The Detroit times. [volume] (Detroit, Mich.) 1903-1920, 1915-08-23
The Stomach and the Mind
~ A. AnDlNcToN BRUCE,
Auiho, OF The Riddle Of Personality"
"Psgchology and Parenthood etc.

Nobody needs % be told that among the es-
senlals to efficiency and success 10 life, a
foremost place must be given 20 ability to think
quickly accurately and clearly
This Be- a Characteristic peculiarly susceptible
OF development by wise training Indeed, il
IS only by training Nat IL can for a certainty
bo established as part OF a mans phychc make
up.
BOT training alone is not enough The IN
sfrument through which one expresses bis
thoughts the brain. must be IN good running
order And lT MUST BE KEPT IN GOOD
RUNNING ORDER
TO this end ike any mechanical appliance,
10 needs 90 be- regularly cleaned and cnergized.
Nature performs this task for us BY converting
the food eat into ubHcnting and cnergizins
material which D. carried TO the brain In tae
blood
Consequently anything which interferes with
this process OK conversion better known as
DIGES riON-is detrimental % the power TO
think
II r. doubiy detrimental because digestive
trouble means more than deficiency Ia the
brains fuel aupply lt means sending 10 the
brain material which viii clog Instead OF ubri-
cate It.
Hence every man who would use his brain 20
it's taavimum ought GO regard 10 as one OF Ais
flrst duties 10 TAKE CARE or HlS STOMACH
THE SEAT or THE DIGESTIVE FhOD Ee5
lie ought 20 learn just how he can help BIS
stomach 10 perform SIS work. and then le
ought TO govern himself accordingly
FOR ono thing he ought 90 beware ~ over
taxing bis stomachs digestive power oy put
ting too much food into lt 10 IS better to eat
not quite enough food than too much
without being over guaay as go DIET. care
must be- taken 90 avoid eating food which Is
demonstrably iudiRestiblo 90 tho given ndl
vldual ealing 10 People are differently com
stitufed with regard 90 the dgestibiity OF cor.
tain foods Thus strawberries are positively
poisonous % some persons
Also it a important 10 aeo That Tire food enters
the stomach properly prepared Tor digestion.
This refers not go much 90 the way food ia cook
ed as 20 the way 10 is eaten, though the cook
ing is of great importance.
But the best cooked food IN the world s not
for q certainty digestible unless 20 rs chcRed
sufficiently 70 send il TO The stomach well coat.
ed With saliva
one must make sure however. that n Is not
sent % The stomach. coated well enough. per.
haps with saliva. bat also coated with the
toxic products OF tooth decay,
Food ChcWed in an uucloan mouth ia prolific
cause Of chronic indigestion For your brains
sake then. as well as for your stomaCh's. visit
The dentist regularly
Visit the oculist too NJ YOU are troubleds WITH
indigestion for which you cannot account NJ
may be n reflex neurosis' The results OF uu-
suspected eye strain.
Exercise regularly. De outdoors n stated part
or every day aud sleep with your window open
Above Nh things avoid worry stomach aga
ciflisis coming more and more 600 The Dam
lief that worry leads am other causes OF mdE
geHtion
Let a man lead the most perfect hygieulc lf,
otherwise. hc win be- plagued by indigestion II
be- is habitusl worrier-
Avoiding worry. and observing the pc(4,
lions mentioned above. the chances WITH
deed Do good not merely OF escaping indir0
lion, but of enjoying lOuEcOntinued vIriliy both
OF body and Of mind