Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-26
How To Keep
Yourself Well
BY Gncle Sam NJ II

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, or the >pre-disposing causes of
malnutrition. we must give first
consideration to physical defects.
such as enlarged and diseased tom
isis, adenoids, decayed teeth, certain
diseased conditions, such as tuDer-
culosis an dsyphilis and kidney dis
eases
1t would be difficult to over-esti-
mate the role played by adenoids
and diseased tonsils, both Of which
act in double capacity. In the first
place they obstruct the free pas
sage of air to the lungs and thus
limit the oxidation of the food in
the tissues. then these abnormal
growths are likely to become dis
eased and their toxins consequently
enter the circulation and are carried
to different parts of the body and in
that way prevent the building up
OF tissues, or may even destroy.
Secondary seats of infection may
arise from germs that have been
carried from these diseased parts.
1t can, therefore. be readily under
stood why many cases of malnu
triton are remedied by merely re-
moving these growths.
Then there is the influence of bad
teeth, and in this respect, we have
a condition that may be either
cause or effect. That is, defective
ulder-nutrition, or, on the other
hand, the under-nutrition may be
the cause of the decayed teeth.
However. in all these cases of
acknowledgements there should be
4 careful search made for the pres
ence or absence of latent tuher-
cuIosiS .
Nay. in Importance % diseased
AID - normal con titions, Is the diet.
insufficient and unsuitable food and
drink, such for instance as the use
of tea and coffee instead of milk.
This is probably n Of the most
lamentable errors in the diet of a
child. In this connection, we would
like to emphasize that the consump-
ton Of milk by children should be
double what it is, in the best inter-
ests of their development, for it is
tn most economical food that the
household can use.
However,. in the vast majority of
cases, it is not a matter of in
sufficient food, but improper food.
an unbalanced diet, together with
the regrettable habit hat so many
of our children have of boiling their
food: eating between meals, es-
pecially candies and sweetmeats of
all kinds, all OF which are most In
furious and favor under-develop-
ment inasmuch as they not only
overtax the digestive organs. hut
also interfere with the appetite for
the regular meals.
To this may be added the addi-
tional home problem of insufficient
rest. late hours, probably sleeping
at night with closed windows, not
spending sufficient time in the open
air. poor hygienic conditions, and
oft times too long hours in school.
Furthermore there are the emo
tional influences which are inten-
Of barbarism in the shape of So
called test examinations. all of
which are decidedly prejudicial to
the proper development of the child
1t was formerly thought that If
there was a proper proportion of
proteins. carbohydrates. fats. min
eral matters and water, that that
vas all that was essential. 1t has
recently been discovered, however.
that the character of the mineral
content of the food is important and
that the diet must also contain eer-
tain accessory food substances
known as "vitamines,' These, in
addition to the foregoing, constitute
the properly balanced diet.
(TomorrOw-Rest is Big Factor
I'm Dealing with MaInutrition.)