COLD WATER BEFORE BREAKFAST.
! A goblet of water taken before breakfast : does several things. 1. It passes through the stomach into the email intestines m a continuous and uninterrupted flow. 2 It partly distends, the stomach stretching, and, to aome extent obliterating the rug _c 3 It thins and washes out into the gut most of the tt.nacl.us mucus. 4. It increases the fullness of the capillaries of the stomaoh, directly if the water is warm, and Indirectly m a reactionary way If Itis oold. 5. Io oauaes peristalsis of the whole alimentary tract, wakes it up so to speak, and pivt-s it a morning's .exerois. and warning The beneficial effeots of a drink of water b.fore breakfast may account for the desire for water at this time of the day, particularly on rising. Haw often we find tbat when " very hungry (when our stomachs are tabular and filled with munooas) we want a drink before bogiunlng to eat.
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Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1672, 26 September 1887, Page 3
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159COLD WATER BEFORE BREAKFAST. Ashburton Guardian, Volume VII, Issue 1672, 26 September 1887, Page 3
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