Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright.

  • Wright, Alfred.
Date:
[1883?]
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Credit: Digestion : the passport to health / by Alfred Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Excess in quantity of food should alwaj's be avoidedX So'me people eat a great deal too much. VThe powers of digestion are taxed more by consuming an undue quantity of food than by the richness of its quality. I am of opinion that we eat far too much meat. By those who do not take a great amount of exercise—and indeed by all people in the summer,—meat, and espe- cially the fat of meat, should be eaten but sparingly. It should be borne in mind that fat, the purpose of which is to maintain the animal heat, is not so much requu'ed in the hot as in the cold weather. Is stimulant of any kind a necessary article of diet ? I am asked, I unhesitatingly answer: There are some people to whom it is undoubtedly a beneficial adjunct to the principal daily meal, while for others it is not requisite. Stimulants habitually taken between meals I do not sanction with my approval, though in some very exce^Dtional cases it is possible they may be required. A cup of tea taken when fasting will, with some people, aid digestion, but if drunk after