The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1909-03-26
especially with prote:d digestion. A


ever, with buttermilk made from
good unskimmeG milk, Especially in
stomach disorders. Olive oil is much
better than animal fat, but the most
easily assimilated oil Isl peanut oil
not peanut butter, for that contains
much coagulated albumep, but refined
peanut oil. Take half b teaspoonful
sof peanut butter, beat III with table
spoonful of peanut oil, add a pint of
warm water and you have~a perfect
vegetable cream, which q 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.
Avo id mush. Prefer baked potatoes,
including the sweet potato . Butter
milk has long been known as a fat
te1er; 1t antidotes auto-iutoxication, to
degree! "A glass at Bedtime with the
oil! Is go6d.. Prunes aid elimination,
digest easily and are nutritious; OF;
may be- taken with them. =. go. \,
3 Physical examination Iof an average,
excessively lean, and all average ex-:
Ece3sively fat person indicates, as the:
leading general, characteristic, of the .
former, a hardening of the skin, a dry
Ing ana wrink1ing II the former. case,
and<s6f the latter; the opposite oondi-
tion-skin soft and clear, more re-
sembling that Of infancy. In other
words, the assimilative and :elimina,,
tive systems are in better condition. in;
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
iferenoe-theEe is an easier: ,labit of
mind, a wholesome good-naturedness.
references that we seldom find in
the constitutionally lean, for these
conditions are constitutional, heredi-
tary. No matter what you feed
greyhound, or fox 'honnd you can
not fatten it, and If you feed the pug
at all it will not be lean; and they
vary accordingly in mentality:
constitutional conditions by merely
making diet list. However, the diet,
too, has fundamental bearing in this
as in every other case OF NAL
nutrition.
The fat man labors under the disad-
vantage Of carrying an unnecessary
burden, the play of all his organs, es-
pecfally of the heart, is more or less
haempered and. fatty degeneration is
Imminent, especially. for one past mid
die life. You can find many fat men
or 10, 90, and even 10, but few or no
octogenarians among them and never
a centenarian. 49,
= "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 fast of ten
days or longer proves radical cure.
but drugs advertised to cure obesity
should be avoided. Dry Graham and
corn bread with knocked Virginia
peanuts should be the staples of the
! diet. ~? - ~ y. ~: 1,
To increase the weight, avoid monot.
ony and worry, Iossof sleep, expos
>qre and overwork. Use olive and pea
nut oil regularly, a tablespoonful halt
an hour before the meals or on reti.-
ing; fruits for breakfast, whole wheat
and rye bread mot 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,
i@ which oil may be taken, viii serve
to antidote auto-intoxication.
Cereal coffee may be substituted for
coffee or tea by the obese and cocoa
by the lean, If coffee or tea has been
used; but no drink should be taken
with maals. The electric vibrator aids
In breaking down and removing dead
tissues AID improving nutrition. Dis
titled water or at least filtered water
is especially beneficial for the lean and
nervous.
The morning. Turkish towel BATH 10
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 Ave 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 direct the an.
petite, excluding. starct,es and sugar,
and exercising religiously. until the
weight is reduced to the aormal. 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 81 good
living Is contentment.
To Avoid Taking Cold.
Persons who take cold easily can
greatly strengthen the entire respira-
tory tract by bathing the chest and
neck morning and night with cold salt
water; by drawing" the salt water
into the nostrils and expellinR it from
the mouth, and by taking deep fnhala-
tons of fresh air before an open win
dow, expanding the chest and holding
the air as long as possible, then slowly
exhaling it. Do this morning and night
for, ten minntos and all tandaro,, -