Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1909-01-07

toxIcants finds on disseminating his
daily two or three glasses OF beer.
wine or whisky. or that the smoker
finds for a time after he stops smok.
ing.
often hear people say they are
convinced that coffee, for instance.
is injurious. but when they tried
10 leave on using II. they SUI.
fered from nervous headache 20 much
that they were obliged TO resume lie
use 10 be In fit condition for their
work. Persons who have tried to do
without meat often conclude that they
are the better for eating II, because
they do not feel SO well when they
discontinue it-for q few days.
Eating or drinking any particular
food or drink becomes In time habit,
and even though II may be injurious.
Il is hard to discontinue It. Even the
substitution of better habit Ia irk
some.
Natures way Is TO change gradually,
as we see in the weaving Of the young,
as we may see when at times the food
of our domestic animals is changed.
Suppose for instance, that you de.
eide to discontinue the use Of coffee,
mix with the coffee one-fourth cereal
coffee for the first week or two, next
one.half, then three.fourths, and finally
use pure cereal coffee, which may be
continued as a substitute drink or
not.
In living on one article Of diet, even
milk, or wheat, or fruits, which may
supply every element OF material nu.
triton needed by the system. there is
a craving for something else for
time. 1t does not necessarily follow
that something else is really needed,
but only that the habit of eating more
than one thing is calling for satisfac-
ton. It is well known that there is q
CRYING demand for food during the
first few days Of fast, but that after
the fourth day there may be no call
for food for 30 days or more.
In adopting a complete new diet, the
law OF gradual change applies as In
dealing with a single article, like cof'
fee. The manner Of effecting the
change. in detail, should be deter
mined by age, temperament, and other
particulars. The longer the habit has
been established the more gradual
should be the change. A person Of
nervous temperament should change
more slowly than a phelgmatic person
of iron will.
Occasionally after one has become
established in the better way and be
ing fully convinced that the change
has proved beneficial, an overwhelm
ing desire will take possession
of one to return, temporarily, te
the old way. l believe 1t Is best
in such cases, to yield, for one meal
or even for a day or two. Coffee does
not become a deadly poison the day
one forswears 1t. One must be care
full. however, lest "the last state be
come worse than the first"
Our friends, the enemy, are thu
greatest hindrance to improvement II
diet. The fear Of being called
food crank" deters many from max
ing a change which they know would
greatly improve their health and sue
cess generally, although food cranks'
are now happily becoming so numer
GUS that there is ample company.
A radical change in diet, even TO
the better, is naturally followed by un
pleasant feelings and worse looks, TO
awhile; and often one does not know
how to adapt the new diet until h
learns by experience. 1t is therefore
better, as a rule, TO be away fror
home while making radical change
or while fasting, and, IL possible
among people who can give. trust
worthy advice and encouragement.
It should be borne in mind that tn,
amount and kind of food required b!
a given individual depend largely upol
age, work, temperament and othe
conditions which should always b
considered in determining diet.