Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 May 1883 — A Vegetarian’s Experience. [ARTICLE]

A Vegetarian’s Experience.

A vegetarian reports to the British Medical Journal the result of his year’s experience without meat. At first he found the vegetables insipid, and had to use sauces and pickles to get them down. As soon as he became accustomed to the diet all condiments were set aside except a little salt. The desire for tobacco and alcohol left him spontaneously. Then all his digestive functions became regular, and he found himself wholly free from headaches and bilious attacks. After three months a troublesome rheumatism left him, and at the end of a year he had gained eight pounds in weight. He believes he can do more mental labor than before, and that all his senses are more acute. For breakfast he has brown bread, .coffee; dinner consists of two vegetables, brown bread, and pie or pudding; for tea he rejoices in bread and jam, with milk and water, and for supper, bread, jam, cold pudding, and, as a luxury, boiled onions. Eggs, milk, butter and cheese are used only in very small quantities. The dietist is a doctor, and his statement is drawing out many similar ones from medical men.