New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1907-04-21
CHEW MORE, EAT LESS.
Remedy for Indigestion That Is
Highly Recommended.

Eat what Your appetite Graves. Chew Il mos,
thoroughly until # d!ssolves in the mouth eton
When your appetite is satisded-and Won win ha
heaIthy This IS the Fletcher system Of living and
Il mas received the qualified sanction Of Dr. Level
Iys r Barker, who succeeded DR. osIo- a. ~
Johns Hopkins Medical School DIR Rarlar doom,
lhaorse the Fletcher programme unreservA1lv but
lie does indorse the principal items OF the creed
Gnu ne mas been inforcing them upon several Of his
paueiis al the Johns Hopkins Hospital for the
last two or three months with excellent results
tIetcher.' said Dr. Barker yesterday is a man
fnr fCr Iie ,su Gown q Few years ago on apply
.hal frightened him. and he began t. think over
~ question OF what lie ate and should eat he
came y tie conclusion that food swallowed before
y ~ dissolved IS very much in the situation Of
clnkers IN d furnace-Mkaly to cals, trouble and
me use OF great deal OF energy in getting nd
so lie decided to chew everything he ate until
= aa tnoGougE!y dissolved in his mouth If any
Syu STU, lt.'1ltI renamed after he had chewed the
C4teliy p!i. lie cid not restrict himself al all I'm
-. ~ ia'iis'I tle questions: What is il 1 want
most WHAT makes my mouth water? Then he
~ mat tilllS, SLOWLY. and chewed II have
St.ioeo ana re always stopped as soon as his ap-
lie found that in this way he ate far less than
&c nad oeen accustomed 10 eating His health
sIeM very lHucA better His experiment was
tsneenl OF the Yale Scientific School. Professor
chemists IN the country lie began to make expert
ments IN tie hae Of AIr. Fletchers innovauon-hrst
with body Of United States troops, then with
number Of individuals IN various walks Of life He
round that they could live and thrive and improve
their health about one-third the amount of food
they would take under ordinary circumstances.
Certain investigators IN various parts Of the coun
Perintendent OF the famous Battle Creek Sana-
Iofl4l has made II obligatory upon all OF his three
II has not been adopted in many Of our hospl-
or three months in certain varieties OF cases with
very successful results. find # very useful with
eat They oyereat because their appetite demands
more ana more food. Under this system their ap-
peTteS satisfied with lar less food than they
have been in the habit OF eating and the supertiu-
1T IS useful also with thin persons. who have
been boiling down their food and got indigestion
system, but they get FAT Under H. .,...,..
should think OF trying it on all our patients.
Fletcher thinks. for instance, that an unearned ap
work before You are entitled to have an appetite.
Consequently he iay9Ts small breakfasts or no
suffer B5 loss Of strength or vitality or endurance
even gain In general health it has yet been
proved that they can do 50 for years. We must
And do you personally follow this method Of
We'll" the doctor confessed. 81 have been IN
huenced by 1t 10 chew my food more thoroughly.
It o.eeaRg ana a gggfn i up me system
When he took up his method OF eating. Mr..
feeling 20 and miserable. In a couple OF months
he had reduced his weight to l65 pounds and was
Tkis is what his system enables. him to do:
To live on one-third the food OF the ordinary
To get along with FIVE hours sleep a day.
To eat what he wants 10 eat
Here Is a sample days food for Mr.. Fletcher:
F3realxfast-Cup Of coffee and mug Of hot milk.
wheat cakes and "A cup OF custard.
Dinner-Half dozen oysters chewing each
one OF them thirty times and eectiRg the pulp that
viii not dissolve: two griddle cakes with maple
syrup. cup of coffee, four-fifths milk.
Mr. Fletcher chews his soup and milk well as
his other food. That starts the saliva to flowing
and aids digestion.
What condition does this diet keep him in? In
1903 after he had been at Il for several years, a
test OF his endurance and strength was made at
Yale For one month he took the regular course Of
exercise prescribed for the boat then in train
Professor Chittenden's Investigations have been
conducted along scientific lines than those Of
Mr. Fletcher but he. too arrives at the conclusion
that men can live far less food than it is Gus
tomary for them now to take The sO-called
CRAVINGS OF the appetite. according TO Professor
Chittenden. purely result az habit. The idea
that physical strength and Vigor only be OBJ
tanned by the consumption OF meat is a delusion
Here IS a sample days food suggested by Mr.
Chittenden for man weighing 127 pounds:
Breakfast-One small cup Of coffee. with cream
and sugar.
cereal product, about one ounce, with three ounces
~ cream; one wheat gem, one ounce; butter one
quarter Of ounce; one cup OF tea, with ne-third
OF an ounce OF sugar; cream cake or other sweet
Dinner ATea soup. four ounces: the lean meat NJ
one lamb chop one ounce: boiled sweet potato one
and three-quarter ounces; wheat gem or biscuit
sweet pudding. two ounces; demi-tasse coffee, with
one-fhird ounce sugar; cheese cracker, one-half
ounce.-Baltimore News.