Iron County record. [volume] (Cedar City, Utah) 1893-1982, 1903-06-26
Health Hints.

fIeditU THUS.
Under the above caption Mr.. 7 II.
Terry, in the columns of the Practical
Farmer makes the following sensible
observations; which II acted upon by
our readers will save many of them
from much i'll health, and loss of time,
and be worth dollars to them. Try
it. - Don't eat unless you are hun.
cry. - There are many people think
they must try to eat something any.
way, whether they are hungry or not,
TO keep up their strength. Mans mis-
taken mothers will try to Induce an
ailng child to eat Uy preparing them
something extra nice. How often one
sees this, and still It is all wrong.
Usually all that is the matter with the
child Is that too hitch has already
been eaten. fhe system is cioescd.
Mature takes away the appetite, 80 she
can have chance to clean house end
catch up, and thotghtless people cOun.
teract her efforts. II is all simple non.
strse that one must eat to keep up
strength, whether pc or the wan IS Eby-
thing or rot. Food taken uhder such
circumstances reduces strength, surely,
and does not increaae It, 1t takes
strength to digest food. TO force the
stomach to handle food that 1t does not
call for, that It is not ready fof,, 81 us.
ing Up some of The strength you have
and the system cannot take any more
from it, Let me urge you once more to
let food entirely alone when you have
no appetite, when you feel as, though
you did not want a single mouthful.
Wait until you do want it, The-,Asn-
ach knows enough to call for food when
it Is ready for 1t, and do the same thing
With children when they, are ailing a
little and they will quickly gel better
Never mind the medicine in eitheisoase
only just stop eating until you are hun
cry That ought not to be hard
thing TO do. Don't eat simply from
forte Of habit, beeatise it Is meal time
About four months ago received d
letter from Z, w. Giles proprietor Of
hotel at Oxford, eb.icwhich gives
soihe exceedingly valuable. experiences
along this line. This is the substance
OF the letter: MY grand father johr
Giles, when he did, not fee well uset
to practice che plan you advocated il
the r. f. lie would not eat one Mouth
full, and not spoonful of, medicine
could one get hiin to take. He would
go all day without eating and work a
hard as ever. He lived to BE 100 year.
aud seven months old, and his deatl
then was caused by an accideny Iii
son, Edwin Giles,,my father, live will
me now. lie ihas followed the sam
plan about eating; that is, he neve
eats Unless he has keen appetite an
, goes without food when ut all ,ilin
until he feels right. In this way i
!. always kept himself II healthy, stron
man. | have known him 70 go tw
days without eating, working on
farm Just the SAME us though ,1ea
had beeh taken. lie is living today an
able to, and does do fair days wor
! every day when it is not too cold 1
: will be 90 gears old March lst,"
course these experiences do hot actu
a ly prove anything these men may ha'
had unusually strong constitution
but theif practices are in full accol
with common sense and the knQwledl
:, of the day, The writer learned
never eat unless he hasa keen appel
y tie, and to let up on eating or stop II
=. does not feel at his best lie full
\. believes in this way OF doing, Try
ID my good friends, and II will he
,s youi ~ ~. s.