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104. Rest and eating. When the body is very tired, 

 the stomach has not the proper energy for digesting food! 

 If food is eaten just as a person comes home fatigued by 

 a hard day's work, there is apt to be a night of pain and 

 indigestion. If, before eating, a glass of warm water or 

 coffee or milk is taken, followed by a short nap, so as to 

 rest the body, the meal will be enjoyed, and digestion will 

 go on unaccompanied by bad feelings. 



After a meal the stomach requires an extra amount of 

 blood and energy. A rest of fifteen minutes after each 

 meal would be a great health saver. 



105. Rules for eating. Chew each mouthful to a paste 

 and swallow it before taking another. 



Stop as soon as the taste of plain food begins to pall. 



Allow four or five hours to elapse before eating again. 



SUMMARY 



r. Hunger indicates the need of food, and taste indicates 

 the kind. 



2. When only plain food is eaten, these two signs are cor- 



rect guides in eating. 



3. An appetite for sweet and highly seasoned food may per- 



sist after hunger has been satisfied with plain food. 



4. Sweet and seasoned foods soon disgust the sense of 



taste, thus showing that they are not needed. 



5. Eating food for mere pleasure is intemperance. 



6. Eating too much, too rapidly, or too often is intem- 



perance. 

 7- As a result of intemperate eating, acid fermentation 



often occurs in the stomach, producing discomfort 



and sickness. 

 8. A person should eat only plain food, slowly, and at 



intervals of not less than four or five hours. 



