The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1917-08-03
CHEW FOOD WELL
This Is Economy and a Guar
antee of Good Health.
Never Eat When Tired, Excited
or Angry.

Lawrence, Kan. Aug. s.-'Liberty
loaves' and how to make them from
Kansas kafir corn, whole wheat, oats,
corn, barley and rye and rice flour
was special wartime study taken I'D
oy the home economics department of
the University of Kansas this week.
whole wheat flour and corn meal
We're obtained from a flour mill, but
the kafir corn, oats, barley, rye and
rice the students ground themselves
in hand mill. The students will
determine what mixture of fIours
makes the most satisfactory bread
from the standpoint of nutrition, pal
atability and cost.
While experiments with different
breads were being begun Miss Ger
truoe Hazen, instructor in the special
class In food saving, spoke on the
necessity of knowledge of the care
OF the digestive system 10 effect econ
omy and maintain health.
Saving begins in the mouth, the
class was told. Make a habit of
chewing all food well. In tLat way
you will not eat SO much and will en-
joy eating all the more. By chewing
thoroly the saliva moistens and dis
solves food in the mouth and begins
breaking down starches. At the same
time the chewing has warned the
stomach begins secreting gastric juices
and is ready to do it's work effectively.
AS Mrs. Rose says in Feeding the
Family" the textbook used by the
class, the sight, smell and taste of food
not only makes the mouth water, but
. the stomach, too.
Stomach a Reservoir.
While the principal work of the
stomach is to serve as a reservoir and
to liQuidate the food, it is very sensi-
tive to bad feeding and it passes this
feeling on to the smaller intestines,
where the greater part of digestion is
accomplished. Taking care of the
stomach, and consequently the re-
mainder of the digestive tract necessi-
, tates some common sense rules:
Chew all food well.
Never eat when very tired, greatly
excited or angry. If Impossible 70
avoid eating at such time, take an
egg drink, matted milk, soup or cocoa
Be regular. -
IF YOU omit breakfast you lose a
most valuable aid in digestion, for
=, the greatest physiological impulse
| toward digestion comes after preak-
/ fast.
/ A drink of water before meals slim
ulates the stomach.
Meat soups, bouillon or consomme
stimulates the stomach.
| A person who bolts his food instead
|
work on the stomach. The food swal-
! lowed in hunks will be digested. but
the process is slowed up. When IA
tigue, anger or other causes retard
digestion fermentation begins among
the carbohydrates and putrefaction
among the proteins. The ferments
produce irritating acids and gases,
and from the proteins come the toxins
or poisons that cause auto-intoxica-
ton and violent headaches -ie-
! Eat Bulky Foods.
Proper digestion requires there be
bulk in food. The cellulose in the
bran of whole wheat makes whole
wheat bread valuable as an aid in this
way. Cellulose does not provide nu-
triton, merely mechanical aid to
digestion. A common form of pure
cellulose familiar to the public is cot
ton, altho it is not the type of cellu-
lose suited to digestive needs. Foods
rich in cellulose are cabbage, celery,
string beans, asparagus, lettuce,
onions, raisins, figs, prunes, whole
/ wheat, bran, rolled oats.
| Do not try to save by stintinS your
self Eat what you need, but no more
Many persons, Miss Hazen said, have
an absurd notion that eating food
they do not want rather than to see it
left on the plate is being economical
, Do not eat to save and do not starve
+ to save. Food left on the plate FREE
4 quently is suitable to be used in other
| dishes.
Drink iced tea or other beverages in
moderation if you wish. Water adds
weight, but it doesn't increase fat.
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