Appetite should be dignified and recognised as a distinct sense.
Normal Appetite is Nature's means of indicating her fuel and repair
requirements for the Mind Power-Plant.
Study Normal Appetite and heed its invitation. It prescribes wisely.
Its mark of distinction, to differentiate it from False Appetite, is
"watering of the mouth" for _some particular thing_.
False Appetite is an indefinite craving for _something_, ANYTHING! to
smother disagreeable sensations and frequently is expressed by the
symptom of "faintness" or "All-gone-ness." [Vide the "A.B.-Z. of OUR
OWN NUTRITION."]
Taste is the chemist of the body; of the Mind Power-Plant. More
correctly, perhaps, it is the report of a chemical process relating to
nutrition.
Taste is an evidence of nutrition. While taste lasts a necessary
process is going on.
Taste should, therefore, be carefully studied and understood.
Both Taste and Appetite differ in different individuals and in the same
individual under different conditions of thought or activity.
Taste is also dependent on supply of the mouth juices usually called
saliva, and these differ materially in individuals, necessitating
self-study, self-understanding, and self-care to insure prevention of
indigestion and disease.
The most important part of nutrition is the right preparation of food
in the mouth for further digestion.
The most important discovery in physiology is the relation of
compulsory or involuntary swallowing to the right preparation of food
for digestion.
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Taste is evidence of nutrition.