Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1916-07-19
TIE SIuKADED LADY,.

Gigested or rather absorbed. and so can
be taken just before eating, but cool
water cools the s.ornach and requires
half an hour to digest. so should not be
drunk for half an hour before meals,
and it should not be drunk for at least
three hours afterward: FIVE hours Is
better, especially if the stomach IS
weak. for II weak stomach may require
five hours to digest what a strong one
would digest in three hours. Stout
people should not only eat less. but
drink less, then the surplus fat can
be utilized in place of water.
From three to four pints Of liquid
day to keep the kidneys active. Two
cups of hot water, tea, coffee, herb
tea or thin soup, car he taken just
before eating or two cups of cold drink
half an hour before meals. but an
easier way, / think. is to take a cup Of
hot liquid just before the meal and a
cup of cool water half an hour before
the next meal and one at bedtime. Hot
water should be slipped a t~easpoonful
at a time.
Nurse says often people think that
they need Il vacation and that is why
they feel lii ed and half sick when.
when really ii is because they are at
ing the wrong kin OF foods and their
food hurts them more than it helps
them. 1t is wicked that SO much good
food is spoiled in cooking, giving peo-
pie dyspepsia.
If you feel timid. blue. nervous ami
imagine all sorts of dreadful things.
ii is because your nerves have been
poisoned by Indigestion. When the
blood gets impure from malnutrition
even the eyes become affected and
there are lots OF people who are wear
ing glasses for blurred vision who DO
not need them. but they do need To
look after the food they are eating.
then their eyes viii become clear again.
After the stomach digests u meal.
il has to repair itself and then rest,
before attacking the next meal, SO it
should not be disturbed until half an
hour before the next meal. If You are
faint between meals and feel that you
Inlist take something, drink water, but
do not eat anything, not wen fruit.
until half an hour before the next
meal.
II we all %perspired more freely it
would be much better for us, as ii
works the poison out of the system
through the pores. Cleanliness is pro-
noted by ~perspiring prior to bathing.
everyone knows the eXl.ilaration which
follows a healthy perspiration. OF
curse the most beneficial method of
securing perSpiration is the method ap-
Piled to the trotting h~orse--visorous
txercise-In fact, one of the benefits OF
exercise is perspiration.
When a person cannot or will not
AXE exercises. perspiration can be in
suced by hot baths. Such extreme
measures ought not, however. to be
taken too often. How often will de-
pend on the corpulence and other cir
.umstances of each individual.
sweating may be Overdone and
!hould never be pushed to the extent
" exhaustion. The function of the skin
n removing wastes from the body is
ruch less important than formerly sup
'osed. The advice of a physician is de-
,irable. 1t should be remembered tina
VI OF us perspire insensibly as weN as
sisibly.
Nurse says IL your food distresses
rou In any way, take nothing but milk,
unless hot water, for a week. 1t will
benefit you. If you feel thirsty sip hot
water, when o feel hungry sip hot
milk, a ~teaspoonful at a time, but do
not heat the milk scalding hot, as then
1t is constituting. Have it Just warm.
After taking the milk take a little
soda In water, or take milk of mag
nesia to prevent it souring on the
stomach. II soda is used, do not take
1T more than a week, as continuous use
OF soda will injure the lining of the
STOMACH. n little EPSON salts in water
Wlll prevent food souring. but should
not be taken even by those with strong
stonlachs. except 10 drive off a sick
headache, as salts are too harsh to use
but rarely.
AS soon as food can be taken without
forming a sip a cup of hot water
ana then eat a couple of graham health
gems with a little butter al the three
meals, and eat nothing else. Chew each
mouthful before swallowing. No not
drink tea. coffee or anything but no.
water. When the stomach seems
strong again eat three or four health
CONS for breakfast, also for luncheon
an for the third meal eat half a pound
OF meat and vegetables Cwo ounces ot
meat and six ounces OF v~egetables) In
~creasing the amount gradually to one
pound II o feel you need it. Avoid
anything that has sugar or cooked fat
in it.lard, piecrust or ~doughnuts, OF
the fat on steaks and roasts. Eat
sparingly of potatoes. rice. macaroni
chewing these starch foods thorough
~, and leave white bread ana crackers
alone.
Nurse sends you her method Of re.
ducing weight. The first thing in TIL.
morning exercise for 10 or Is min.
TBS. breathing deeply with each exer
Csc. Then l drink a glass of hot waite,
With half a lemon squeezed in it.. Fol
breakfast l have one soft boiled egg
end a slice of graham bread toasted
For dinner or supper l have boiled on,
ions or carrots. boiled or baked fish
shell fish of any ind and an orang,
or apple dessert. / do not have all tn,
above named for one meal. Sometime.
! have just a good dish of boiled onions
Of which | AN very fond, then anothc,
time might have just steamed CLAIMS
try to change it every day so l will
not tire of them.
Do not eat pastry. sweets, bread an,
butter. cream. milk, tea, coffee or co
Goa. no cereals OF any kind. Do no
eat any fried food, and be sure to ex
duce.
Quite often %dandelion root is give1
as a tonic in the spring. Nurse sug
gests the use of this dandelion wine, a