Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-08-18
Health Talks by DR.. Brady
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SO many, many women-not to drag in the
nen-teGin soon after thirty digging their
graves with their teeth. which is Il famous
ailcEory hut an unfortunate one from our
present physiological point OF view Cor i'm
truth life is shortened because we do NOT mai Ike
enough use of our teeth. | dare say the
modern food manufacturer, who takes IL upon
hlh'scit 10 remove every factor or element
or the food that he deems indigestiblc or
otherwise UNFIT for human consumption Is
more to blame than are our teeth for tho
snort race so many Of The food
manufactures or manipulation calls this "pur-
Tying the food: call it mollycoddling the
food For example the food rianipulator
takes wholesome thlnl, like wheat and rc-
moves the iron. the phosphorous. most of the
o'hcr mineral salts or elements. and the vita
"ins' and sells what remains under the pleas
Ing name OF refined white nour--which makes
but Il sorry stan Of life lean on. He SINH
larry maltrcats rice and sells what remains
as suitable food-and II Is suitable for the
production Of such grave nutritional dsor-
ders rs herbert multiple ncuritis). Brown
rice unpublished ricc) IL suitable for healthy
people To eat: polished rice is not. These
and many other harmful processes which the
food manipulation deems essential are more
or less calculated to discourage the natural
process OF mastication And it is too easy 10
forget that the chief part OF digestion occurs
in the mouth
Prosperous Jewish people IN this country
are fond of what they deem good living. They
are great caters. DIR. Josln. who has made
an extensive study of diabetes holds that
overcating is tho chief cause OF that grave
functional disorder lie cites the Incidence
OF diabetes among Jewish people in America
and its prevalence among them is well known
He calls attention to the marked tendency
toward obesity among Jewish women partic,I-
lnrly. and think II is true that Jewish WON
en- OF the prosperous class In America hate
exercise about as much any class in the
world The outcome is incvitable-too much
food. too little exercise obesity. This seems
unfortunate for n class Jewish women
arc blessed with great physical beauty and
ny reason of their religious adherence To
hygicnic law. with fine health besides. They
max" ideal mothers. II is nothing less than
tragic that they should so neglect their physi-
cal education.
Any woman who reluctantly realizes that
she is growing too stout corpulcn,. cspc-
cially about the middle Of her body-that
u.s. about tho hips. thighs. huttocks and aldo
mcn-muSt understand. FIRST, that tho corset
is a chief factor. though il has never been
worn tSht-nting. and second. that use Of
IN" very muscle groups which the corset ron
6ers practically useless will prevent and re-
move the fat deposits which not only destroy
physical beauty. hut. as Stacker ncsh. live ON
tho tody's energy as parasites do, and thus
shorten life. For such woman I would
prescribe some such regimen as follows:
!. More thorough Of tho tccth-com-
rlctc Notwithstanding akin to Flotch-
crism. This fills in time at table withou,
overriding the nlimcntary tube.
:. Two miles Of oxygen three times n day
on the huof. pr it's equivalent In general
exercise, not counting houscwork as cxcr-
else.
3. From five TO ten minutes each morning
and night with no Interruptions on account
Of menstrual periods. OF high Kicking at "A
suspended target, both forward and backward
kicking.
II some such minimum of daily exercise
were compulsory for all women not actually
disabled ~ disease the sum total of happi-
ness in the world would be materially in