New-York tribune., 1909-01-31
Common Sense in Use Of Foods
In "Fads and Feeding"'C. Read Gives Inter
estine About Dieting

v,ooan Of the luxurious classes OF society Durlns
the period of actation woman should DC pIotiueu
with a more liberal diet. especially OF milk 1oooS
Hero Is good news for the hungry dyspeptlc;
In treating many who suffer from digestlVe
troubles it must be remembered that olleh ti0
general nutrition requires TO be consloereu ra'
than the gastric sensations. Great harm may V
done at times by dieting. The tendency win
some peopIe is to go on cutting off one artcle ot
food after another until state OF
is Induced in which it is impossible for any organ
in the body to properly perform It's work. II "ouu
be better If such people could be induced 10 ado u
the dietary any article Of diet that had oEce oeeN
found 70 a gree rather than TO cut out OF IL any
thing that had disagreed II, in any case VI
dyspepsa the teeth good ana Wen useu ~
rnasticate. If the diet is suitable IN quantity ana
quality and the other hygienc rules iald down ale
followed it is pretty certain tnat there is some
deepsr cause which must be removed before the
digestion again becomes normal
DRUGS as a rule the very last things that
are necessary when the digesuoh IS at Idu'', ~
less 1t be perhaps of pdrgative nature Many
folk think they can dodge the effects of their care
less habits by taking some medicine
DRINKING WITH MEALS
Here is something on important subject upon
which most people seem to be more or less at sea
what IS the influence Of water upon the dlges-
ton? 1t is commonly said that drinking much
water with meals is prejudicial to the digestive
processes because the gastric juices are thereoy
diluted and cannot act in their properly con
contracted form NV experience has usually leu
me to believe that this is correct. and especlaliS
so IL there be any tendency to dyspeptc trouoeS'
vet at the same time, physiological experiment.
teaches Us that water slightly excites gastric
secretion and up to a pint in quantity does not
in anv way retard the rapidity of digestloh AGAIN
the presence of wataer may aid In the solce"llie
az foods in the stomach though had we nastlca'eo
rroperlv this should not be necessary; ana o"e
of the evils arising from drinking with meals lies
in the fact that most people chew less II IeS can
wash down the semi-disintegrated morsel Win
soma Iioud Practically then, II Is always petter
to recommend very little drinking If at all with
meals and what is drunk should ne mplDeu at
or toward the end Hot water poWerIuhy III
oreases the movements of the stom1ch "dlls' "iiN
so tends to cure sluggish digestion
DR. Read su1ashes that darling be-.ef or SO many
persons that something with a SICK in II VIII
a cold.
oOne Of the most prevalent and at the same
time erroneous ideas concerning alconol Is that
II Dreyents colds. How often do we hear the
remark made to a guest. Who is about to leave ms
host on a cold night, Now, do have drop or
sor,etbins to keep the cold out Now, II there is
ANYTHING that is certain in this world 1t Is that
aIcoboI let's the heat out and therefore predls-
noses to chill 1t dilates all the superficial blood
vessels cf the body thereby giving temporarily
the sensation of glow Of warmth ana II Is from
this added heat that is brought to the surface or
+ba bodv that the temperature is lowered by radia-
tton In the very cold regions the inhabitants
l,nov- o1y too we'll this effect Of alcohol, and
~e,1izfry the danger have to be abstemious IN
order TO preserve their lives, and one hnds' as a
matter of fact, that persons who are frozen 10
5aa+b-in this country at Ieast-have usually met
with that fate through their having been IN a state
If intoxication when cold overlook them