Showing the position of (A) Heart, (B) Lungs, (C) Liver, (D) Stomach, (f, j, etc.) Intestines.
Eat very little if the mind is excited, and do not eat at all, if you do not feel hungry. Never coax the appetite. Do not eat heartily within a few hours of bed-time.
If your appetite is poor, it is well to omit the last meal of the day. One of the best medicines in the world is a scant diet of wholesome food. Overeating and fasting are hurtful.
Remember that that which agrees with one may disagree with another. Rice is one of the most easily digested articles of food, and yet some persons cannot retain it on their stomachs. Your own sense will soon tell you what best agrees with you. Follow the advice of your parents, who know what is good for their children.
In what manner should we eat? Why? What bad habit are children likely to form?
What should constitute our principal diet? What is said of pies and cake?
What is said of fat meat, butter, and greasy food? How would our tastes change, if we lived in the arctic regions?
What is said of highly seasoned food? What is said of salt and pepper?