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3. Why does wheat bread rise better than corn bread ? 



4. Why is corn bread one of the most fattening of grain foods ? 



5. Why is it that you can tell best about the digestibility of bread 

 while you are slicing it ? 



6. What kind of persons would not find it well to take a long walk 

 before breakfast ? 



7. Why are late suppers unhealthful ( 475)? 



8. Why should bread remain longer in the mouth than meat? 



9. In snowballing what is the appearance of the hands when they 

 itch from cold ? Why is it that ice water does not satisfy the thirst, 

 but often produces a craving to drink more water ? 



10. Why is it more difficult to swallow a small pill than a large one 

 (373)? " 



EXERCISE II 



11. When is hunger a safe guide ? 



12. Why does not fat meat taste as well in summer as in winter ? 



13. Name organs which receive more benefit from the blood than 

 they give to it. 



14. Name organs which give greater benefits to the blood than they 

 receive from it. 



15. Why should pork be thoroughly cooked ? 



1 6. What necessary step in preparing salt meat to be cooked lessens 

 its nutrutive value ? 



17. Should biscuits, having a yellow tint or dark spots due to soda, 

 be eaten or thrown away ? 



1 8. Why, during an epidemic, are those who have used alcohol as a 

 beverage, usually the first to be attacked ? 



19. What is the effect of alcohol upon albuminous substances ? 



20. Explain how it is that when people speak of an inactive liver 

 they usually mean an overworked one ( 407, 408). 



EXERCISE III 



21. How does the possession of a gall bladder furnish evidence that 

 man should have meal times and not eat at all times ? 



22. Who attains greater success in life and true happiness, the man 

 who makes millions of dollars but loses his health by close application 

 to money making, and has to live on gruels and soups, and does not 

 have sound sleep, or the man who makes a living and no more, 

 sleeps soundly, enjoys his food, and has strong nerves ? Which do 



