Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1935-08-30
THIS AND THAT.
BY CHARLES E. TRACEWELL,

will not accept the evidence of their
own eyes, it is an even greater wonder
that people will laugh at 1t.
Yet such Is the nature of man and
such his training, in many cases, that
he continues to poke fun at something
which he might speedily prove to him
self, If only he would give it a fair trial.
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The primary need of the middle aged
or older person, in regard to food, espe-
cially in average sedentary city life, is
to cut down on the total food intake,
and especially to resCrict the amount OF
starch and protein consumed.
The proof of indigestion is in the
pudding, indeed; any one who gives the
modern scheme of compatibles and in
compatibleS a fair trial, can prove to
himself that indigestion is unnecessary.
If this were the only gain it would
be enough. with its elimination of
Nightmares and other horrible dreams.
The entire diet scheme, called fad"
by some. is merely a very common
sense way of accomplishing the above
detectives
II one does not mix Starches and
proteins and does not mix acid fruits
and starches, he is shortly going to find
that he is not eating as much of either
as he did in the past.
This program seems easy until one
actually tries it, then it is discovered
that 1t leads to multiplicity Of details.
with eternal vigilance as the price of
perfect digestion.
Let bread and meat men shiver not
In their boots. This plan requires much
too much Self-restraint for the masses.
They want to eat to repletion, and had
rather suffer SeVsre indigestion than
give up their meat, bread and potatoes.
their lemonade and pie, their delicious
strawberry shortcake.
The one drawback of this system Is
that after following it for a while one
is not as able to indulge in the old hit
and-miss combinations as in the past.
The body. in other words, by being
freed from indigestion and its attendant
pains, is in such good condition, at
least by comparison, that it reSentS
hugely any backward step.
1t Is not dulled, in other words, and
hence is perfectly free to resent.
Yes, the stomach, and entire intestinal
tract for that matter may and does
resent whatever offends it, in any one
or more of the wonderful chemical ways
which are part of its ordinary pro-
cedure.
1t is not strange. therefore. that a
system which is suddenly freed from
ordinary indigestion, as commonly
known. should feel the effects of a
sudden return to the old thoughtless
ways of eating.
The happy thing is that any one who
honestly tries this method of common
sense eating, even though in rudimentary
form, and by no means thoroughly, will
seldom want to go back.
He will know some of the inner re-
joicing. both mental and physical, of
all persons of all ages who have mas
tered food, not permitted food to master
them.
One of the great gains will be almost
complete absence of horrible dreams,
usually called nightmares. The aSso-
citation of these with poorly chosen food
combinations is sanctioned by the COM
mon wisdom of all peoples over count
less ages. Especially poor combinations
late at night are regarded responsible.
Sensible eating, by whatever name, will
do much to cut down on indigestion
and dreams, since the two 60 together.