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complicated by mixing and seasoning or concen- 

 trated by extracting the cruder elements, the 

 harder they are to digest. 



No food should ever be fried. Everything 

 should be cooked by steaming, boiling, broiling, 

 roasting and baking. The frying pan is the best 

 friend the doctors and undertakers ever had; ti 

 should never be used. Raw-fried potatoes, fried 

 eggs, fried pork and beefsteak fried in hog's lard 

 until it is "oil-tanned," are unfit to put in the 

 stomach of any civilized man. Pickles, preserves, 

 hot sauces, candies, sweets and pastries pervert 

 the palate, sour the stomach and clog the liver, 

 thereby making the user very susceptible to colds, 

 catarrh, and kidney trouble. They are considered 

 very bad for children, but are really no better 

 for anyone. 



The following suggestions, taken from my 

 work, "Human Nature Explained," if faithfully 

 adhered to, will enable anyone to strengthen the 

 digestive functions. "Take plenty of time at the 

 table. Be cheerful, mirthful and good natured 

 while eating and during the hours of digestion. 

 Never worry nor fret. Eat slowly, being care- 

 ful to masticate and salivate thoroughly. Drink 

 very little with the food, or for two hours after a 

 meal. One cup of hot water, or weak tea or 

 coffee, may be used at the close of the meal the 

 less tea and coffee, however, the better, even the 

 cereal compounds are not desirable, because any 

 parched grain is constipating. Eat sparingly of 

 plain, wholesome, nutritious food, never over- 

 load the stomach. If an ounce of food is all that 

 can be digested at one time, no more should be 



