The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-10-30
period Of twenty four hours. Take :
Turkish bath II convenient.

period Or tWenty-1OuF lOurS. lako
Turkish bath It convenient.
Fourth. Confine the diet to fruits.
nuts. green saiads and fresh vegeta-
bles of the water variety. fresh peas.
beams, carrots, persimmons, turnips.
spinach, onions, lettuce. tomatoes,
fresh corn. cabbage. celery and all
green and ieafy plants that are edible.
II the cold Is very severe all food /
should be omitted for one day.
Fifth Drink an abundance Of wa-l
ter.
Sixth.-Keep the bowels active By
the liberal use OF coarse but very clean |
wheat br,ln.
Wheat bran contains valuable min |
eral salts, phosphates and proteids. 1t
Is natures intestinal broom. It stimu-
lates peristaltic action Of both tho
stomach and intestines. The liberal
use Of this common but cheap conf
modify not only relieves but removes
the causes Of constipation. that disor-
der from which so many Ills originate
and which is so common among the
American people that 1t has been ap
propriately named ''americanitis. !"
Tho first and most necessary thing
IN trea ting Il cold Is to relieve intes-
final congestion (constipationl This
opens up the main channel Of elimina-
tinn and stops further congestion
throughput the capillary vessels tfleshy
part of the body.
It people knew and would observe
| The natural laws OF eating that Is. to
select. combine und proportion their
fnnd according to their uge, the work
/ they do and the time of the year or
temperature Of the atmospheric
body co,Il,l be made absolutely i'm.
i n,une against colds
1t matters not how much one is ex-
posed to violent changes Of tempera
tnre. drafts Of cold mir. wet feet, ETC..
4 II the body Is not charged with an ex.
i cess nf poisons he will not take cold.
The great majority of people. III the
i first place, eat tuo much. and, In the
second place. they know nothing about
the laws governing the combination
OF their food. therefore they subsist
unnn M ,,nhaianced def and tl,.. body
Il n,wavs Mnr,lcnetl with tin labor Of
throwing ont the excess that cannot be
uso.1. therefore the slightest congestion
or closing If fhe porps which Inter
j feres with this eliminating process.
thro,vs moro noison IL tl,t. lui,ga than
can l,e burned. and congestion, irrits
lion and. final suppuration take place.
This IL what is termed cold.
The writer has not had cold Tor
fifteen years. the re;son being that
from long training IN the science of
selecting ana combining food he Is
able to select only that which the
,ofiy needs and can use.
! The medical world l,as yainiy strug
plet, with tuberculosis Tor i thousand
yaars ottemntiur ~ and remedy n
i1r,rs anf, has nrettv generally agreed
|. that the only remedy Il oxygen
i TINT Is breathing an abundance oi
/ fresh air. The latest and only success
fnl remedy. therefore, for tubercu
: losis is out of doors. Patients arr
E sent to the mountains and made Il
i've In tents, winter and summer. TIL,
tubercular patient should lie fed q
e that there would be Iio excess d
!. poisons thrown upon the lungs. I'll,
d lungs, being thus freed. would NOR,
rapidly eliminate the bacillus tubercu
t losis
y Every article of food has definit
or dominating chemistry, and II |
L meal is composed Of few things tina
{ are In chemical harmony one is no
! apt to overeat, but when the hunge
t il satisfied with few substantial
+ foods, then the third, fourth or fift
r is introduced. each one appeals to
y different set Of taste buds and one eat
b mfil these are satisfied. with the N
~ .snlt that he has not only oyereaten, bu
\ has mixed things Of the same med
n that are chemically inharmonious, mn
n nature has no way Of disposing OF TIL
]: excess except to decompose It. whic
3 IS done by tile process Ut ferments
It tion..
I. 1t Is the duty of every housewif
p and mother to learn the science .
le feeding the family. This II not
= difficult problem; but, being IN IN
mony with nature, these truths y
revealed almost by instinct. I y
: crime against the human BODY TOT y
S housewife to allow the taDie 20
s daily laden with things that We'
!. never intended Dy nature % De eats
'' ut the same meal, that cannot pe
:. gested. that viii fermenf ana deco.
s pose IN the body. y is rs much 9