PART II.. The Principles of Dietetics Viewed in Relation

THE PRINCIPLES OF DIETETICS VIEWED IN RELATION TO THE LAWS OF DIGESTION.

CHAPTER I.

TIMES OF EATING.

The selection of food only one element in sound digestion--Other conditions essential--Times of eating--No stated hours for eating--Five or six hours of interval between meals generally sufficient--But must vary according to circumstances--Habit has much influence--Proper time for breakfast depends on constitution, health, and mode of life--Interval required between breakfast and dinner--Best time for dinner--Circumstances in which lunch is proper--Late dinners considered--Their propriety dependent on mode of life--Tea and coffee as a third meal, useful in certain circumstances--Supper considered--General rule as to meals--Nature admits of variety--illustrations--but requires the observance of principle in our rules, 187–217