The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-07-31
How Motto Eat I 90 Much
BY JANE: EDDINGToN

There is no question but that the
task Of digesiing food is a great
one. An enormous amount of energy
is required for the work so much that
many people but mark time that is
create only enough energy by earlier
eating 10 digest what they ca, later
or rather 20 mako some disposal ot
what they ovcrcat. Popularity speak
ing, food must be changed TO chymc
chymc to chylc chylo 10 blood bcfor.
tho process Of digestion and assi,nil;-
ton is complete. These processes rep
resent great labor
y writer on fasting claims that wc
have more energy when we fast than
when wc arc diGcstini- food. and To :,
certain extent this must bc true But
even Inc believes there is a great dis
tinc,ion between fasting and starving.
'nstinE IS more or less prccarious bus
mess unless untclliycntly conducted.
and when undertaken by one who has
dissipHt"d energy cNtravagantly.
II does leave the blood supply moro
generous and forCeful I'm the de
purating" organs, and there are "a num-
/ Der OF famous Instances Of men who
started out To starvc themselves he
cans" OF serious disease and in The
cud found they had starved the disease,
so they lived instead OF died.
Fasting is quito generallS undertaken
10 cure disease. including the disease
, OF fat. : great number Of diseases come
from ovcTcatiug. 50 the necessity for
fasting would never arise ii this were
not done. The great majority of peopl.
hay" bad eating habits which .h-v
could correct They Keep their minds
( on the next mouthful instead Of on tho
present fnouthful; they want a great
variety Of foods ia order to have q,
succession OF sensations. and 80 forth
II Is not the food that We eat. but
only what wc can assimilntc. that
uourishcs us. What We cannot nssimi-
lat" il the food nsested remains ~
toxic material tc cause OF help cause
Some one Of the LOO diseases man is
heir To. II is claimed that there arc
that number
y writer % great carncstness and in
dustrv on the subject OF fasting. bu,
one who is too proliX 10 recommend.
although there Is so much OF value in
his work. gives ten ways almost .nc-
chnncal ways, to keep from overeat-
ing.
The frs, is that recommended By
one OF Tic earliest American oBoslon)
based on right eating. II is to take
Ola yOur plate only what YOU can eat.
and whc, YOU have finished that stop.
/ But this requires will power.
Other rules arc; to stand mp at
meals 10 eat only ono kind of food
at one meal; to cease the moment that
genuine hunger has been satisfied. to
cease drinking with meals; TO eat no
spiccd or stimulating foods To discon
tinuc all stimulantS to appetite; TO
mink about the present mouthful and
not the one just ahead; to practice
thorough mastication at all times: and
last and greatest. To use your will"
To justify the second rule. TO the
effect that standing would lessen the
is mentioned that the unplca SAINT full
feeling following eating is often nor
observed until the cater rises from his
chair.
Every one knows that though he
cannot finish at times what lie has on
his plate. he can eat other things, sew
cral others. sometimes. This is be
cause different foods arouse different
nerve tbers Al certain point one
of them becomes fatigucd, while by
the presentation OF new foods Of dif
fercnt taste others are aroused, and
eating is still enjoyable when ii might
otherwise he painful.
"DigcstiOn is a process of hydratiou"
that is. OF reducing food TO Il liquid
FORMS said over and over most en-
phatically by the dietitiams. The di-
FESTIVE juices in fun strength can do
this. bu when they are diluted by
drinking at meals their strength is
weakened and digestion is delayed
Highly spiccd foods may arouse the
appetite abnormally, ANA. therefore
are not needed by those OF normal APP
petite.
The economy of thorough mastifica-
ton can hardly be ovcrcstimatcd 4
great amount OF money might he saved
by IL in Il year. but this saving would
be us nothing compared 10 the labor
saved the body.
Eating just the right amount need
not be 4 pcnancc; fasting and the TAX
ing, of medicine because Of ovcrcat-
ng constitute u pcnancc. Every man
may devise the method which his mind
and VIII can indOrsc, and aid and in
crease his health, wealth and happi-
ness.