The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-10-27
HOME HEALTH CLUB
Edited by Dr.. David H. Reeder,

Eu1Pe0 Dy Dr. David h. ReedeF, =
Chicago, III.
WHY DO WE EAT AND DRINK?
CONTINUED by DR.. H. Lindlahr.) When.
tosDrink: In the morning, on arising,
after thoroughly cleansing the mouth
and teeth, sip slowly a glass or two
of cool water, not hot. The s'hot water
in the morning fad is another apopu-l
lar superstition which needs corTec-,
ton.
tain practice-it looks plausible on the
face of it-and presently Everybody
is doing it, without examining into
the reasonableness of the thing. Hot
water is weakening and enervating,
inside as well as outside. Nature
does not provide hot drinks for her
creatures, and Nature knows best.
Cold water, fresh from the hydrant Or
the well, is refreshing and natural
stimulant to the digestive organs and
the system in general. 1t is all right
and necessary to drink sufficient wat
er to satisfy the demands of the sys-
tenn, but I warn strongly against tax
ing too much-becaus there is a 'ttoo
much in drinking as well as in ev-
erything else; but this. our friends
the flushing enthusiasts-seem to
overlook. UNLESS you are under spe-
kcial regime for certain diseased condi-
lions. from six to eight glasses of cool
water per day should be sufficient, dis
trtbuted about as follows: one glass in
the morning. on arising, two between
breakfast and lunch, two between
lunch and dinner, and one or two
glasses before retiring. Hunger and
thirst are the only true guides for
eating and drinking. II we lived
naturally, we would not eat drink
except when hungry or thirsty.
Most vegetarians drink very little.
It is the customary highIy-spfced meat
diet which creates excessive or abb
normal thirst. rational, non-irri-
tatfng and discriminating vegetarian
diet furnishes the organism with fluids
of the best possible kind in the form
of fruit and vegetable juices, prepared
in Natures own laboratory, rich in
medicinal qualities and free from all
Objectionable constituents.
DRINKING AT MEALS.
The less you drink with your meals
the better. The dryness of the food
furnishes the necessary stimulus for
the secretion of saliva, and of gastric
and intestinal juices. An abundance
of liquid in the digestive tract, there
fore, weakens Athe activitl of the Sc
GREETING membranes and glandular
structures. Moreover, it diIutes the
secretions and thereby weakens their
digestive qualities. The juices of the
stomach and the intestines, as well as
all other secretions in the body can
not be made more effective by adding
to them large amounts of water at
meal time or any other time.
Coffee, tea, or alcoholic liquors are
especially Objectionable before and
during meal times. The former re-
tard digestion; the latter over stimu-
late temporarily the secretions of gas
trio and Intestinal juices, thus Great
ing a false appetite The unnatural
stimulation is soon followed by cor
responding weakness and inactivity
of the secreting glands in the diges-
tive tract. Alcoholic liquors, there
fore, taken before and during meal
times, encourage over-eating. and,
when the reaction sets in, the diges-
tive juices, as well as the vitality nee
essary to take care of the excess of
food taken under the influence of IN