Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-02-25

nervous OF another. Just as the physl'
clan finds In his daily practice that
peculiar conditions OF stomach. OF
bowel digestion or OF liver can be
traced In family history. This ex'
PLANTATION harmonizes with that an
Client saying: "The parents ate sour
grapes, and the childrens teeth are
set on edge"
Yet, with all due allowance for
these peculiarities and for pathology
zeal conditions, such as diabetes. In
which starch and sugar must be avoid
ed. there should be little variation In
the diet OF persons OF the same age.
doing the same kind Of work. The
appetite OF neither adult nor child
should be pampered. The practice OF
inducing over-eating by tempting the
appetite with unnaturally seasoned
and unnaturally mixed foods destroys
the natural appetite. and. therefore.
the natural enjoyment Of eating. II
q lad cannot enjoy q good crust OF
bread he does not need to eat. The
appetite that does not prefer dates,
figs and raisins to artificial sweets Is
not natural.
The average working man needs
daily about two ounces OF proteid
(uncoagulated) and vegetable salts,
four ounces OF fat and twelve ounces
(dry) OF carbohydrate In the form OF
fruit sugar or starch OF potato. cereal,
etc. This should of course be varied
according to the work done, but no
absolute rule can be laid down. When
there is an extraordinary expenditure
Of muscular energy for a short time. 1t
is best to lose weight and gain 1t
again gradually. So when there is,
temporarily, great mental strain, 1t Is
best rather to decrease than to In.
crease the ration, and make 1t up
when normal conditions are restored.
The strain will be better borne II the
digestive system is relieved partly or
entirely, allowing the nervous energy
to be diverted to the brain or mus.
cles, as the case may be. II this be
not done the digestive system will be
weakened, whereas by the other
course It will be strengthened. There
is no danger in the normal case. in
entirely relieving the digestive and
eliminative system for hours or even
days. A thorough understanding OF
the philosophy Of this conservation OF
vitality with the increased confidence
and self-reliance that such understand.
ing brings, is Of great value. Espe.
cially important IL It to the pro-
fessional man who must often be sub
jected to great mental strain for long
er or shorter periods, and to the ath-
lete, who must drop weight steadily
In any endurance test. You cannot
work brain or muscle to their fullest
capacity, and at the same time work
the digestive and eliminative system
to its limit.
have found, by experiments on
myself and others, that there Is a loss
in weight Of about pound day, dur
ing the first few days of fast, when
little work Is done. Now the de-
mands Of the system are supplied by
consumption Of the tissues, and analy.
sis of the excreta and secretions
shows the proportions of the food ele-
ments required to sustain life. Add
ing for the work Of digestion and
elimination and increased work, we
get the estimate above given.
When intense mental work Is being
done, there is an extraordinary waste
of phosphorus and albumen especially.
These can be supplied quickly without
great draft on vitality for digestion
and elimination, by eating flesh, fish,
eggs and milk. These are quickly con-
verted into force. But they arc as
quickly expended, and thus produce
results equivalent to stimulation.
This is especially true OF meat. Neat
contains the waste Of the animal sys-
tenn from which 1t was taken, particu-
larly uric acid; and It has been fully
proved that the chief cause of fatigue
is the accumulation in the tissues OF
waste, particularly uric acid. In all
the recent great tests Of endurance
non-fiesh eaters have excelled flesh
eating competitors. To the physiolo-
gist familiar with the principles Of
nutrition involved, It is as clear that
1t should be 80 as that an engine
should run better on clean coal than
nm cnal and slate of the same weight.