Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1917-03-03
By LISETTA NEUKOM

This is a strange experience-to eat the
sort of food one should and get it for much
less money than the sort of food one
shouldn't
But such Is the experience which ! am
TO undergo during the next two weeks as the
only newspaper representative ons the diet
squad, which is to eat balanced food a. the
Lighthouse l52 West Lehigh avenue, under
the direction of the Life Extension Institute.
This institute is national organization,
with leading educators and physicians as its
sponsors trying ito teach the American
people how to live" to prolong their lives
by, proper diet, and at the same time to
give a knockout blow to the present buga-
boo-high cost of ng-euphemistcally
called H. c. j.
Throughout the country the institute
starts diet squads. There was one in Chi
cago for its employees, and last week one
was completed for New York policemen.
This paper will publish the menus and
recipes for many proper diet dishes, which
will be served at the Lighthouse as an aid
10 reducing the cost of living while still
irving the proper amount of pourishment.
This is no hit or miss" experiment. 1t
Is scientific test and one which is gaining
important facts for science at the same
time. The Life Extension Institute refuses
to take persons on the squad without know
ing their exact physical condition. 1t wants
TO know just what effect the foods have on
the bodies. hearts, blood pressure, eyesight,
hearing and nerves of the people it works
with.
Accordingly, before we are allowed to go
on the diet squad, we are subjected to a
rigid physical examination by one of the
Philadelphia medical representatives of the
Life Extension Institute.
And the questions those doctors ask and
the blanks they fill out, There are thirty
eight questions with subquestions on one
blank alone.
Until you see one of those blanks you
little realize what effect your daily habits
may have on your health. Do you know
whether it is better to eat heavy meal at
noon or at night? How about drinking
water with meals or between meals? And
do you know how many glasses of water
you should drink in one day? Well. before
the two weeks diet test at the Lighthouse
Is over every one on the squad will know
and thousands more will know through the
press what is best for -"healths sweet
sake"
Some other questions are. do you drink
ice water with your meals?" DO you drink
water when food is in your MOUTH" How
many cups do you drink daily of tea, coffee,
milk, chocolate, cocoa, beer, wine whisky
other alcoholic beverages?
DO you sleep in well-ventiated room
with windows open?" How frequently do
you bathe?" DO you take cold bat1s.
How frequently"
These and a score of other questions are
simply preliminary, and all have to be an
swered in writing in connection with the
physical examination which the physician
gives.
IN the physical examination, the doctor
taSes the blood pressure with a special in
strument. which is fastened around the left
arm at the height of the heart. He sticks
your finger, takes some blood and finds
OUT ABOUT your red blood corpuscles. He
makes an examination of the lungs for
my tuberculous tendencies. He finds if
me kloneys are in good condition. He
Examines the nose and throat with lighted
Instruments, and looks deep into the ears,
.akes tests with tuning forks, and tries the
YES; he examines the yertebrae and takes
.espiraton and dozen and one other
Snnss-which the ordinary mortal never
eat" e ioo" VIC
now many laymen, for instance ever held
my connection between their hearts and
s'omachs, except to mention jokingIy, "The
S 10 mans heart is thorugh his stom-
I'll But, seriously did you know that IL
sou put certain foods in your stomach which
nc NOT good for 1t the heart has to work
.aruer 10 take care of extra blood needed
'urnish the stomach with proper power
= 'or digesting that food?
ana when one realizes that all the food
'heeued by person in whole day for
ath ana proper nourishment can be
susht even in these days of H. c. l.. for
nom twenty cents to twenty-five cents. ac-
sV'uing TO the Life Extension Institute one
done. "' ""a' soiehee mas