Palisadian., 1919-05-24
THE PSYCHOLOGY OF FOOD.

Dr. Frank Crane wrote one day this
week on the human tendency of men
differing in opinion. This, he claims,
causes disputes, creates factions, rows,
splits, ructions and other forms of re-
sentiment. He believes these tenden-
cies overcome families even, and thus
he segregates the cause of the pro-
verbal family row." DR. Crane does
not undertake to diagnose the cause
of this frailty in mankind, but merely
says that it exists, without attempting
to even note the cause of the cause.
But that there is ii cause, as well as
Il cause of the cause, is self evident to
any mind that will seek it, or delve
down deep enough to find what is
underneath. Health is the greatest
factor in mans happiness, just as it
is the most vital ingredient in the
compound of human achievement. 1t
is the purifier of the atmosphere sur
rounding endeavor. 1t is the elmini-
nator of obstacles in the way of prog
ress. 1t is the electric throb that
pulses and drives the machinery of
accomplishing purpose. It's grinding
force, its uplifting influence are the
two most potent things guiding and
governing our daily lives
Why then does health play so con
spicuous part in the correlation of
men? Because it brings the thought
that we should be just to each other.
1t forces the automatic consideration
of notion The greatest drawback to
the elimination of petty feeling is the
mental attitude on motive. We too
often ascribe motive where none
exists, and when it exists we do not
look at it from the right angle. How
different men and things are when We
come to know them. Even a vicious
looking dog may have the gentlest
disposition. The ascribing of motive,
the feeling that a thing must be true
because it looks reasonable to the
marked vision, is trait that should
not exist, and it would not exist if
we kept functionally true in our
bodies. The mind is always affected
by the physical condition.
SO going back to DR.. Cranes
thoughts on the inclination to find
fault, to disagree does it not all come
again to the state of the body? How
glorious would our lot in life be if
we could agree on motive though we
differed in opinion. What world
this would be if we could formulate
IA plan to temper appetite in order to
tone the mind. These brain storms
we have; these enmities we encour-
age; these gossips we listen to and
believe would all evapOrate if we
knew the open sesame to health. That
man is the sureSt saviour of humanity
who will teach us what and how to
eat We go along unmindful of the
physiological effects of food, most of
the time, either because of the appeal
in what is set before us. or because
we do not know. When we satisfy
the appetite we are for the time Satl-
ated. Is not the key to health, then,
in curbing human appetite? The
natural law of every created thing is
to decay When we shall have no
craving we have strained bodily
function, for food is the fuel for the
body, and too much of it burns from
within.
And so, when we are we'll in health,
we are so in mind. We do not see
these opposing forces. The world
takes on roseate hue. The sun shines
brighter; the flowers are sweeter;
the rain is beautiful; the snow is
beautiful the sleet is beautiful-all
the world is beautiful and we see no
quarrel anywhere.