The commercial. (Union City, Tenn.) 190?-193?, 1921-08-05
PROPER FOOD AND ENOUGH
SLEEP PROLONG LIFE

Nature has provided many ways b
be prolonged and his usefulness
maintained even beyond the "thre
score years and ten" fer which W
have Biblical -rarrant, but it i. i'm
portant that man himself understan,
how to use for his own benefit wha
nature ia. so generously planned.
Food, sleep and air may be said t.
be the chief elements which supper
life, or perhaps we should put al
first, for to deprive man of air de
prives him of life sooner than to tax,
away either food or sleep, although
any ono of these three life essentials
will, if withdrawn, cause death
What is true Of mon is also true O.
all animal life, but it Is fact tha
the lower animals have kind of in
stinct which guides them to the prop
er kinds of food, and whio.. also com
pels them to take the sleep and the
air they need more correctly than
does the reasoning power CT man
Therefore, being deprived of the in
stinct which protects the 1ower ami
mails man must acquire knowledge to
protect himself.
Men should select such foods as are
body building and when tax the di-
gestion least; milk, eggs, cereals,
green vegetables, fruits, nuts and
meats furnish the essential elements
Of food and also contain the vita
mines now considered SO necessary to
support life and health. Meals should
be eaten in pleasant surroundings;
they should never be eaten when tho
body is tired or when the individual
is hurried. All food should be thor
oughly masticated for much so-called
indigestion is merely food hastily
swallowed in large masses which be-
come poisons and which clog the
digestive system.
Coffee and tea have no food value
except for the milk and sugar added
to them and in large quantities they
have a tendency to check the normal
secretions.
A few wholesome articles at each
meal are better than variety but
meals should vary from day to day.
Perfect cleanliness is necessary for
health and this means not only the
food itself but the hands of the in
dividual and the surroundings in
which he has his meals. Living or
ganisms are often carried through
food and food should, therefore, be
protected from possible contact with
flies or any other insects.
The amount of food taken by each
individual varies with conditions;
less food and food of SLIGHTLY diff
ferent kind should be taken in win
ter than in summer. Meat is not
necessary to life; the one ideal food
in which all the elements are in
cluded is milk. Every member of the
family should have at least a pint of
milk O day.
The Red Cross has regularly ar
ranged educational activity in it's
classes in food selection which are
open to all chapters and which will
teach in detail much that it is impos-
sible to cover here.
Sleep is natures method of re-
pairing the waste of the day. The
body, the brain and the nerves de-
mand fixed amount of sleep without
which the health cannot be main
tained. In youth 1t is necessary to
have ten hours sleep in the twenty
tour as sleep promotes growth; in
adult life not less than seven hours
S deemed sufficient. This sleep
should. be taken in g well-ventilated
Dom or on a sleeping porch, for
'resh air is an essential of refresh
ng sleep. me ped covering should |
lot be too heavy nor too tightly ar
'anged, but it must be warm enough,
for outdoor sleeping.
Brain workers should have even |
more sleep than laborers, and the
most refreshing and healthful sleep
s that taken before midnight.
Sleeping alone is more healthful than
hari1g bed with another and much
are should be taken in arranging
he bed, sleeping quarters and the
With the necessary at
ention given to food, sleep and fresh
Iir man may hope to attain a health
I'll and useful old age.
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