The Washington times., 1907-09-15
Former Champion Pugi-
list FavorS Eating Just
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By JOHN L. SULLIVAN.
On What 20 Eat the National Food Magazine
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oy JOnIa Il. SULLiF Al.
On What TO Eat. the National Food Magazine
Published II ChicagoD
There are lots of crazy ideas going
the rounds about food and health. Why
the confusion of cranky teachings and
practices I can't tell unless It be from
overstudying the subject or from the
efforts Of writers Of women's page
newspaper articles 10 see which can sUg-
gest something the most ridiculous, that
they may have a good laugh over It
at the public expense at their little
gatherings after office hoars. Then too
much study of the health subject -
bad. The less we think about sickness
and bodily ailments the less we are
apt 10 De troubled with them. Lower
animals never let such things bother
their minds, and with them-especiany
the wild animals furthest removed from
mans knowledge Of health conditions
good health is the rule and sickness
the exception. The reverse IS true OF
man, who from the earliest records has
been studying about health, and bodily
ailments, surgery, medicines, and the
Ike, with the result that there is just
as much sickness among men today as
there ever was in the world before.
Nature. I think. Is the best doctor
in the world. and the best adviser OF
what we should and should not DO to
be healthfuI. The only trouble with This
rule is that man. a child Of nature. has
strayed so far from the parental roof
that often he is not amenabIe to ma
lures laws. He does not understand
her language, and may have been dis
inherited b. nature. However. by being
very submissive to that which he can
understand he may succeed in being
taken back into the fold. All the lower
animals well understand natures COM
mands and they obey them strictly.
Why Doctors Fail.
Doctors often are failures in treating
people. simply because there are no
two constitutions in the world alike
No science can possibly teach any ply
stefan what is best for all constitutions.
Each human constitution is a science
within itself, and for a doctor 10 under
stand all Of them he would have TO ac-
cure as many sciences as there are peo-
pie. But nature understands each sep
arate person perfectly. In nature each
human beinE has an individual doctor
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IL he only will be guided by natures die
tations and not try TO superintend ths
job himself. Man is placed on earth 10
perform certain important tasks and ma
ture is going 10 keep him in good con-
dltion while be is performing them IN
less he arrOgates TO himself the duty
Of performing his work and nature s,
too Learn TO understand nature S
commands. obey them, eat pure natural
foods. and think as little about your
health as possible and you are going to
keep well.
In eating. drinking, sleeping, and the
performance of all the duties Of life
natures command is the best index Of
what is good for you. BY the drowsi-
ness you feel when it is your bed time
nature tells you when Il is time to
sleep: by the hunger you feel, nature
tells you when It is time to eat; by
your thirst, you well know when your
system requires drink. Likewise, by the
liking ard dislike YOU nave for certain
foods. nature tells you what foods your
system needs and what 1t does not need.
Foods that some people enjoy and that
agree with them would be repulsive to
you to eat. It IS very bad TO try to
force yourself to like some kind Of edi-
bic which your inrate appetite declares
to be injurious to you. With your
daily habits the same rule holds good.
For instance, if the cold bath proves
uninviting or offers a shock. that means
It is harmful and you should avoid it.
Heated water is equally harmful, how
ever, for the water is in an unnatural
condition, and you can know that 1t is
Injurious by the depressed feeling you
have after the bath. This is true Of
most people. It may be, however, that
real cold baths agree with some and
that real hot baths agree with others,
but ] doubt this, and I think one or
two experiments would be ample 10
learn the truth from nature. Water
with the chill removed 50 as to avoid
the shock is the best for bathing, ac-
cording TO my belief Very many PEG
l,le do not take the amount of exer-
else that nature demands. because their
occupations prohibit them from SO Co
ing. Probably there IS no man at work
IN an offce but would rather be walk