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

ton. because then the heat is drawn
10 the surface Of the body and the
internal secretions are lessened.
For the same reason do not eat
abUndantly in hot weather, nor OF
foods which are hard 20 digest Do
not drink and eat at the same time.
The saliva should be OF sufficient
quality TO moisten you food. Drink
ing with each mouthiul becomes q
habit. The food is washed into the
stomach without being properly
chewed. Drink before the meal and
after the meal.
Do not go fatigued 10 your meal.
Rest awhile SSoothe the nerves sys-
TEN, before placing another task
upon it, and when the meal is fin
ished rest awhile The stomach
needs the blood for its work. Mus
cular or mental exercise calls the
blood away. Especially co not place
the abdomen in a constrained posi-
ton BY bending over your work.
Food substances contain ingred-
tents which are beneficial 10 the
body in that they cause a peristaltic
movement Of the intestines. These
ingredients are found in greater
quantities in some foods than in
others. Examples OF such foods arc:
Graham bread, oat meal, lettuce
radishes. etc. II is absolutely nee
essary TO eat more food than is as
simulated by the body. since the
moderate distension of the intestin-
al canal causes an afferent or sem
sorry stimulation 10 the nerve CEN
tiers which results in a motor i'm
pulse that causes this peristaltic
movement. We must eat a variety
Of foods, and from this variety there
is normally selected enough material
TO compensate for the bodys needs.
Eat Agreeable Food.
In your selection OF food do not
eat things which do not agree with
you. Utricaria is caused in some
people by eating strawberries. bill
business is caused in others by drink
ing too much milk. Milk or matted
milk tablets IS more suitable for a
child than meat pickles or cheese.
The digestive organs have 10 become
developed and hardened 10 the pro-
cesses of digestion and a childs
stomach and intestine is compare
lively speaking as tender and gentle
as its hands.
Do not eat or drink things be-
cause they are pleasant TO the taste.
Arsenic is sweet and old milk is
sour yet sour milk is unpleasant
but very wholesome and is certainly
H.
meals cool or warm. but never hot.
The mucous membrane of the aesop-
hagus and stomach is injured by
taking not foods. Hot foods are
claimed as the cause of cancers.
The principal materials of foods
necessary TO the growth and repair
az the body are: Fats, oils, car
bohydrates. proteids. and assisting
these are inorganic salts and water
Energy Producers.
Fats and oils are found in meats,
milk. cheese, etc. They are producers
Of much energy, but are harder to
digest than the other substances
They are acted upon by the juices
of the pancreas and intestine, and in
the form Of soap and emulsions are
absorbed by the intestinal walls.
Proteids are found also in meats
and other substances. The plants are
the great prOteid formers OF the
world. All animal life is dependent
upon the plants for its proteids.
Proteids are great energy producers
and possess besides the element Nit
rogen one of the principal constitu-
ents of all animal tissue. A familiar
example of a proteid or albuminOus
substance is the white of an egg.
The carbohydrates are eXemplified
in sugars and starches. They are al
so producers of much energy. The
energy liberated in the body comes
from the destruction of the tissues,
and these tissues are made of mi
croscopic portions called cells. 1t is
necessary to keep the tissues in re-
pair: and that reparation' is conduct
ed as follows: Portions OF the food
which we eat are absorbed by a set
of vessels in the intestinal walls
called lacteals. These vessels lead
into an elongated sac called the re-
ceptacle of the chyle, which leads
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