The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1909-03-26

especially with proteid digestion. A
spoonful or more may be taken, how
ever, with buttermilk made from
good unskimmed milk, especially in
stomach disorders. Olive oil is much
better than animal fat, but the most
easily assimilated oil is peanut oil
not peanut butter, for that contains
much coagulated albumen, but refined
peanut oil. Take half a teaspoonful
of peanut butter, beat it with table
spoonful of peanut oil, add a pint of
vegetable cream, which year-old-
baby will assimilate better than milk,
and it is clean, fit food.
Don't eat more than two ounces o.
proteid food daily (uncoagulated), and
prefer toast to fresh white bread.
Avoid mush. Prefer baked potatoes,
including the sweet potato. Butter
milk has long been known as a fat
tener; it antidotes auto-intoxication, to
degree. A glass at bedtime with the
oil is good. Prunes aid elimination,
digest easily and are nutritious; oil
may be taken with them.
Physical examination of an average
excessively lean and an average ex-
cessively fat person indicates, as the
leading general characteristic, of the
former, a hardening of the skin, dry
ing and wrinkling in the former case,
and of the latter, the opposite condi.
tion-skin soft and clear, more re.
sembling that of infancy. In other
words, the assimilative and elimina.
the fat person, the external signs OF
auto-intoxication being less pro-
| nounced. Cereal starch and potatoes
are readily assimilated and converted
into fat. There is little tendency to
constipation, the circulation is active,
and-coming to the fundamental diff
ference-there is an easier habit Of
mind, wholesome good-naturedness.
care-freeness that we seldom find in
the constitutionally lean, for these,
conditions are constitutional, heredi-
tary. No matter what you feed 8
greyhound, or fox hound you ca&-
not fatten it, and if you feed the pug
vary accordingly in mentality.
So it follows that we cannot alter
constitutional conditions by merely
making a diet list However, the diet,
too, las fundamental bearing in this
as in every other case of NAL
| nltritiOn.
The fat man labors under the disad-
vantage of carrying an unnecessary
burden, the play of all his organs, es.
| pecially of the heart, is more or less
hampered and fatty degeneration is
imminent, especially for one past mid
die life. You can find many fat men
of 40, 60, and even 70, but few or no
octogenarians among them and never
centenarian.
A person who is 20 pounds over, or
under weight, should no more neglect
the diseased condition than he would
neglect rheumatism, or asthma.
The Over-fat should eliminate, grad.
ually, the starch foods and substitute
nuts and wheat gluten. He should
exercise more and eat less and more
| slowly. In many cases a fast of ten
| days or longer proves a radical cure,
| but drugs advertised to cure obesity
should be avoided. Dry Graham and
| corn bread with Uncooked Virginia
peanuts should be the staples of the
/ diet.
To increase the weight, avoid monot.
ony and worry, loss of sleep, expos.
ure and overwork Use olive and pea.
! nut oil regularly, a tablespoonful han
an hour before the meals or on retir.
| ing; fruits for breakfast, whole wheat
and rye bread (not fresh) with peanut
butter and uncooked Virginia peanuts,
! baked potatoes or eggs and toast, or
! prunes and dates, or rice, for supper
A glass of buttermilk before retiring
IL which oil may be taken, will serve
| to antidote autO-intoXication.
Cereal coffee may be substituted for
coffAe or tea by the obese and cocoa
by the lean, if coffee or tea has been
F.! used; but no drink should be taken
/ with mGals. The electric vibrator aids
! in BREAKING down and removing dead
| tissues AID improving nutrition. Dis
! titled watHr or at least filtered water
is especially beneficial for the lean and
| nervous.
The morning Turkish towel BATH II
especially beneficial in all cases.
A nap after the noon meal, if only
for five minutes, Is helpful for the
lean and nervous woman. Sit in the
vibrating chair for i've minutes before
the meal. After eating, induce sleep,
relaxing and turning the closed eyes
upward, after reading poetry or fiction
few minutes, if possible.
Finally, let the obese diroct the ap
| petite, excluding starcf,es and sugar
and exercising religiousiY, until the
weight is reduced to the normal, and
let the lean be easy in mind, avoid
! monotony, eat heartily but slowly, OF
plain, nourishing easily digested food
including exercise freely in the open
air daily, avoid excuses and exposure
| and remember that the secret of good