South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-08-31

I body. The sensOry nerve endings OF
taste and smell develope a desire
for a pleasant food stimulation. Just
the same as the nerve terminals in
the mouth and nose evince a desire
for tobacco. The habit OF slavinc
ones self 70 food is relatively a form
q intemperance. We become slaves
TO our appetites. We forget that we
are eating in order TO live. not liv-
mg. as decadent Rome did. to eat
Temperance should be practiced in
every form of our existence: In our
manner Of dressing. in our deport-
ment. in our language and especial
y in our eating.
Eating Between Meals.
Children may be privileged 10 eat
between meals, since they rarely eat
sufficient food at the usual times,
! besides their lives are normally so
active and their growth Is so con-
tinuOus. but a child should not be
given the variety of foods daily TAX
en- by an adult To give a child in
digestible and highly acid foods is
taking advantage Of the child's in
nocence. Parents are as responsible
for the child's physical well being
as our school teachers are for its
mental training Teach the child 10
like simple foods Teach il 10 know
I that we eat because of necessity
that we are intelligent beings. seek
ing 10 live long and 10 live truth
fully CollatiOns between meals, of
ten desired by adult people, is q
willful waste of food. and "A means
Of keeping the stomach continuous
~ at work. People suffer more fire.
quently from eating too much than
from eating too little. A person may
drink water with impUnity, provid-
ing the water is not ice water, nor
water containing too much mineral
substances. AS for drinks such as
pop" the least that IS drunk the
better
Persons of sedentary occupations.
who are blessed with a good appe-
tite, live under the sword of Oar
nocles Their capacity for storing
food is secondary only to their kins-
man the hog. and their existence is
just as precarious
Should Have Good Appetite.
A person should not have a poor
appetite. He should take enough
physical exercise to warrant at least
two substantial meals each day, and
if his occupation does not permit
him TO feel the brightness of every
day life he should change his work.
Ii is far better 10 be a healthful
hard handed farm laborer than a
sickly clerk.
People desire greasy foods. They
do not call them by that name
Nevertheless food fried in lard, but
ter or a similar substance is greasy
and such foods are the worst kinds
10 digest They are Objectionable be-
cause the gastric juice Of the stom-
ach does not act upon fats nor oils.
and if food which we eat is coated
with a layer Of grease it must needs
pass undigested into the intestine
before the greasy coating is re
moved, and The food particles at
tackled Thus an extra amount OF
work is thrown upon the solvent
glands Of the pancreas and intestine.
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best; preferably boiled. Remember
| that diseases of the stomach may
come from insufficient exercise of
that organ as well as from too much
exercise. and also that acute indiges-
ton may be caused by swallowing
food not properly masticated. Chew
food as completely as possible. If
YOU cannot chew it be polite enough
/ 10 your stomach as not to swallow
| 1t. Do not sacrifice your health to
social forms.
Don't Eat When Sweaty.
II is not advisable 20 go to your
meals when in a profuse perspira-