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of the Practical Nature-Cure gives the name,
Stomach's Veto. It is now that we should stop.
This^veto may be missed once or twice/ especially
when you eat rapidly/ but when it does come/ we
can form an idea of the quantity which we can take
safely and bear it in mind even when the veto does
not come. If this limit is passed, there will be
a series oi such winds, but it is the first one which
we should take note oi.
2, Much of our overeating is due to our having
too many dishes in the same raeaL Each dish
constitutes one course or one meal, so much so that
the plural ' meals' is much more appropriate than
the singular ' meal'. The sense of taste and also our
appetite gets dull when we have had enough of one
course of food. But we do not stop there, but turn
our attention to the next course. At the sight of the
new course, which tastes differently from the first
one, the senses and appetite are revived once again,
so that we make a full meal of that course also. If
we. are having rotis and vegetables/ we should stop
with that and not go in for a second course of rice
and "vegetables. If we do want to take both/ let us
have them is separate meals. The South Indian who
takes rice alone is also a very bad sinner in this
respect. He starts with rice and dal or rice and
sambar, then goes in for rice and rasam, then again
rice and curd or buttermilk. These are regular items
in his menu. On festive occassions there will
be more* If we restrict ourselves to one course of
food in each meal (rotis and vegetables constitute
one course)/ the quantity of food will automatically
get adjusted.
3. Overeating is relative to the quality of food.
A pound of rice or wheat may, for an individual,
constitute overeating, but two pounds of vegetables
or fruits may not. This is because while the former