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vegetables and fruits, to,the more or less complete
exclusion of grains.
Food, if it is cooked/ should be in such form as
to necessitate chewing; that is, it should not be
watery, The habit of washing down every mouthful
of food with water or some other drink is very bad.
Food must be cooked with as little water as possible;
it must be moistened with saliva in the mouth and
not with water
The habit of eating several dishes in the same
meal should be given up, because it leads to
over-eating. Every meal should consist of one dish
only. Rice and vegetables or rotis and vegetables/
will be considered as one dish.
Dyspeptics should not eat more than one
substantial meal in a day. This meal also should
be taken at such time as to allow for sufficient rest
afterwards. One substantial meal (of, say, rice and
vegetables, or rotis and vegetables), one light meal
(of/ say/ fruits, or vegetables, or fruits and milk,) and
one drink (of, say/ fruit juice/ tender cocoanut water,
or butter milk) —this should be the rule for all
dyspeptics even after they are cured.
VITAL ECONOMY
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The body is the machine; food is the material
of which the machine is made/ and also the fuel;
Life is the operator of this machine- Without the
operator the machine cannot work; without Life the
body cannot function. Life is something apart from
the material. We cannot sustain it; we can only
conserve or economise it. Vital Economy is the
economising of vitality or Life.
Food is necessary/ no doubt, but it must not be
forgotten that food is also a tax on one's vitality.