| Show A word of wisdom k there is a law irrevocably decreed in heaven upon which every blessing is predicated and only by obeying that law can the blessing be obtained A more concise truth was uttered I 1 there is one blessing to which hu manity is entitled as a whole vl 1 ole a and nd I 1 which a mighty host of 0 tb the 1 human huma I 1 family Is deprived from enjoying tor for various reasons we refer to health it is a common espres expression slon that more people are killed by oner oer eating than by starvation and herein lies the trouble with many who have lost their health overeating over eating gor mand izing in other words absolutely overriding over riding every law of nature w with ith respect to keeping up the live tissues of the body anh and then some people wonder wonder why they are sick it is no uncommon thing and we have all more or less been guilty for an ordinary person to walk into a restaurant and order a tenderloin steak big enough tor for a whole family with the steal steak goes potatoes bread and butter pickles something to drink and then dessert all of which j is crammed into the stomach and that poor organ is supposed eto to pro properly perl y take fake c care ai of the load without a murmur the stomach of an adult should hold about three pints of food and some people will drink three ind and four glasses of water with a meal like the above mentioned which in itself is enough to fill up the digestive organ but what must be the result when the tenderloin potatoes bread and butter and other ing ingredients re come along ind and demand admittance mit tance all food taken into the stomach must be digested and after trie the body has been supplied with all the nutriment it requires the balance mu must st be r disposed of somehow and doe does s no good to the body but the poor patient stomach has to perform its work just the same like a machine which is abused and overworked the r organ finally gives ives out under the constant strain and then the person gets sick no wonder then some people have a mania for certain kinds of food irrespective to their properties and the time required in digesting roast chicken veal pork jam crab and other foods that might be mentioned are great favorites with the majority of the human family and they are among the longest on foods in digesting other folks must have alcoholic drinks to their meals and the poor stomach is iscom com belled to wrestle with these stimulants for over six hours in a vain attempt to cast the fluids oft off entirely it if possible from the scientific american we clip the following which gives a table of certain foods with the relative time of digestion to present certain facts relative to digestion we have prepared an engraving which shows the relative digestibility of foods of various kinds it will be seen that the baked apple and the raw egg are arc near the winning post the egg being tied by the fish then follows ven ision all these being digested within an hour then come milk turkey duck and oysters yew new bread and cheese follow in the same class with the above the time required to digest them being about three hours then come turnips potatoes roast chicken and cabbage we are fast getting into the period I 1 of indigestibility which is beautifully summed up in pork and veal which under the most favorable conditions dit ions five hours to digest in the sixth hour and beyond class we find jam crabs and alcoholic beverages of various descriptions certain other articles of food are about as bad as fial crabs and jam ri notably eels which are notoriously indigestible requiring six hours also stone fruits which require the same period the body requires only so much nourishment just enough to keep heep up the tissues which are constantly being destroyed aal all food taken into the body over and above the required amount is wasted absolutely but the stomach has to munch it over dissolve it and fit it properly to make live tissue before it leaves that organ it needs rest just as much as does the back legs arms brain and other parts of the body which become tired by work but many there are who have yet to learn the lesson of a word of wisdom with respect to ito eating A light breakfast or no breakfast at all a fairly good dinner and light supper ought to be plenty for people who do office work and those engaged in outdoor labor of course require more food less food and a good deal more exercise we believe would cure many of the sick today who think they ara are about ready to shuffle off this mortal coil and pass to a land of peace and rest there is wisdom in all things but no person can expect to enjoy health by violating the laws of nature |
