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and condiments, you may have aroused an appetite for it. 

 Such food may not be digested, but it does not mean that 

 the digestion is weak, it means only that too much food 

 and too many condiments have been used. 



461. Two Ways out of a Difficulty. Exercise is the 

 best way out of digestive troubles ; yet, if a student or office 

 man is under the delusion that he "just simply has not 

 time " to take plenty of exercise, he may partly meet the 

 difficulty and keep his brain clear by an abstemious diet. 

 Many a plow boy has gone to college, and failing to take up 

 athletics or to perform any manual labor, yet has continued 

 to eat the same quantity of food which before sustained 

 him in his labor, but which now only clogs the organs and 

 stupefies the brain. Thus his work as a student does not 

 accomplish half that it should accomplish. 



462. Cooking. Meat should be roasted by putting it into 

 a hot oven at first, to form a crust to keep in the juices, then 

 lowering the temperature of the oven to prevent drying out 

 and hardening. When broiling meat, it should be turned 

 over every ten seconds to send the juices back and prevent 

 their escape, thus broiling the meat in the heat of its own 

 juices. Tender meat should be broiled, but tough meat is 

 often better fried. Grease for frying should be boiling hot 

 when the meat is put in, to form a crust and prevent any of 

 the grease from soaking in. Fried meat that is grease-soaked 

 is the most unhealthful of all cooked meat. Meat should 

 not be salted until after it has been cooked, for salt draws 

 the juices out. 



463. Bread is best if made of whole-wheat flour. It 

 should be cooked in a slow oven, so that the inside of the 

 loaf may be well baked. The loaves should be made small 

 and not touching, so that there may be much crust. Crust 

 (i) cleans the teeth like a brush and makes them healthy 

 from use ; (2) it increases flow of saliva by its dryness and 

 the longer chewing required ; (3) it is more easily digested 



