1343. Of Breakfast.—Persons of a delicate constitution should never exercise much before breakfast.
If exposure of any kind is to be incurred in the morning, breakfast should always be taken previously. The system is more susceptible of infection and of the influence of cold, miasma, &c., in the morning before eating, than at any other time.
Those who walk early will find great benefit from taking a cracker or some little nourishment before going out.
Never go into a room of a morning, where a person is sick with a fever, before you have taken nourishment of some kind—a cup of coffee, at least.
In setting out early to travel, a light breakfast before starting should always be taken; it is a great protection against cold, fatigue and exhaustion.
In boarding schools for the young and growing, early breakfast is an indispensable condition to health. Children should not be kept without food in the morning till they are faint and weary.
1344. Of Supper.—Never eat a hearty supper just before retiring to rest.
Food should never be eaten when it is hot—bread is very unhealthy, eaten in this way.