The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-10-30

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IN order to understand how to treat
colds, influenza or any local form
of congestion 1t is necessary to un-
derstand first the cause or canses
What are commonly known as colda
come from two causes:
First Exposure.
Second. -Ovnreating.
A cold from exposure is contracted
in the following manner:
The pores of the skin in that part
OF the body which Is exposed to cold
drift or violent changes in tempera-
ture are closed. and the body pnisons
that are constantly passing off through
these little chimneyways are picked
mp by the circulation and carried TO
the lungs to lie burned with oxygen.
the common air we breathe. The
lungs, being aiready taxed to their fulI
capacity in burning mp the regular
poisons brought thither by the circn-
lation, are not able to hnrn or take
care OF this excess: therefore it con-
gests in the lobes Of the lungs. sets up
Irritation and finally suppnrates and ~
thrown Oft in the form Of mucous.
which Is natures next method Of elm
ination.
A cold from overeating Is contracted
In the following way:
A person eats more food than the
body can use or perhaps eats more OF
q certain kind Of food than the botiy
needs or can make use off, The dlges.
ton Ia good. and this excess is assimi.
lated and taken into the circulation
The surplus that cannot be used con.
gests throughout the capillary vessels
Of the body and after n certain time
begins to decompose and. like the con
gested poisops caused by exposnre
Ia picked up by the circulation and
carried to the lungs to he burned with
oxygen. and. exactly as in the FIRST
case. the lungs being unable to oxi
flize the surplus thus thrown npnr
them. congestion, Irritation md tina
snppuration take place. md this we cal
a cold
Any condition that will produce con
gestion in the capillary vessels OF th'
body will often cause. or ut least ang
ment, catarrh, hay fever. asthma. in
fiuenza. colds or any Of the zymot''
diseases. Overeating or incorrect eat
ing, therefore, is the most common
cause Of all of these disorders.
The following example is snf1cien
| to show some Of the evils that ma.
come from wrong eating:
| The human body needs under ord
nary labor only about one ounce o
starch per day, while 1t is nothing IN
common for the average person to en-
from twelve to sixteen ounces. i
one Is swinging sledgehammer Q
/ working In a harvest field he ma
be able to carry this amount OF stare
through various processes OF NETS
bolism (change) and store mp the NJ
nsed part In the form OF food
energy. bnt the average person. eve
working on the farm. cannot do thi.
therefore the excess OF starch. esp'
cially cereal starch, which is the mos
difficult Of all starch foods to diges
causes stomach fermentation. frol
which come intestinal gases. Th
acid crystallizes the excess stare
atoms. and they form tile blood cry
tals, on which the famous DIR. Sal
berry founded his all meat diet. III
doctor knew that starch atoms mad
the blood crystal. and in forbiddir
starch dread, potatoes, etc.) he nat
rally turned to meat because he ";
not food scientist.
s.. II digestion and assimilation are got
the excess of starch is carried into Il
circulation and becomes the most pr
!, lific cause Of so called colds, as WI
also as rheumatism. gout. lumbag
. sciatica. etc.
The excess Of starch. above referr
to, that is not passed into the circul
tion causes equally as much distur
j ance throughout the body as til
J which is crystallized and digested. r
example, too much starch, especial
: white -four products, oatmeal. ct
!. causes fermentation or superacidity
: the stomach. which causes digesti
from the stomach to take place I
D rapidly. This In turn causes irril
tion, intestinal congestion or constiT
ton, from which so many Ills are n
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