How should your food be masticated?—"Thoroughly."
When must you eat?—"Regularly, but not too often."
When should you avoid eating?—"Just before bedtime."
What kind of air should you breathe?—"Pure air."
How should you sit, stand, and walk?—"Erect."
Why should you not eat too much food?—"Because, if I eat too much food, my stomach will have too much work to do in changing it into chyme."
Why should you eat slowly?—"That I may have time to masticate the food thoroughly."
Why should you masticate your food thoroughly?—"That it may be well prepared to enter the stomach."
Why should the food be well prepared to enter the stomach?—"Because, if it is not well prepared in the mouth, the stomach will have too much work to change it into chyme."
Why should you eat regularly, but not too often?—"Because the stomach needs rest, which it cannot have, if I eat too often."