Show W HAT H HI A f theat it ET W and WHY an B B B W anar B 0 B fi C houston goudiss reveals several reasons why food sometimes disagrees warns against eating when tired or worried fly by C HOUSTON GOUDISS awarding A GREAT ninny many people have tho the unfortunate habit of Y warning friends and acquaintances against this or that food on the ground that it is to digest or d is almost sure to cause digestive distress especially if catali t at I 1 t tile the wrong time of day or in combination with tile wrong foods 1 indeed to hear some moll men and women r recount 0 c 0 thu th L various dishes that tire aro best left alone isaio Is to wonder how they manage to find anything to cat at all in view of the many M any good foods they consider taboo certainly there is no objection to food as the topic of conversation it la Is so BO basic to good health t that hn t it should be uppermost in tile tho mind of every individual who desires to promote physical and mental officio efficiency ncy and it is also natural for n person to bo be guided by past experience in determining ter tor what he should eat cat and what it may be advisable for him to avoid hut but it is a grave mistake for one person to warn ivarn another against any foot food or combination 0 of foods on tho the ground that it will cause digestive distress for the truth ruth of tho the matter is that bat under proper conditions a nor normal I 1 a healthy person should have no difficulty in digesting almost any food that hat lias has a place in tile the well balanced diet food dislikes often unfounded I 1 once met a woman who told me that her contented looking husband could and did eat cat most everything ery thing copt horseshoes menu planning was simple for horl herl and how different from tile the problems of the homemaker home maker who must tr try y to reconcile her menus both w with ith the food dislikes of various members of the family and with the foods that they declare they cant cat at for fear of digestive distress it is true of course that individuals differ greatly and occasionally sio nally a food that can and should be eaten regularly by most people will cause distress in an individual I 1 case B but ut that is no I 1 indication n di that the food will have the same effect on another person and it la Is misleading either cither to pro proffer affer or accept advice of this nature from friends it may bo be that the victim has an allergy to the food in question that lie he reacts to it differently than the majority of people but there is also the possibility that the prejudice exists because of some previous distress caused not by the food itself but by the circumstances under which it was eaten perhaps a clearer understand ing of some of the mental and ami physiological factors influencing digestion would dispel many of tile the bugaboos buga boos that hint cause people to avold avoid various wholesome whole sono I 1 foods and food od combinations ions and to warn others against them hem emotions emotion influence digestion scientists have established that the stomach la is of reacting ting to almost every emotion and sensation that is experienced by men and women thus how you ca cat t becomes quite as important as what you eat cat and any food or combination of foods consumed when you are arc tired worried or acry may cause route acute distress whereas the same food 0 when caten at another time may bo be dl di rested without the slightest disturbance tur bance this indicates the folly of jumping to tho the conclusion that you cant eat this or that ond and shows that ono one la Is scarcely justified I 1 in n warning friends or relatives to ovoid avoid certain articles of diet there Is a t largo large amount of evidence that fear anger or anxiety havo have tho the effect of diminishing the gastric secretions and further of arresting or slowing down the movement of tho intestines if food is eaten under those conditions dit ions it may remain stagnant in the alimentary canni canal w with ith the subsequent formation of gases and decomposition d geltion products but in abend t of r recognizing izing tho the truo true cause of the alio trouble ninny people erroneously blame the food medical men hove have frequently noticed that people often develop gastric disturbances when they suffer stiffer financial reverses and oon con tino to suffer stiffer from them until their financial condition improves n striking demonstration of the of banishing fear and worry 1 never eat eaf when trod tired almost any food inny cause distress when one Is suf suffering foring from fatigue so it Is unwise to sit down to n large meal when exhausted from too much physical or mental work A brief rest before eating will put the body in much better shape to rind and assimilate tile the food then if the meal is served in pleasant surroundings and it it the food Is flavorful and well cooked tile the chances are arc that it will bo be digested satisfactorily by all normal individuals bo be tranquil at af mealtime Meal times in view of tho the fact that tranquillity quil lity of igind Is essential to 0 o tho the proper utilization of food homemakers should remember never to discuss unpleasant subjects at ibcal cal times dont nap nag tile the children about eating catli iff or choose that time to discuss their lapses from discipline dont talk about finances or take up real or fancied grievances with your husband let such matters wait until tile tho meal has been digested if these suggestions were more generally followed it la is almost certain that we would hear much less conversation about foods that causo cause distress much more wholesome talk about the pleasures ot of tile tho table O C houston ll goudiss 1030 M K |