WHAT TO EAT.
There are.two natural divisions of food, to:wit, j vegetable arid; animal, and which appear to be suited not only to the habits of man, antfihe temperature' bf the climate he inhabits, but also to his anatomical': formation; Food ; from tbus animal kingdom contains a great amount of nourishment in small bulk, arid is better adapted to cold climates - and to labouring persorisV: > That from [the' vegetable kingdom contains a small amount of nourishment in large bulk«andjiis fusually of a .cooling (though^ there are many ■ stimulatiri^ articles w h& 'mei with in this kingdom) slightly increasing the heatof the body, and is'better adapted to warm climates' and* to^sedentary' persons. In relation to diet, 'the first thing for a p'ersori^odo is to select the kind which is adapted to his peculiar case; if he be a Btudent,_a clerk, a writer, or of any occupation not requiring much exercise, he will require less animal and more. Vegetable food, because his system ..does not use it up so,rapidly as a hard-working mechanic or a farmer, *whd. needs a more stimulating diet. •
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Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2984, 7 September 1878, Page 4
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180WHAT TO EAT. Thames Star, Volume VIII, Issue 2984, 7 September 1878, Page 4
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