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Show WATER DRINKING WITH MEALS Pursuant to a tradition of long standing it is a common custom to rorbld tho drinking of water at mealtime meal-time There was a time whoc such advice appeared most reasonable Prof. Hawk and hie pupils at he Tinlversltv of Illinois have been iu-Slgat iu-Slgat ng during the past few years he correctness of the current attitude toward this question, with results JX at variance with the traditional Idea When the influence of water drinking with meals was examined by direct experiment on man the alleged direful consequences wore found miss- I lutr There wore no apparent III cl-fects cl-fects On tho contrary the general conclusion from all the ''"dings was that If water Is taken wUh meals, thoro is a better digestion and a more complete utilization of food. A Pronounced Pro-nounced improvement in the dlgostl-b.'lltv dlgostl-b.'lltv of fat was also observed Since there is a constant tendency at least among persons whoso kno wl-edge wl-edge of tho givon subject Is slight, to carrv to extremes conclusions derived deriv-ed from experiments, it sooms worth while to-add a warning agalust tho indiscriminate and excessive uao of , large quantities of water. Further- ., . - - r . . t ' i i r i" "' - ' I " "" more, nothing that has boon said Is FVll Intonded to lend any Bupport to tho V Hl American custom of drinking water ' that Is ice-cold. The experiments of " ml M Hawk and hs pupils Indicate that our . m : jH Ideas with regard to the drinking of B H wator must bo revised, but we must mi M wait for reports of observations from & jf jH a larger body of observers. In tho "j i IH meantime, says the' Journal of tho ; H American Medical Association, we may 1 H allow water more freely with meals, a ' subject to the Individual exoeptlona '3 ;. H which experlenco brings out. J f' JH oo fit 1 |