HUNGER OR GLUTTONY?
Hunger ,|s j.he natural expression of the need of -thk system for nutrition. Appetite is the index as to the quantity of food that should he taken to replace the loss by waste. It should never be overruled. Appetite is a wise provision of nature. Gluttony is •a degrading fault. Yet numbers of people attempt to justify the gratification of their gluttonous proclivities by the statement that they are “ blessed with a good appetite," while the truth of the matter is, they are cursed with an inordinate lust for food. If people were more temperate in the pleasures of the table, the purveyors of remedies for dyspepsia would find their incomes considerably lessened. Satisfy your hunger, by all means, but do not pander to the vice of gluttony.
In like manner, satisfy your thirst, but do not deluge the system with an excess of fluid. Do not mistake the artificial craving for pleasant drinks for the natural appeal of the body for liquids. Thirst is not quenched by pouring large quantities of liquid into the stomach. The next tiraq you are really thirsty, try the experiment of slowly drinking half a tumbler of cool water, a mouthful at a time, and note how it assuages the thirst.
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Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 208, 27 May 1902, Page 3
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210HUNGER OR GLUTTONY? Waimate Daily Advertiser, Volume IV, Issue 208, 27 May 1902, Page 3
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