What of a temperate use of those and of temperance drinks? Of milk?
What have you to say of the habit of drinking while eating?
What does nearly every one do? What is the best way to drink water?
What should be done when slightly thirsty an hour or two after a meal?
When do you need more water than at other times? In what manner may very cold water be drunk without harm? What of warm water?
What is said of soda water, lemonade, etc.? What of water?
What of very hot and cold drinks? What will be the effect if we drink only a small quantity of water?
CHAPTER IV.
EATING.
Always eat slowly and do not swallow your food until it is chewed to a pulp. The glands inside the mouth give out enough saliva to moisten the food and fit it for digestion in the stomach. Children love to soak their bread in coffee, or to sip the coffee while eating. By doing so they stop the flow of saliva and weaken a fluid which digests the food in the stomach.