While the difference in the supply of the juices of the mouth is an
important factor in digestion, insufficiency need not cause alarm.
Nature is so gladly and quickly recuperative that the moment abuses of
her functions are stopped she begins to repair damages and re-establish
normal conditions.
One of the subjects who submitted himself to experiment was found to
be woefully deficient in saliva and, was a pitiable dyspeptic, but, as
the result of patient mastication, the secretions gradually increased
until they were ample, and dyspeptic symptoms disappeared even long
before the secretions became normal. The strain of excessive and (acid)
fermenting food being removed, the acute discomfort was at once
allayed even before the repair was complete.
"KNOW THYSELF"
"Know Thyself" has been the admonition of sages from earliest times.
"Become acquainted with your Normal Instincts, with Appetite and with
your food chemist, Taste, and follow their directions with implicit
confidence," is the admonition taught by our experiments, for they can
lead you to robust health and greatly increased vigour of body and
mind. Study and heed them patiently for a week and you will follow
their invitations and warnings through life.
Thorough repair of an impaired body may not be effected immediately,
although wonderful results--almost miraculous--have been attained
in three months; but a week's faithful and attentive study of the
possibilities of Epicureanism, with right alimentation as its basic
requirement, in adding to the comfort and enjoyment of life will
result in right eating being made philosophically and religiously
habitual, and will give a backbone of Epicurean character that will not
easily succumb to gluttonous impetuosity.