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Rh tired of any special article of food when eaten too frequently. The body is surfeited with the elements of nourishment which it contains, and hence all desire for it disappears. And, again, it will be noticed that those foods, like whole wheat bread, which contains all the elements needed to feed the body in almost perfect proportions, can be eaten with relish at nearly all times when an appetite for anything exists.

But the reader may ask, "How am I to know if my appetite is normal or abnormal?" About the only condition that can be depended on absolutely to indicate as to whether or not one is living according to the dictates of the normal appetite, is the enjoyment of that high degree of health which makes every moment in life seem full of joy from the very exuberance of one's own feelings. This condition, one and all will easily admit, is rarely met with today, and it indicates quite clearly the usual abnormal state of civilized human beings.

The question will now naturally arise if the