The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1910-03-10
PERHAPS YOU EAT TOO MUCH.
An Excellent Article From Success Moga-
zine on the Quantity Of Food
Needed.

When one considers the amount
of care and attention devoted to
the proper feeding of our domes.
tic ANIMALS in order to keep them
in good physical condition, wheth
er for work or exhibition pur-
poses, it is surprising to note the
carelessness of the human ami.
NAL In regard to it's own food.
Pick up book on the feeding Of
any of our domestic animals and
you will be struck by the repe-
tion of "Don't overfeed." 1t is
not question of quality but a
question of quantity that is dwelt
upon.
In the case of the human ami
NAL, the cry has been nourish
ment and more nourishment un
til one Is led to believe the human
system yawnlng furnace yearn
ing for food. Loss of appetite is
considered a dire calamity. Grant
ed; but IN ninety per cent. of cas-
es this loss of appetite Is due prl
marily to overeating. The I'm
mediate cause may be one of a
score of minor ailments, the treat
ment for which Is a more or less
thorough cleaning out of the sys
tenn to get rid of the surplus.
The result is satisfactory; your
torpid liver or bowels or stomach
was at fault. But why? Too much
nourlshment-overeatlng. By
overeatlng l am not referring to
quantity judged by weight, as a
comparatively small amount of a
concentrated food may do as much
harm as larger amount contain
ing a similar percentage of actual
food value.
Fuel is as necessary in the run
nlng of the human as IN any 9th
er engine. Excess of fuel causes
trouble IN any case. For exam
pie, feed your auto engine too
much gasoline and it "chokes";
you get less power, and a carbon
deposit which requires an over
hauling of the engine. Or, care
less fireman feeds his furnace too
much coal, resulting In smoke
and SCOT with less available heat
and clogged fues. The remedy
is to clean the boiler. But in all
well conducted plants thefreman
is either warned or discharged
for lncompetency.
How about our poor human
engine? Occasionally we eat
enough to be uncomfortable and
are more or less sorry, according
to the degree of discomfort. Verv
often we blame some one particu
lar dish for being lndigestlble; SO
we take a digestive tablet, stim
ulant or laxative, and all is well.
Is 1t? What about gout, rheuma
tlsm, dyspepsia, headache, consti
patton, etc? How about "that
tired feeling; that sluggish cir
culation? Do you notice 1t more
after eating hearty meal or aft
er eating frugal one? Try 1t.
Something over two years ago
an old college friend of mine, a
physician, came to me with a his
tory Of headaches, constipation,
torpid liver, rheumatism, and a
general lack of tone. They had
all yielded to treatment for a time,
but had always recurred. He had
been treated for everything, from
simple gastrltis to cancer of the
liver; with diets and drugs and
internaland external baths galore,
both here and abroad, with the
same result, more or less tenn
porary improvement. He decid
ed there must be som ething radl
cally wrong. l agreed. He wore
the brands of the overfed-luster
less eyes and muddy complexion;
dull red mucous membranes in
stead of the bright red of a heal
thy man. I asked him, SHOW
about your appetizer" He an
swered:
~ have always managed to
keep that good"
"You mean that You eat three
hearty meals day ?"
"Yes."
Anything between meals ?"