It is said that none of the microbes of disease can live an instant,
and hence cannot propagate, in a perfectly healthy human tissue. It
_is possible_ to secure the perfectly healthy human tissue, to both the
generally healthy and to those who are afflicted, unless too far gone
to reform, by keen attention to the direction of Taste, and the reward
of the attention is manifold. The actual pleasure derived from eating
under the direction of the method suggested herein cannot be equalled
by any other means.
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While cheerfulness, hopefulness, good nature, charity and all the
mental good qualities are splendid forced-draughts of oxygenised
impulse that assist the stomach in consuming and otherwise in taking
care of any erratic or excessive food supply, and are able to help take
care of a moderate glut of material; Taste, if allowed to serve its
full purpose, furnishes its own draught of cheerfulness by means of the
very pleasure it distributes, and at the same time it prevents, instead
of inducing, gluttony.
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There are two ways of putting a limit to a meal--to eating. One--the
wrong one--comes in the shape of a protest on the part of a too full
stomach while the appetite is yet ravenous. The right one comes
naturally from a perfectly satisfied feeling--a ceasing of desire
for anything more, no matter how previously alluring to the palate,
before the stomach is overburdened. The former is evidence of glut,
or gluttony, and the latter is Nature's way, for which there is every
desired reward.