The Palatka news and advertiser. [volume] (Palatka, Fla.) 1908-19??, 1916-08-18
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ABOUT EATING.
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w , a e5 men and women Of the
pr sus 100 actually need instructions
sI az subject. They eat too much,
, ,nv don't know what they should
"'' They make too little change
Tween the diet Of summer !, and that hat
~s s'.or They fail to realize the
lglng 90 and old age. They are
idd lls,s as of habit in eating, as well
sstu lr,enrals. politics and companion.
IN n'T They use about as much real
! t'sgiigence with one as with the 9TH
natter of diet, especially in
THIS lsod i'n old summer time, ought to
su more real study put upon it.
'Ve i Iilt includes drinking as we'll as
/ ,. ,a!,aalMs i as we'll as solids;
: ggo,,ld be next to impossible to
a %U rules that would produce
SO.+ results for all alike. So
.. usi is individual prejudice that no
\ pl # health rules would be likely
!, u followed, for it is only when
o vs.o n goes on positive strike,
s,,sS TO do it's duty and makes all
l T. If internal disturbances, that
au S,ro N is brought to the con-
H.. pO where he is willing to obey
u orders,-to do what the doctor
lMs tss, foods have different sus-
Li uns or building or heating values.
y aI voung child is best served by a
| A. !Siet, clean, fresh, sweet milk.
/. srst teeth are natures suggestion
). tbe youngster requires more SOL
/ iood food that must be chewed.
n 1,boring man requires food in
|s;,h the elements for repairing mus
jar a's.' waste predominant. The man
En- ,a' is approaching old age demands
\. ~ food i; and particularly less tissue
tI1dug food, than when he was more
lively engaged in exhausting man.
pnt while such rules have a gener-
~, ,nulication, individual preferences
N fhfabit are the guides more usual
EtGlowed, and so long as every man
normal health confidently believes
E,t he knows better than the doctor,
h "a snv one else, what is good for him,
Isference is likely to be the guide.
E,hre and habit in middle age merge
\ intimately that it is difficult to
Etinguish between them.
But even to the creature of pref
|,ence and habit a few hints may
lave some value. They may at
|ast suggest the idea of "trying any,
|iing once anyway" so that a par
nj "sameness" may be avoided.
Individual preferences-that is, ma
Evre-governed by an appreciate de-
nee Of real intelligence, are a fairly
ute guide. But such preference
Mould include variety-fruits, cereals,
md breads, vegetables and meat, but
lone Of them to the exclusion of the
.est. The one-sided diet is general
Y accepted as an melting cause of
,ellagra. The lack of vegetables
md fruits induces scurvy.
The summer diet in Florida should
include copious draughts of water,
boiled water, between meals. 1t
Mould be drunk sparingly at meals.
Dne or two glasses of cold water
aiken fifteen or twenty minutes be-
ore breakfast is one of the best pos
Rle "bracers" known. Some prefer
hot, but that is merely a matter
+ preference and has no great brac-
ng advantage. And remember that
pod, clean water, cooled without ac-
ual contact with ice, is the most
wholesome beverage that nature has
ivcn US. Don't be afraid of it.
Fruit, ripe but not overripe, is al
most a necessary part of the daily
tenu, Not one person in hundred
hould eat meat more often than
nee day. It's only habit that de-
hands it more frequently, and the use
I It two or three times a day reg
larly has ultimate bad effects.
1t doesn't bring about irreparable
arm to skip a meal once in a while.
does not work lasting injury to
i've your stomach brief vacation oc-
Treat it as you would
our best friend. When it finally
tops work, you stop too. Don't
Ver-work it and be especially kind
1t in the summer season.-State
Gard of Health Pu11a+ip