Highland recorder. (Monterey, Highland County, Va.) 1877-1972, 1908-06-26
FOOD THAT MAY KILL.
Meals Taken Under Certain Con-
ditions Are Dangerous.
THEY SIMPLY BREED POISON
One Should Never Eat When Hurried
Excited, Angry, Anxious Grieved'
Worried or Shocked, Fos at Those
Times Digestion Cannot Take Place.

| A wise man mas Saiu, OhCui"'ion
follows attention" That is, whenever
there is need for the activity OF any
function the organ which performs that
function receives an increased flow OF
blood. For instance, man has taken
long walk and arrives home tired ana
ravenously hungry. AS he enters the
house he catches the aroma or COOK
ing food. What happens? Why. to
use vernacular phrase, "his 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.
1t is out of the blood that these d.
gestive organs manufacture their vafl'
Gus fluids by which each organ accom-
plishes its special part In the work OF
digestion; SO when an increased guam
tity of blood is poured into them each
organ begins at once to make large
quantities of Its peculiar fluid.
The salivary glands are In the mouth,
under the tongue mostly, and when
greatly increased quantity of blood Is
sent to them they Mt once elaborate ana
pour out into the mouth portion OF
their contents; so the hungry man who
smells the odor of cooking food waters
Mt the mouth. Thus the mind governs
the body.
Now, the action Of the glands Of the
mouth whichoproduce saliva is exactly
like the action of the glands elsewhere
In the body which produce gastric
Juice, pancreatic juice, bile and other
fluids, through the associated action
Of which the process of digestion Is
carried on. When the hungry man
smells the aroma Of food there Is
rush of blood to all the digestive or
gans. mouth, stomach, small intestine
| and liver. AS result of this increase
of circulation there is suddenly poured
out more digestive fluid, not only sa-
Iva. but the others as well. The gas
trio juice begins to flow, the pancreas
and liver get ready, and the entire di:
| 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 a
desire for food. II there should be any
feeling OF dlsinclinatlon 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 digested.
If there is In the mind any feeling
other than desire for food. if just pre-
vious to eating or while eating any
! thing should occur to disturb or dis
tract the mind, then there would be
immediate arrangement of the circula-
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 the odors of fragrant viands few
moments later is handed telegram In
forming him of the sudden death of
his only son in a distant city. what
happens then? At once there Is a pro-
= found change IN the circulation. The
blood which moment previously was
massed ut the stomach and other or
gans of digestion, all ready to take
care of the meal, is at once switched
off to the BRAN. The man firshes and
then pales. His muscles lose their
power. lie drops into chair. Per-
haps he weeps. Hunger? It IS the
last thing in his thoughts, II cannot
eatp' he erica, "oh, my son, my son.
And the same pcrverslon Of the clr'
culauon occurs In anger, anxiety, woT'
~, jealousy. haste. excitement or any
other state Of mental pain or lnquie-
t,de. All these conditions simply put
the digestive organs for the time out
Of business" Food taken under such
conditions cannot possibly be dlgested.
Instead 1t will ferment, putrefy in the
system and will be the cause Of dis
comfort, of disturbed function, Of dis
ease. perhaps of death.
! Does this seem extreme? Let me
tell you a story. A great, strong, big
breasted. energet man comes in from
days fishing. He is delightfully."-
tired, hungry as BEAR" At the ho-
tel he finds waiting for him telegram.
bad news. He says, Il can't eat" Hls
friends persuade him, He eats hearty
meal In two hours he ia dead, 1t Is
true story. know Of score OF such
cases,
And from all this what can we learn
We can learn this; We must not eat
when we are hurried, excited, angry,
grleved, anxious. worried or shocked,
FOR food at such times will do us only
har.a-will perhaps send us with IN
decorous promptitude to that bourn
from which no traveller returns, Foo
taken under such conditions Will not
digest, but will promptly begin to de-
compose, forming poisons that will pro-
duce any one or more of a numherless
multitude of symptoms, ranging from
simple headache to death from heart
failure.-W. r. G. Latson, NJ. d., In
New York Tribune.
Returned Empty.
mean multlmillionaire who suf-
fercd terribly from seasickness on bis