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VT HOW MUCH? HOW OFTEN? WHEN. TO EAT? . Dr. Wiley Answers Those and Other Food Problems While- Laying Special Stress on the Social Feature of the Meal. xt x -& P" In regar.d to the amount of food-J This is very" largely a matter ofjo w.hich is eaten there is not as much variation as-is commonly supposed. pnie people are kpown as big' eaters and others as small,' eater?, but the average mau is the average eater, and the The Dr. Wiley Smile. generous diet amounting to about one per cent of the weight of his body of dry material is . what the average man needs. The frequency of meals -must also be left to choice and tb-habit. One may become accustomed to eating at. short intervals t and inj some countries iour or nve meais a day are not uncommon. Others may .learn to eat at longer inter vals, so that two meals or even one meal a day may be sufficient. habit atnd thehabit having knceiu been established should not bcj- often changed. One who has beenrb acqustoihed to eating one or two meals a day has a feeling of full-)J ness if he adds a third one untiU", the system , adapts itself td therq change. I would not advise aid single meal rior -would I advigetq five, hut about fhree. meals are-,' sufficient as -a "rule for the daily, needs. .- ' --j A question, tqoj, which is of im-fa portance, is in regard to the-manner in. whjch the different foods -l should be eaten. I thinlc it is tocMj pommon a-ctistomto try to eat aU-fj kinds of food at 4he same time. A.man not'infrequeptjy ta.kes po- tatdes, meat, butter, bread, milk") and salad at the same time. This is not scientific-and i do not bfevr ieve it is in harmony with therj best exercise of the palate. xt-;t Each kind of food, with the exception of butter, cheese and- condiments should, be eaten seg arately, as a rule, whether it bey meat, vegetables, bread, or salad. ,, There are physiological reason as well as reasons of the palate. . for this. Diffeernt kinds' of fooa are digested in a different man ner; for instance, starchy foods need a great deal more 'chewing than those composed chiefly otfr protein, and therefore, a piece of bread or potato should be more iHMMMMMHHHIHHHHi Z?-t- . -. - 4-VJV - - - -.J-"-f--wN. -I. X- --