The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-12-31
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'PR1li KEhPfNG aI: , FiT Is::i is almost Inpos @ saabfS t6 ste1 ehfap phasize ,t1e;s ififhn1por fin tance of keeping well at the present time. The number of physicians available for your care hass already been reduced by the war 20 per cent. and all of the physically fit students at the medical colleges will be salled to serve the fighting forces: Stupen- dous, and ! vital changes in our regu- lar dietary have already been made and while nearly all of trfe changes so far recommended by the govern ment have been decidedly in favor of increased health, yet there are many people Wi1o do not yet Know now how how, : to make the changes so as to maintain a well balanced supply of nutrient
 matter for their bodies and especially for the children.
 There are people, I am sorry to say who live for themselves alone. They are the kind that have no children, or having them, that lay by an over supply of all kinds of the very foods that it is necessary for us to send to our Allies and to our own brave boys in Europe. They over eat and cease not to waste, with such I have no pa tience and the sooner they, gorge themselves to the fethaf point the bet ter for humanity in general
 One thing that is more important than all others in the fight to main tain the physical we'll being Of the race is ;theg health of the children They must be well nourished. Now, to most people the meaning < of well nourished is to eat a large quantity qffood but this is an entirely mistak- en idea. Many .children would be far better nourished, with a generous bowl of whole milk and whole xwh eat or. oa,tt meal porridge for it's, supper than with a heavy meal, Of various meats,
 assI asattrtsssssand ice cis as n n any ofstneH are fed. ldlell asaFi tsn wears should I: M r il ssl s1aiock and 1 fB 5s IsFsAP before dasa8 allowed
 E$1 1sss,13t least 2 3 lSsa3l eAfl4Ie is fol- q s3asffd 1T 1purished and not over red.ssS. wifi xe5 rapidly, be SnA NgoroM active} sood na- tpfadII aIla s1Spall gfree from folds and not very susceptibla to childHen,s dis FFe==are= asked by fffe~fook control department to observe one -wheat1ess l-aia -aiadd=tgEe@Fsd=msatless as well as one
 porkless day each week. The porklesa days should include pork products or Elard Many 5, families would be fa1 better off if they would make all their ! ssGss porHeAsa fat least half of their days wheatlees and meatless. At this | time no person in average good health
 shbt bti1d Nseat meat oftener than once Iseach day. A man doing hard physi- icaf labor needs a substitute that will i give him the equivalent of the meal fiAna,S hisfbhstse ean easily have and al l less cost, while at the same time hil general health will be improved by S-eA A generous dish of cottage cheese with little cream, free dash of ret 1 pepper andy a little salt, will be jus
 as appetizing and fully as nourishinf las an. orainary portion of beef steak I It has been noted by English trav- ! elers in the far. East that the Bedou | ins, clean lirnbed, good size and witt
 nc protruding abdomens were capable l of far greater muscular endurance and entiregfreednm from any kind O. ], sickness that So frequently attacked ]; their own countrymen, would under i jtake "a long journey with a heav! kload and his only food supply would consist of dried dates, olives, nuts ant l; black bread made from the meal O ] grains ground by the women with ; I smooth round stone in the hollow O.
 another and larger stone.
 1 When the mind does not contro
 tl1aa appetite and properly select tn, food thera Is usually developed il the aMmentary canal a Fermentation 1 process instead of a digestion pro
 cess and the result of fermentation i alMays an Sacid and a gas. You w1,' E!dre; thinkers and reasonable hurnai
 beings. will from that simple hint cor 1 rect your own diet when you fin,
 that you are .tFeub1ed with gas an Ercannet seem te get rid of 1t via tn lKfnedfeine route. 7;
 tts=-- Quit eating SC much, leave some fo
 those that are starving and you vii
 not need SC much medicine. In m,
 next article I will tell you somethini s; 3;hhaut1Sfaod. oonahihations that will b good for the meatless days and a
 another time for the wheatless days -tE.a.sA...-.as..s...y.q qIUB= NOTES
 i < layill gladly answer alls inauirie for! Iii forn1ation on health subject
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