Show GREW CHEW FOODS thoroughly THIRTY TIVO TIMES OTHERS f P RECOMMEND FIFTY certain indigestion preventative less food well masticated furnishes more nourishment for body saliva A gladstone chewed every mouthful of moat meat he be ato ate thirty two times but sixty times is not too often to chow a mouth ful of solid food according to a well known specialist on stomach diseases who declares that it la is the one sure way to avoid indigestion stomach and intestinal troubles each ach mouthful should bo be chewed from fifteen to sixty seconds accord ins ing to the kind of solids it contains lie he says every piece should be ground into fine pulp and thoroughly thorough ll mixed with the saliva in tho the mouth before it Is in a condition to be prop erly digested swallowing should be a slow almost formal action tor for it if a bite to la Is gulped down even after after it has hae been aea well masticated it will cause dis tress by lodging in the thorax for a few seconds and bringing on a lull dull heaviness in the chest and stomach some foods should bo be more thor hughly masticated than others for instance beef veal mutton la ia fact all heavy foods should be chewed for it at least a minute while soft cereals and well cooked vegetables need not be held in the mouth for more than fifteen seconds before they will be ready to swallow all liquids tea coffee milk wine water should be drunk slowly five minutes at least should be given over to tho slow sip elp ping of a cup of fluid whether it Is hot or cold for a quantity suddenly put into the stomach Is I 1 not healthful and frequently causes an uncomfortable fullness which if continued results in a form of indigestion the principal directions of one eminent specialist on digestive troubles ara are in every case which comes to him to eat cat much less and chew it more better to ent cat little it if tho the time that can lo be devoted to a meal Is short he says it would bo be well to remember that a small quantity of at nourishing food properly masti bated is more beneficial than a larger amount poorly chewed and swallowed in a hurry the best plan I 1 know is 13 to leave the table without entirely sat ones hunger while another baked tipple or piece of beet beef would taste good dinner being tho the principal meal of the day more solid foods are generally served and for that reason alone more time is required in properly eating it A few minutes should be given in taking soup which cin can be chewed or swallowed like fluids according to the individual desire many blany persons believe that milk should always be chewed two thirds of the dinner hour or longer it if convenient should bo used la in eating meats ic et tables ables etc and tho the remainder of at the period given give over ever to the mastication a a cicat ti ti of eserts deserts which if of pastry COMMON MEADOW edible and delicious or catie cake require about halt hall as long lonc it a time as aa the chewing of meats persons dersons who have vigorous exercise and sit up late should have a fourth meal at about 11 or 12 this should be ba the lightest of au foods filed should bo be chewed a longer timo time than those prepared by boiling baking or roasting for or they the are harder to digest and for th that nt reo rea son should bo be moro more thoroughly masti bated chewing food thoroughly accomplishes tho the double results of mincing it so that the juices of the stomach can get at the individual particles and combining it with tho the saliva which in itself ps la a power powerful u digestive ivo agent |