Evening star., 1924-08-15
Answers to Food Questions

walking at least three miles a day,
five IL you an perfectly well and
strong. you Willis surprised what this
will accomplish. One other simple ex-
ercise may alone accomplish wonders.
Before rising in the morning the
muscles Of the abdominal cavity may
be exercised well by lying fat on the
back. Remember that the action of
the bowels is up the right side or
ascending colon. across the abdomen
and down on the left side in the de-
scending colon. With this morning
exercise then by stretching the. right
hand muscles in an upward direction
and the left hand muscles in down.
ward direction, and by exercising the
abdomen in a rotary motion, the most
obstinate case of constipation can
often be helped. This bed exercise
need be carried on only for two or
three minutes, and care should, of
course, be taken not to overstrain.
Begin the exercise very simply and
become stronger.
Would you kindly send me a diet
to reduce high blood pressure? My
| doctor told me today my high blood
pressure was affecting my eyes. He
said a hot climate where l could per-
spire and a diet were all that could
again: that's out of the question; but
l could do my best to diet if l knew
| just what foods and about the amount
| of food at one meal. Our family has
gained so much from your food les
| sons.-M. E.
Here is diet plan for high blood
| pressure:
| The modern theory of the cause
| of this condition is that it is due to
| taI tn "a fytA fir,oS a
| first thing to do. therefore, is to
| withdraw from the diet foods that are
especially liable to putrefaction in
| the intestines. This means that for
| awhile. at least, it may be better to
omit meats, meat broths and fish. If
| you are accustomed to tea and coffee,
l should not cut them out suddenly.
| but it will be better if you gradually
decrease them, putting cereal coffee
| in their place.
The next thing to do is to sys-
| tematically go about having perfect
| intestinal cleanliness. Naturally, the
| diet list which l will give presently
! will be made up Of FOODS that Will
| help to accomplish intestinal activity
| This result. however. cannot be
| brought about by food alone. l sug-
| geSt that you use some form of bran
or paraffin oil and warm enemas two
y
perfectly certain that intestinal health
| has been restored.
Some authorities go so far as to
say three bowel movements a day are
| necessary at first.
Now you are ready to think about
| what you may eat. Practically all
vegetables will be good, especially
| celery. tomatoes, radishes, cucumbers,
carrots, cabbage. turnir. olives, pota-
Il LOT Tlntl
| town at lunch time you can prob
| ably get one of the popular "vege-
| ccoarSe flour. Bran bread makes
proper arrangements for vegetable
| meals at home.
The bread should be twenty four
| hours old and should be made of
| coarse flower. Bran bread makes
| very good toast, and can be used for
breakfast as we'll as mullins. While
on the subject of bran l might say
! that lest you think bran three times
a day will be monotonous. you will
/ find that the various preparations on
| the market are very palatable to be
| used as cereal. Then by way of
varying these you have, as 1 said be-
fore, bran mullins or toast. and may
also add bran to your breakfast oat-
| meal.
To return to the other foods, the
cereals may include wheat. puffed
wheat, wheat flakes and other forms
! of ready-to-eat cereals. The desserts
| should be simple. and should include
| fruit gelatine, fruit ices, tapioca and
other starchy and fruity dishes. Cot
| tage cheese makes a very excellent
body builder, and may be served in
soups and salads and as meat sub
| StituteS.
| Fresh berries. especially blackber-
| ries, are good; also melons. raisins,
| dates figs and grapes.