Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1914-08-14
By Sherwood p. Snyder
INVITING DISEASE

Examinations of waste from the body
must be regular and normal.
There is one grave condition from
which so many people suffer today,
and which is so easily corrected by
foods, that I feel constrained to offer
some suggestions upon it and it's re-
lation to diet. More than so per cent
of the people of America suffer more
or less from that most common of all
troubles, constipation. 1t is so well
known among physicians that this
trouble is often the forerunner of many
other more serious conditions, and that
it plays such an important part in
treating disease. that invariably when
the physician diagnoses a case one of
the first questions put to the patient is
Are the bowels normal?" With due
consideration for all those who suffer
from this trouble it is fair TO say that
in nearly every case it results from
careless habits of eating and drinking.
Few are the cases that will not readily
respond to right foods and regular
habits
Few people who suffer from this con-
dition realize the danger to which
they lay themselves bare, and the va
rious other diseases they invite to at
tack their bodies. 1t is impossible to
be we'll when the wastes and poisons
of the body are not daily and normally
eliminated. When constipation exists
it means that the body absorbs more
or less poisonous matter This effects
the blood, and every organ of the body
suffers in consequence. Headaches,
dizziness, indigestion, nervousness,
ma nj "a on
skin eruptions and many other func-
tional diseases are invited by faulty
elimination. Hence VIC all owe It to
our health to avoid this condition.
With most sufferers it becomes so
common and so constant that they ac-
cept it without concern or worry, and
rather than make any attempt to 'es-
! tablish a cure, they daily swallow
drugs to get relief. Medicines will
serve as a temporary aid but never as
permanent cure. Every physician
knows that a case Of constipation that
is of long standing can not be cured by
drugs, For cure the patient must look
to diet, water and exercise. Several
millions of dollars are spent annually
for medicines for the relief Of consti-
patton, with the result that those who
3 take lllell Stb OILY NOiilppl al AClADAt
and at the same time so weaken their
alimentary system that 1t constantly
i becomes more dependent upon drugs,
A whip is a cruel thing with which to
urge on a tired, overworked, broken
down horse; but in principle that is
4 exactly what people do whe,. they
/ swallow medicines to cure constipa-
ton. Laxative and purgative medi-
I a. 1-,I
organs. They irrltate and rouse the
organs into action but after their eff
feet is gone the system lapses into
weaker condition than before
Some people seem to have inherited
tendencies in this direction and to
avoid the trouble they must constant
/ ly guard against the weakness. How
ever, with most people the condition
is the result of carelessness and the
fault is entirely within their power of
correction. I do not hesitate to say
that with the proper use of laxative
foods a few abdominal exercises, and
the free drinking of water that the
most obstinate, chronic case OF consti-
patton can be cured 1t seems appro-
pirate to give here a list of the foods
that should constitute the principal
part Of a laxative diet, and a list Of
those foods that should be avoided
Laxative Foods.
Graham breads, graham mullins,
graham gems, corn bread, corn meal
mullins, corn meal gems, fruit gems,
fruit bread. graham porridge, rolled
and crushed wheat porridges, prune
porridge, all succulent vegetables
among which spinach, kale, ol1ra and
greens are the best. figs, prunes, ap-
pies, ralsins, rhubarb, plums. melons,
grapes. peaches, aprlcots and buckle
berries.
corstipating Foods.
All fried meats, fried potatoes, fried
eggs, white flour batter cakes, brown
gravies, hard boiled eggs, milk cheese
of every kind, we'll Drowned toast, pre-
pared breakfast foods which have been
toasted, hot white breads, peanuts,
blackberries, blackberry jam, raspberry
jam, cinnamon and all similar spices.
Foods That Are Neutral.
Steamed. roasted. or boiled meats
soft boiled eggs. baked Irish potatoes,
rice, tapioca, custards, macaroni, corn,
peas, bananas.
From the above groups 1t Is not a
difficult matter for anyone to construct
menus consisting largely OF the laxa-
tive foods with one or two of the neu-
trail foods. BY living on such a diet
and coupling with 1t few abdominal
exercises the most stubborn cases OF
constipation will be cured in from one
to three months.