The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-10
HOME HEALTH CLUB

l Z grandparents and mine had to earn i their living for the most part by hard manual labor, and usually out of i doors at that. The struggle gave i them strong, vigorous bodies and an appetite to match. Their digestive | organs could handle almost anything short of grindstones and wedges Their diet for the most part was sim and infrequent occasions did they have rich and complex dishes, even then those dishes were made by the wife and mother out of clean and whole some ingredients. Their corn meal was ground at the grist mill down on the river, and often their wheat was ground into flour by the same mill real whole wheat flour. They weren't enervated to any great extent. by living in houses that lacked proper ventilation. for their houses had great hreplaces, and usually enough cracks and crevices to insure good ventila- ton.
 If any slight illness prevailed in the family, the ai1ing one was given non poisonous herb remedies compounded in the kitchen. If doctor was called he gave stuff that in taste and smell non-poisonous. Sometimes the results were a profound dislike for the doc tor and his dope on the part of the patient.
 What do you and I get in the shape of food? Do we get good wholesome, home prepared, unsophisticated foods? Well, hardly, unless we make spe- cial effort and then we are not sure of it. Our bread is made from flour that has passed through seventeen (more or less) rollers and cloth s1eves thing but the starch. Our meats come from a more or less clean meat mar ket, and our fruits and groceries we buy by the can at the corner grocery We sit down to a, meal of bread, Gus ually bakers and mostly starch)- mashed or fried potatoes, (nostly starch), meats and gravy, and prob ably some factory canned fruits and vegetables, for dessert; pie, pudding and cake (starch and sugar. You see our food is too highly concentrat- enough 'roughening'' or debris to stimulate the bowels to activity. Cas- es formed in the bowels (by fermenta- ton not digestion) do stimulate to a certain degree, but not enough.
 Many who live on farm get prac- tica11y the same diet as those who live in the city It Is not uncommon non pastries and factory canned foods on the farmers table.
 If we are contented to submit to foods, and live in a manner consts- tent with modern ideas and ideals, we should be willing to take the conse- quences and not whine.
 After all has been said, who would want to go back to the ways of living in vogue in our grandfather's day? OI, must, if we wish to overcome the habit, yes the habit of constipation, make certain radical changes in our dietary. There are some articles of food that will prove effective in any and all cases but as a rule your case Is different. There are certain symptoms not like the ordinary constipation and it is for the purpose of rendering specific service to all of the Home Health Club readers that I write these articles. The average ease will be eating daily a small dish of raw chop ped Cabbage in which a dressing of two tablespoonsful of olive oil, a lit tie vinegar, salt and red pepper has been mixed. Eat all of it with a spoon. But as I said before yours may be different, that's the reason write and tell me about your case, perhaps in suggesting a diet for you I may help many others. That's what I most want to do.