Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1920-07-15
How to
q Live
comnsp Sense Comosaes on
Health, Hsppinsss and
Longevity
By GEORGE =. BUTLER
A. M N. d
VARIETY IN DIET.
Copyright. ig2c, By International Press

do not believe In a great variety
Of food at one meal-a ten or twelve
course dinner. or anything OF that sort,
Neither do ] think II Is best TO restrict
the diet TO one or two or three arti-
cles Of food, eating the same thing
day In and day out. The digestive or.
gans get into q rut and become slug
gish. -4--ss.srTs sy.xv,A.---~
AS rule, the more civilized man
becomes, the greater becomes his va
riety In diet AS I have said, variety
IN food does not mean a great variety
at any one meal. nor does II mean rich
pastries and indigestible stuffs.
think that q meal of two or three ar
ticles is really better than a greater
number, but each meal should be DIFF
ferent from the others. Breakfast,
dinner and supper should consist OF
different articles of food. and these
be varied from day TO day. A va
riety of wholesome foods well cooked.
The sensible housewife is the one who
does not serve TO husband and chill
dren the same things day after day
until their appetites are cloyed and
their stomachs 90 on strike. The
food should vary from season TO sea-
son, from day TO day, from meal TO
meal.
Eat meat, eat fish, eat vegetables,
eat fruits, eat cereals, but do not try
to eat them all In one day. Remem-
Der your body is made up of many diff
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ished by many different kinds Of foods.
There is no single food, not even milk,
that will keep a man In health and
vigor for any great length of time.
Even the domestic animals are kept In
better condition by slight changes in
diet. or changing from one pasture TO
another. Nature has provided such
variety OF products for food that IL
seems only reasonable 10 conclude
that they are Of use In the nourish'
ment of the body.
We may change our coat twice daily
and substitute new one as often as
the fashion monthly leader dictates
new style; but, no variation in clothes
alters the personality, whereas the
food we eat may either improve or
deteriorate the character of the body
which is our soulgarment.
The fact that important changes I'm
animal racteristics are produced by
variation In food cannot be doubted
by any observer OF birds aud animals
in a state of domestication. Seeing
then that the food plays so great
part in these cases, it may safely be
inferred that its effects will be still
more apparent in the civilization OF
mankind. This being found true, is
It not highly desirable that we should
seek to adopt diet tending directly
10 improve the body, In order that IL
may become more efficient vehicle
for the mind, or, more correctly
speaking. the ego?
A sickly, waning appetite can FIRE.
quently be stimulated by some exceed
ingy simple change in the commonest
articles of daily food. For example,
slices OF dry bread are particularly
uninvitng, but the same bread, light
ly Drowned with a delicately poached
egg resting on the crisp toast, becomes
altogether another item in the daily
menu. There are some forty or fifty
ways in which 10 prepare potatoes,
yet how few are the tables where one
sees the vegetable save in the stereo
typed boiled, mashed. or friedl A
great variety of delightful dishes can
he made with apples at all seasons OF
the year. There is no need to enum-
crate the host of what are known as
made dishes. II rs always better 10 set
on the family table. not courses OF
elaborate dishes, but wholesome
agreeable, and yet economical diver
sity Of food.
The best route to health In relation
10 food is by way OF variety. Always
variety! Ii need not necessarily cost
any more than the deadly monotony,
either in time, labor or money. In
fact IL should cost less in all direc-
lions. A little practice, a list of foods,
for easy reference, and a sincere de-
sire for health and comfort, these are
enough TO start the ball OF strength
and content rolling, a ball that will
roll more and more smoothly as II
gathers momentum with time and
practice. LEARN HOW TO LIVE.
Barring accidents or unhappy hered-
itary burdens or the overwork
which sometimes seems inevitable, IL
lies within the power Of great num-
Der of us TO be ready for service three
hundred and sixty-fve days in the
year.
Have variety of food, but eat mod
erately. No one can have good health
and clear perceptions Of right and
a quick sense. of wrong who INDUCES
in cver.eating.
Peace itself is struggle, or rather,
II is struggle and activity which are
the law. We only find rest In effort
as the fame only finds existence in
combustion.
DO not despise your situation I'm II
YOU must act, suffer, and conquer
From every point on earth. we are
equally near to heaven and to the In.
finite.
Won Cuard Aoaiusf RurOIa re