The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1901-06-11
krrplNG HEALTHY

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everybody ~ know how he keeps well
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these processes Wo have, perhaps. a
glimpse IN tho following letter from
him;
Editor Advertiser II may interest
| some Of your readers to learn that the
/ value Of oranges and lemons imported
into England during the past year
amounted to si3l77.355. This total has
never been exceeded In the whole history
Of the trade, with the exception Of the
year 1897, when the value reached 'l3,-
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II more fruit were eaten here and less
beef butter. beer and coffee consumed
there would be greater enjoyment Of life
and much less work for the doctors.
Verbum sap. GOOD HEALTH
The diet of people here is not reg
ulatcd In scientific or even In com
mon sense way, because II takes small
account OF climate or occupation. We
stick to three meals per day and these
Of a conventional character though
some of us ought to eat but two meals,
! or. as Mark Twain not long ago point
ed out I'm a magazine article, one and
! a half 1t is all a question Of what
kind of work we do, and what kind Of
climate we live in. Because our work
/ aday ancestors, hewers of wood and
drawers of water on the English moors
and in German forests or amid the pri-
meval conditions Of America, needed
three square meals a day to make up
for tremendous waste OF physical vi
tality, is no reason why people of easy
or sedentary lives-people who put
| themselves to no physical stress
should follow the practice. And 1t is
more unreasonable yet for people who
live in warm climates to stuff them
selves with the foods which are used
abundantly elsewhere to produce anil
NAL heat The man who was brought
| up. as so many Of us were in the cold
North. ate plenty of stout beef and pork
to keep himself warm; but 1t stands to
reason that when he gets close to the
Equator he should touch these products
| lightly and take more of the edibles
that cool the blood and do not overtax
! the digestion.
/ Our correspondent thinks that beef.
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consumed in anywhere near the guam
titles that are common in cool climates.
Probably we ought to use some beef,
/ II It is good. and some butter, but mod
Grafton should guide the appetite If we
wish to live long. AS for beer, 1t is
probably the worst drink in which the
dweler in the tropics can indulge. Doc
tors say that n regular beer drinker is
almost a hopeless patient when he
comes down with any hurt or sickness.
His wounds will not easily heal: his
maladies are stubborn in their resist
anCe to sickness. AS for the effect of
beer on the liver, it is generally dsas-
trous in hot climates. In all climates
which, like this. do not predispose one
to exercise, the liver becomes sluggish,
and that is why the natives in low lati-
tudes usually have some article of food
of a peppery sort which stirs the liver,
in spite OF the laziness Of the man. The
hot curry and mango chutney of India,
and the tamale. chile con carne and en-
chilada of Mexico and Spanish America
generally are scientific foods for people
living as we do here But beer is In
excusahle It renders the liver more
sluggish, and in that and other ways
enervates the system and diminishes
the working power of the individual |
OF the deleterious effects of coffee we |
do not know so much; but our cores
pondant is assure6ly a man whose regi
men speaks for itself We infer that !
he is a consumer Of acid fruits and in .
that he shows his appreciation OF one |
of the prime requisites of a healthy |
life under the vertical sun. Lemon and
lime juice strs the liver Cools the
blood and refreshes the whole physi
cal being; and the pulp and juice of the
orange and other sub-acid fruits does l.
likewise, and also assists the digestion.
The latter function is OF the first and
greatest Importance. indigestion being
hahitual in the tropics and the mother
Of n thousand Ills, Half the so-called /,
heart disease and heart failure people
have is caused by Indigestion.
If any one of sedentary life feels run
down he may save himself costly trip ,
to the coast or a long doctors bill by
some such course of living as this;
/. Reasonable exercise before break !
fast ending with shower bath.
.. Breakfast OF grains and fruits No +,
bread. for bread is the staff of death. ;
3. A light lunch at noon, for which
sea food, milk, eggs, vegetables, cur ,
ries and fruits native edibles light
soups. game. etc. may suggest a menu. !
One need not disdain to eat prunes, ,
which are reservoirs OF health.
4. A dinner at six, in which all heat u
foods are avoided and from 9
which one rises without the sense of
complete safety. For drink there is !,
water, tea, lemonade, ginger ale, milk :
and wine to choose from. A glass or
Two OF light wine can do no harm and
may assist digestion. Wine is not so
likely to kill as a deluge of iced water /,
nor is the wine-drinking habit more ,
harmful than the iced-water habit. ,
One should be moderate with either, !,
To sum up, the proper rule OF life in ,
he tropics involves exercise, light ;
meals, the daily bath, the avoidance of
food and drink unsuitable to occupa-
ton and climate and the instinct OF ]
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