EATING AND HEALTH.
A correspondent i»,this issue discusses *at length the question of the effect | of over-eating oh health. Whilst he does not say so, iie,-infars that most ( 'of the illnesses to which mankind is heir are attributable - *© - a mild form |of gluttony. Wlien;< he ascribes eglds j.ini the head,' and pulmonary diseases, to .over-eating, he is, we fear, bringing'his lay opinion into open conflict \snsL |he Cachings «! medical solefioe. The jfi ObiM, and ini the over-crowded cities of the world, is iiot-by Shy means attributable to excessive food consumption. On the contrary, it is due, in a measure, to .enforced fasting. While most people (will agree tihat excessive eating is i bad for the system, and produces many bodily afflictions, they-wall not accept the theory that fasting is the (royal road to long life and happiness.
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10527, 15 January 1912, Page 4
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137EATING AND HEALTH. Wairarapa Age, Volume XXXII, Issue 10527, 15 January 1912, Page 4
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