural
desire 10 drink while eating lac may be
not THIRSTY several hours afterward
but Ia is advised nevertheless 10 force
himself to drink ut that time But il
he drinks then. the water. having no
food a. tuIN with il viii 80 through
him as II were that Is, il viii do no
good
The importance OF water 10 the hu
Iuaa veoHymA may be Inferred from
The various purposes II subserNes.
FIRST il sottgns and diSsolyes solid
foods thus facilitating their mastiea
tiOu aud diee-tou second il main
Idus i du, buih of blood and the
structures ur the body third II keeps
substance, IL se.G,icn or suspension
while noYiEs in the body fourth, II
supplies elemelts in the hodys chem
zeal changes; ntth. IL makes easy the
elimination Il waste material, sixth II
discharges npertdouS heat by tran
spiratiuu thr 1t Ii the skin and by emls
sion thluu h other outlets and, sew.
enth, II sap. lies IA Il convenient form
heat 10 or abstracts heat from the
body S,,.nc of these functions are
performed ty water Ia its liquid state
and others IN a state of yapor
Have yun Indigestion: Try water
Instead OF drugs with your food G
Ellt3t int Ia New \ ork World