The A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition / by Horace Fletcher ; experimentally assisted by Dr. Ernest van Someren & Dr. Hubert Higgins.
- Horace Fletcher
- Date:
- [1904]
Licence: Public Domain Mark
Credit: The A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition / by Horace Fletcher ; experimentally assisted by Dr. Ernest van Someren & Dr. Hubert Higgins. Source: Wellcome Collection.
Provider: This material has been provided by the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Harvey Cushing/John Hay Whitney Medical Library at Yale University.
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![A The Psychology of Nutrition APPETITE ATTENTION APPRECIATION Appetite is the most important factor in digestion (vide Pawlow). Normal Appetite is indicated by a desire for some particular simple food accompanied by a watering of the mouth. False Appetite is a general discontent of the body, indefinite of description. It is often expressed by all gone-ness, or stomach crav- ing, and calls for something. Anything! to smother the discomfort of present or recent in- digestion. It is like the thirst which follows a debauch. Ignore False Appetite, and Wait for a Return of Normal Appetite. It will come as soon as body repairs have been effected by natural agencies and more material is required. No one was ever injured by intelligently and calmly waiting for an appetite. No one ever starved to death for lack of appetite. Most human ills come from forcing appetite, antici- pating appetite, abuse of appetite in some form. Appetite is the most important factor in nutrition. This estimation is based upon evi- dence given more fully in the various appen- dices, but the measure of its importance may be briefly stated, as follows: — cy a In its normal state, Appetite is a per- fect indicator of the bodily need of nutriment and moisture, both as to quantity and as to the chemical elements required at the moment. [6]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b21024674_0050.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
