The Punta Gorda herald. [volume] (Punta Gorda, Fla.) 1893-1958, 1908-07-30
F00D THAT MAY E!LL.
Meals Taken Under Certain Con-
dltiOns Are Dangerous.
THEY SIMPLY BREED POISON.
Ono Should Never Eat When Hurried,
Excited, Angry, Anxious crisvsd,
Worried or Shocked, For at Those
Times Digestion Cannot Take Place,


Worried or Shocked, For at Those
Times Digestion Cannot Take Place
A wise man has said, "Clrculation
follows attention" That is, whenever
there Is need for the activity OF any
function the organ which performs that
function receives an increased dow OF
blood. For instance man has taken
long walk and arrives home tired and
rayenously hungry, AS he enters the
house he catches the aroma OF cook
ing food. What happensf Why, to
use yernaculaf phrase, "hls mouth
waters" The attention Is directed TO
the need OF eating, and the organs en-
gagged In eating and digestion at once
begin to get a greatly increased supply
Of blood
II is out OF the blood that these dl-
gestlye organs manufacture their vari
Gus fluids by which each organ accom-
plIshes its special part In the work OF
Digestion; Sc when an increased guam.
city OF blood n poured into them each
organ begins at once to make large
quantities OF its peculiar duid- =
The salivary glands are In the mouth,
under the tongue mostly, and when
greatly increased quantity Of blood Is
sent to them they at once elaborate and
pour out into the mouth portion OF
their contents so the hungry man who
smells the odor OF cooking food waters
at the mouth. Thus the mind governs
the body.
Now, the action Of the glands OF the
mouth which produce saliva Is exactly
like the action OF ihe glands elsewhere
in the body which produce gastric
Juice, pancreatic juice, bile and other
fluids, through tho associated action
Of which the process Of digestion Is
carried on. When the hungry man
smells the aroma OF food there Is o
rush Of blood to all the digestive or
gans, mouth, stomach, small intestine
and liver. AS a result Of this increase
OF circulation there is suddenly poured
out more digestive fluid, not only sa-
Iva, but the others as we'll The gas
trio juice begins TO flow, the pancreas
and liver get ready, and the entire d.
gestive system Is prepared and able to
take care OF any food which Is reason
able In kind and quantity.
The point OF greatest Importance in
all this is that these fluids are poured
out only when the mental condition Is
right--when there Is In the mind
desire for food. If there should be any
feeling OF dlslncllnation for food, If
there should be even an Indifference
to food, the food taken under such cir
cumstances would not and could not
be properly dlgested.
II there Is In the mind any feeling
other than desire for food, II just pre-
vlous to eating or while eating any
thing should occur to disturb or dis
tract the mind, then there would be
immediate arrangement Of the clrcula-
ton. Under these circumstances the
blood would be withdrawn from the d.
gestive organs and the elaboration OF
the fluids of digestion would cease.
Then, OF course the body would be In
no condition to receive or digest food.
Suppose that our friend returning
from his long walk greeted at the door
by tho odors Of fragrant viands few
moments later Is handed telegram In
forming him of the sudden death Of
his only son in distant city. What
happens then2 At once there is pro-
found change IN the circulation. The
blood which moment previously was
massed Mt the stomach and other or
gans OF digestion. all ready to take
care Of the meal Is at once switched
OFF to the brain. The man Pushes and
then pales. His muscles lose their
power. He drops into chair. Per-
haps he weeps. Hungeri 1t Is the
last thing in his thoughts. II cannot
eatg' he cries. ooh, my son, my sonI
And the same perversion Of the cir
culatlon occurs in anger. anxiety, wor-
nv. jealousy, haste, excitement or any
other state Of mental pain or lnquie-
tude. All these conditions simply put
the digestive organs for the time "out
of business" Food taken under such
conditions cannot possibly be digested.
Instead 1t viii ferment putrefy In the
system and win be the cause Of dis
comfort, OF disturbed function. Of dis
ease, perhaps Of death.
Does this seem extreme? Let me
tell you story. A great strcngs big
breasted, energetic man comes In from
a days fishing. He is delightfully."-
tired, hungry as bear" At the ho-
tel he finds waiting for him telegram.
bad news. He says II can't eat" His
friends persuade him. He eats hearty
meal. In two hours be is dead. II. is
a true story. / know OF score Of such
cases.
And from all this what can we learnf
we can learn this; We must not eat
when we are hurried, excited, angry,
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