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Rh no natural craving to indicate the particular character of food especially required to nourish the body at that time.

The unperverted appetite always craves most keenly that particular food element that is most needed by the system to nourish the body. Therefore, if the appetite is in a normal condition, the food that tastes the best will be that which is richest in the nourishment mostly needed. "Taste, in its normal condition, when allowed to direct or advise, craves the kind of nourishment the body needs, invites to eating, gives enjoyment during the whole time needed for the fluids of the mouth to do their part of the assimilating process, ceases when the food is ready for the stomach, and thereafter fails to recognize the indigestible sediment which remains in the mouth after nutriment has been extracted; and, in these services, if consulted and obeyed, prevents indigestible matter from entering the system to burden and clog the lower intestines.

"Appetite and taste are the sense functions