The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1908-12-18
WHAT DO YOU
EAT AND WHY?

restaurant. And to eat what you IKE
because you like It, is tho best pos
eible reason. To cat what one doesn't
like Is good for nobody. 1t has been
shown in the laboratory that "appe-
tito Juice" is the first requirement for
good digestion.
Animals In their natural state never
eat when they are not hungry. and
they never eat what they don't like;
and this together with abundance OF
fresh air, water, exercise and normal
mental conditions, inhIbits sickness,
except by accident, while man is al
ways ailing more or less. And the
chief cause Of all the ailments, not
mechanical or mental. TO which flesh
is heir, Is wrong eating
1t Is generally admitted that most
sickness, temporary and chronic,
originates In the arrangement OF the
digestive system; auto-ntoxication,
that IL, sclf.polsoning, induced by alb
sorblng into the blood the poisons
produced in the food tube by fermen-
tation resulting from eating too much.
from hurried eating, from eating too
many kinds Of food at the same meal.
Many OF the most advanced students
OF the cause Of disease now believe
that the one cause is the retaining OF
waste matter In the system, which Is
necessary result OF wrong feeding.
or course these abnormal conditions
are traceable, in the last analysis, to
wrong thinking, and they can be set
right only by changing the thought.
And II is a happy sign of the times
that the study OF the food question. is
receiving so much attention.
II eat what can get" This would
be the answer OF many an unfortun-
ate; but whether his case is worse
than that OF him who can get what he
wants to eat, is doubtful. Is the for
elgner who comes to America and
changes his diet from black bread, a
few vegetables, apples and grapes to
an abundance OF highly seasoned
foods. meat fine white bread, pickles
and pie-ls he fortunate, in the mat
ter Of diet? The statistics say, No.
It rs n peculiarly interesting fact that
the mortality from cancer is much
higher among fOreign-born Germans,
Irish and some other nationalties in
this country than among the Ameri,
can born OF those races. Cancer. In
the opinion Of the late DR.. Nicholas
Sem and other eminent authorities,
is o disease Of oyer.indulgence, and,
we believe indulgence in flesh meat.
The Italians Greeks, Bohemians and
others who continue to live on the
simple diet Of their home countries
show n low rate OF death from these
diseases. The foreiCn-born Irish and
German peasants sooner fall victims
10 cancer and tuberculosis when they
adopt the cXtrayagant mixed dict OF
the average American family, because
they are more susceptible than those
who have become habituated. to a GER
tain degree, TO the more extravagant
diet Of the new country.
It has been said that we are ma
ton Of dyspeptIcs, and the cause is
easily found. Certainly. the natural
way IL to eat what one likes. But
unfortunately. many, II not all Of US
other things. How, then, can We de-
pend upon our inclnatiUus to tell us
what to eat? Nearly everybody now
admits that intoxicants are neCes
sarily injurious, yet many have de
sire for them. Shall they follow the
inclination to drink what they Ike
merely because they like it, or shall
hn
by reason? And does not the same
argument apply. in some degree al
least, to eating?
This line OF inquiry leads to the
question What shall we eat 10 Sc
cure the greatest enjoyment Of life
What shall we eat to enjoy the great
est degree OF health, the most vigor
Gus, happy and useful life?
These questions cannot be answered
finally by laboratory investigation
alone. Only actual test of the effecti
OF foods with careful allowance TO
personal factors and varying abnor
NAL conditions, can lead TO wise con
illusions. And in my next article
shall give the result Of my own ex
perimcnts.
Why do you eat? because
like to eat. II is one OF the pleasure
OF life" This will be your answer
IL you are an average reader. II no
you are abnormal. To be good man
one must first be a good animal, ant
the FIRST requirement in a good ANNA
is to be a good feeder.
II is a well-established principle II
psychology that we do best what W
do uncunsciously. What must becom
OF Il man who is so conscious OF hi
digestion that he must take so man
chews for each mouthful and eat Gel
tain prescribed foods? Is It not pos
sible that he may find 1t necessary Z
lie awake at night to see that hi
heart beats the right number to tn
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