The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1913-12-18
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I'VE or SIX hours uut0 - grains OufDe
open.
The carbohydrate part a. the diet
should be selected from either wheat
or potatoes.
The following menus are composed
of selections and combinations Of food
which would advise In ordinary cases
OF underweight.
The first thing after rising practice
deep breathing exercises for three
minutes and drink two tuinblcrs Of
pure winter.
BREAKFAST.
Cantaloupes or prunes.
One egg whipped. mixed into three glasses
OF fresh milk.
Two heaping tablespoonfuls of plain
boiled wheat or slice or two of
whole wheat bread
A heaping tablespoonful OF plain wheat
LUNCHEON.
From three to four glasses OF milk.
Two or three medium sized baked pOta-
toes with butter and a very little salt.
DINNER
Any one or two fresh vegetables named
in the list above.
Two to three glasses Of milk and one egg.
Many of the fresh and succulent
vegetables named In this menu are not
fat producers. but they contain miner
al salts, which aid in the digestion and
assimilation Of other foods and supply
tile blood with the mineral elements
necessary for perfect metnbolism and
the production and deposition Of fat.
Intestinal Congestion (censtipation).
Normal Intestinal action Is absolutely
necessary In order to gain weight.
Milk, one OF the principal fat pro-
ducing foods. has tendency toward
Intestinal congestion. This can be over
come In two ways.
First.-By taking milk In quantity
great enough to pass from the stomach
without being made wholly into curd
That portion which thus passes from
the stomach has a tendency to relieve
constipation, or. rather. to serve as an
alimentary lubricant. For example.
one or two glasses Of milk might pro-
duce congestion In the inteStines. while
four glasses taken within period of
two hours would act just the reverse
and ut the same time supply nm album
dance Of fat producing material.
Second.-From one to three heaping
tablespoonful Of bran should be taken
with each meal where milk is used.
especially II the quantity is not large
enough to prevent congestion.
The whole wheat taken ms above sng-
gested often prevents consultation and
sometimes acts as mild laxative In
such cases the whole wheat Is prefer
able to bran.
In the vast majority OF emaciated
cases 1t win be found that the patient
is suffering from premature ferment:,-
ton and lack Of body moisture.
Copious water drinking therefore be-
comes OF primary Importance. Where
a small quantity Of milk Is used the
necessary moisture should be made MP
with pure water. The washing down.
should be avoided. as mastication Il
needed for healthful assimilation.
| eedy 10 - Per Cent Water.
The human body Is 6S per cent wa
| ter. but to enter the blood water must
pass into the circulation with the food.
That II. the food must carry from 90
to 70 per cent Of moisture. Water
drinking with meals therefore Is Of
much Importance to those desiring to
gain weight for three specific reasons:
First.-It dilutes the gastric juice and
prevents hyperacidity fermentation.
SecOnd.-It aids digestion by remov-
ing irritation Of the intestinal tract
both In the stomach and intestines.
Third.-It supplies the blood with
the requisite amount OF moisture
which promotes both purity and cir
| culatiOn.
One is very often afilicted with hy-
peracidity without any manifestation
from the stomach. The best evidence
Of this is lack Of thirst. Superiority
therefore. in addition to being one Of
the primary causes Of emaciation, also
destroys natural thirst. which prevents
water drinking, and there is ut once a
lack Of body moisture. which is anothel
one Of the offending causes.
Table Of Weights Normal and Thin.
The following table gives the normal
weight Of healthy adults according to
heighth, also the weight considered
thin or emaciated:
| Height. Males. Females.
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