HAPPY THROUGH EATING.

New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19510, 14 December 1926, Page 9

HAPPY THROUGH EATING.

There is no subject on which more nonsense is talked than food, says Sir James Chrich ton-Brown.

Granted thai, some individuals are unable to tackle certain foods, too much faddism is bad for the system, and may even end jn gastric debility. The digestive apparatus is there to be used, unless it is given something to work OD it will refuse to function.

Again, all food consists of fats, proteids, carbohydrates, and so oji; so it is mere foolishness to make so many faddy distinctions between different substances.

Where most people make the big mistake is not in what they eat, but in how they eat. . ft is very (Seldom that a sufficient interval is allowed to elapse between meals. Some people think that the world will come to an end unless they have three or four good meals at short intervals. Consequently the digestive system i 3 never given a rest. It has no sooner tackled nine o clock breakfast than it is called upon to cope with one o'clock lunch. Then come tea, a substantial dinner, and perhaps a late SU fo 6 willing and hardworking digestion should bo expected to dispose of all these meals within the twenty-four hours. Most people are so bound by convention that they think it incumbent on them to sit down to a meal, whether they want it or not, just because a gong has been struck. < In point of fact, most peopi& would be better for missing an occasional meal. NMure has' the best dinner-gong; and when you are ready for another meal the same will be signified ill tho usual manner.