Meat Eating and Bad Temper.

Bush Advocate, Volume XI, Issue 869, 9 December 1893, Page 5

Meat Eating and Bad Temper.

One desplorahle result of excessive meat eat- C ing in England is the ill-temper which is a chronic complaint amoung us. "In no country." ' declares Mr Ernest Hart in the "Hospital," a "is home rendered so unhappy and life made so E miserable by the ill-temper of those who are £ obliged to live together as in England. If we b compare domestic life and manners in England v with those of other countries where meat does n not form such an integral article of diet, a notable improvement will be remarked. In less meat-eatipg France urbanity is the rule of the home ; in fißh jmd rice-eating Japan harsh °, words are unkuown, and an exquisite politeness , to one another prevails even among the children '' who play together in the streets. In Japan I * never heard rudej angry words spoken by any " but Englishmen. lam strongly of opinion that o: the" ill-temper of the English is caused in a groat b Measure by a too abundant meat dietary com- d bined with a sedentary life. The half -oxidised j f products of albumen circulating in the blood produce both mental and moral disturbances, q Brain workers should live sparingly if thej 5 would work well and live long. Their force is required for mental exertion, and should not be V impended on the task of digestion, for ' they -A ihould remember that the digestion of heavy tl uoalrf involves a great expenditure of nerve h force. 1 Tho healthful thing to do is to lead an " ictive and unselfish life, on a moderate diet, r , lufficient to maintain strength, and not increase T weight,"