Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1912-12-04
HOME HEALTH CLUB
By DR.. DAVID n. REEDER
LIVER TROUBLE.


'All that a man hath will he give
to have his liver regulated" If you
don't believe this is true just stop
a moment and consider the hundreds
Of oliver regulators" that are being
offered to the public. They wouldn't
exist if there wasn't a market for
them, would theyq
It is said the liver is much abus-
ed organ. An organ will stand abuse
about so long then it will cease to
observation-disclosures useless. Nat
ure eliminates a thing when it is no
longer Of use. If we keep on abus-
ing our ivers at the present rate, we
will very likely evolve into race of
iverless beings some day.
But seriously this matter Of keep
ing the liver "on the job is an i'm
portant one. If even moderate de-
gree Of health is to be maintained the
liver must perform it's duty.
When we get an attack Of the
"blues," and the whole world seems
out Of joint and we feel that human
| ity and all it's institutions is going
to the "Demnition bow-wows," along
comes a friend and taps us on the
shoulder and says: II say my friend,
your liver is out Of order, better do
something to stir it up, then you'll
feel all right" Acting on his adj
wise, we do something, and in doing
something we not only arouse the iv-
er, but we also arouse the solar plex-
us which very likely had been doz-
ing at it's post. At any rate this
something that we did put us up
where we could again take Cheerful!
interest in human affairs. This cheer.
ful attitude lasted a variable length
Of time when we again had to edo
something for our liver"
1t seems, after giving the matter
a little thought, that the most sens
ible and the most practical thing to
do is to learn how to live and what
to do, so that we will not be con-
scious Of our ivers. Does that not
appeal to you as being the sensible
thing to do?
| Hastily prepared meals of frieC
floods, eaten as though the time con.
sumed at meal were so much time
wasted; washing the food down with
hot coffee or tea, or perhaps large
draughts Of cold liquids, is enough
don't you think, to make our liver:
quit work in disgust? Add to this
rich foods, spiced foods, sour food:
and sweet foods, all eaten at tn
same sitting as above described, ant
then wonder, if you can, at the null
+ titude of silver medicines" placed a
our disposal.
II The function of the liver in con
, nection with digestion is to secret
the bile. The bile has the function
+ of emulsifying, or holding in iqui'
form, the fats Of the food, RENDERING
70 them capable Of being absorbed thr
the walls Of the intestines into tn
blood stream and there burned up t
r supply heat to the body, or stored i
the tissues for future use. The bill
q has some antiseptic power whic
/. serves to prevent the decompositio
i of food and the formation Of over
- much gas in the bowels. 1t also act
:: as a natural lubricant and purgativ'
. Here are some of the things tina
will happen to you if your live
a doesn't do it's duty; intestinal ind
|gestion, bloating, constipation, auto
It intoxication, and a disposition ths
J.. will drive your friends from you.
Eat right, dress right, live rigf
:, and give your liver a chance.
81 In the next article I will describ
o a combination Of foods, which an
IS one may have at the average tabl
70 that will naturally overcome a ter
. dency to constipation.