Carrizozo outlook. [volume] (Carrizozo, N.M.) 1910-1945, 1915-12-17
HOLIDAY AILMENTS
How to Avoid Condition Brought
About by 0vereatIng.
Plenty Of Vigorous outdoor Exercise
VIII Help Digestive organs A.
simulate Food-Fetter Than
Doctors Prescription.
BY IRENE WESTON.

~ MANY people hhDltuhiiy ICE
more or less out-of.Borts for the
few days following Christmas that
Christmas ailments have come to be
recognized as a necessary aftermath
Of the festivities.
or course. the children will always
overeat themselves; II they were not
allowed TO eat all sorts OF indlgestible
things. they would feel they were be
Ing cheated out OF half the Joy OF the
gay Christmas season. As a matter OF
fact, II is not the children at all who
make up the bulk OF sufferers from
Christmas complaints. II is the grown.
ups who, simply through carelessly
neglecting to subscribe to one simple
rule OF health, frequently find them.
selves more or less unhappy inside,
and more tired and run down physical
ly at the end OF the Christmas holl'
days than before them.
OF course, children do overeat them
selves more often than grown people.
They rejoice, however. In the posses
sion Of powers OF recuperation which
grown.ups, even In the prime Of life,
can only look back on with envy. Too
much plum pudding, too many sau'
sages with turkey. too many sweets
between meals. may bring on a sharp
digestive upset, but In a few hours all
traces OF II have dlsappenrv', and the
one.time sufferer is SOC utger for
more OF the rich foods which caused
him pain.
With grown people, after-C Christmas
ailments are not 80 much due to indis.
criminate eating OF indigestible foods
ns to an utter neglect OF any precau.
lions to adapt their systems to the
new conditions which reign during tho
Christmas holidays.
Take the case Of the average father
Of a family who leaves all office work
behind. How does the change affect
him? In the first place. the duh mo.
notony OF his days Is broken In upon
and his brain Fan relax from the high
pressure OF the office. This much. OF
course, is a change In the right direc.
ton. All work and no play makes
Jack a dull boy physically as well as
mentally. AT the same time. however,
staying at home has drawbacks OF it's
own, for II means less exercise, which
In It's turn should suggest q cutting
down OF the food supplied 10 the body,
Too much food and too little exer-
ton are almost certain TO upset the di.
g~estion and clog up the various organs
whose duty II Is to separate the waste
matters from the good In the food we
eat and rid the body of those poison
ous products.
The remedy is perfectly simple,
There Is no need to stint yourself OF
the good things OF the table. Eat,
drink and be merry, within fair mod,
Grafton, of course. However. you must
help your digestive organs by taking
plenty OF vigorous outdoor exercise.
A two hours walk before the mid,
day meal, n round OF golf or some 9th.
err outdoor game with the children IN
midafternoon. and a brisk two.milt
walk In the half-hour before the eve
ming meal will be found worth more
than any amount OF doctors prescrip
lions directed towards relieving the
nrst symptoms OF biliousness, the
mental i%rritability, disturbed sleep
sour taste In the mouth, loss OF appe
lite, etc, which are such a common
Aftermath Of the Christmas holidays.
nj. So. ~ - -.