That sleepy, torpid effect of over cating is a proof that energy is diminished by eating more than the dodly req The frst step on the part of anyone who wants to be alert—to postes energy and vitality, lightness of mind and body—is. to cut out afternoon tea altogether. Secondly, if, a good breakfast is a fetish, luncheon should consist of Dread' and butter and milk, with a Tittle trait; dinner of two ' courses and fruit. "'Thers may be a sense of diswatixfuction for a little time, feause bad habits are hard to brooke fand the stomach hax become used to overloading But, like refractory children, the digestive organs soon adapt themselves to wise discipline and good habits of moderation, Two Day's Starvation It is best to begin with a day oF oven two days" starvation, during which nothing but water is taken This the best initial treatment als for the child who is "never hungry" and who has to be coaxed to eat when there is no disease to account for what the mother calls "eon tranness."
For the grown-ups who have eaten to excess, diet for the next few days after a fast should be very simple, consisting of brown bread and butter, fruit, salads, fish, exe, cheese. Later flesh foods once daily may bbe introduced into'the menu of those who like them. Boef and pork are the least suitable: fish and fowl are infinitely better from the health point of view.
In a couple of weeks the increased. energy will compensate for the curtailed pleasures of the table. There will be a gain in good looks and in good health as well as in energy and increased capacity to work well and happily-—E1 SLOAN CHESSER, give me an example of wasted energy?
sshman—Yes, Sir, telling raising story' to a bald-headed Trafic Officer—Why weren't you on the right side of the road?.
Fair Driver—I couldn't remember which was my right hand, officer, and I didn't have a pencil with me.
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