Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
author Of Eating for a Purpose. etc.,

F. x. A, Antipathy to Certain Foods.
Even teaspoonful of honey always
makes me sick. / know that this is
not imagination, for my wife, who
doubted 1t, tested it by Disgusting the
honey in syrup, and the effect was the
same as when l knew that l was eat
ing honey. l have known others who
had similar experiences. What is the
cause of this antipathy, and how can
1t be overcome?
Ans.-No explanation has been given,
so far as l know. Probably this is only
pronounced form of dislike for GER
tain foods, good or bad. Some time
ago, studied the case of a friend who
had acquired an absolute distaste for
pork, and, to smaller degree, for all
other meats, because he had been
made sick by eating fresh pork. l
| know another man who is nauseated
by the thought of eating oysters, be-
cause he was once made very sick by
| eating them. Probably these innate
objections to certain foods are the re-
suit of some record, often hereditary,
of severe sickness, due to over-eating
a particular article or to eating 1t at
the wrong time. These registers are
of course subjective; we do not know
of them until, by chance, We eat the
particular food to which the antagOn-
istic record exists. The effect will be
the same whether we know We have
eaten such food or not The memory
of the subjective mind is perfect. Prob
ably these peculiar tendencies could
be overcome by suggestion and by
beginning with very small amount
of the food and increasing it gradual
| ly, but there would be no particular
| benefit, as a rule, in doing this, and
| it might be harmful. 1t is not neces-
sary to eat everything. Such antipathy
is never found with bread, sugar, nuts
or other substantial natural food.
| H. L. NJ, Insomnia.-I am troubled
with insomnia. Has diet any bearing
on this? Please explain.
Ans-The cause of sleeplessness is
wrong feeding, foul air, want of exer
else, mental excitement or some irrita-
| ton due to abnormal condition of the
| physical organism or to defective
functioning of the organism. The ul-
| innate cause is, of course abnormal
mental condition. The radical cure
consists in complying with all the con-
| ditionS of complete nutrition, with
| special reference to the one or more
! that may be particularly violated. BY
| getting the necessary detailed infor-
nation and perhaps by making
| physical examination, your local ply
sician can determine what may be re-
CURED in this direction and tell you
how to restore the normal condition.
1t is not wise to take drug to allay
the abnormal activity of the nervous
system which causes the excessive
| flow of blood to the brain because
such drugs always work injury, al
though the necessity for sleep in
| severe cases may occasionally war
rant their use. The simplest and
most effective superficial cure is to
eat very light supper, toast, a
poached or whipped egg or only few
| prunes; drink nothing later than five
o'clock, except to take little warm
drink after eating, OF cup of cocoa
or lemonade Immediately before retir-
ing Sit with the feet in hot water
for ten minutes before going to bed
| Take a brisk rubbing with a rough
| towel and cool water, distributing the
circulation. The electric vibrator
would be beneficial in producing the
same effect. On lying down assume
| the easiest possible attitude. Instead
| of fearing that you may not sleep, as
sumo mental attitude of Indifference
as to whether you sleep or not Hav-
ing assumed the most comfortable po-
sition turn the eyes up as If looking
directly overhead in a perpendicular
line Imagine that you see pigeons be-
ing liberated from a tall building and
count them, one by one, as they fly
away up, and when you fall asleep and
wake again repeat the same process.
This occupies the attention and the
Imagination with the least possible eff
| fort.
w. H s., Food and Thouqht.-About
a year ago, found myself in poor con-
! dition, hardly able to do my work as
a salesman in a store on account of
nervous exhaustion. My attention was
called to the Importance of proper eat
| ing which, like most people, had till
then given no attention. 1 changed
my diet. and soon found considerable
! improvement, but / was not satisfied.
/ was not as we'll as l had been while
working as a collector. 1 happened to
! read about manuscript supposed to
contain some sayings of Jesus not
found in the New Testament. 1 got
/ from this the idea that the healing
power is within. and / am now better
than / have ever been before. enjoy
! life and cannot imagine myself as be-
ing sick. as l was for more than two
years. Should 1 credit my improve
ment TO the food that gave me the
start, or to the suggestion that gave
me the finish? / am advising others
| and want to know am right. i can
eat anything now, and have no fear of
being sick, and say to others, Eat
/ ANYTHING and think right -