New Britain herald. [microfilm reel] (New Britain, Conn.) 1890-1976, 1925-10-19
Your Health
How to Keep It.
Causes of Illness
BY DIR. HUGH 8. CUMMING
Surgeon General United States
Public Health Service.

Surgeon General United statcs
Public Health Service.
Food 10 necessary to the body for
three definite reasons;
First: Food supplies all the en-
ergy needed by the body for carry
ing on the bodily activities.
Second: Food supplies the ma
teriais for the growth and repair
OF the body.
Third: Food contains substances
which regulate the organs and
parts OF the body so that each or
gan does Its share. This adequate
and proper funct!oning OF the or
gans OF the body constitutes good
health.
The parts OF the human body
must be regulated so that life may
80 on smoothly and we may enjoy
good health. 1t is the food we eat
that furnishes the materials that
regulate the parts OF the body. Il
your body does not get sufficient
food. or II you are acting the
wrong kind OF food, the perfect
regulation of tho body is interrupt
ed. II this interruption be serious
or long continued sickness results.
You must understand that all
sickness does not follow UNDER
nourishment or poor food. II is.
however, equally important for you
to know that If your body is I'M
dernourished, or II you are not
eating the proper kind Of food, that
the natural resistance OF your body
to harmful bacteria Is lowered.
Among the most important dis
coveries of modern years must he
listed those which have been made
by scientists with regard to the
value OF various kinds Of foods.
These scientists have given TO
the world certain principles which
are correct, but science can not
formulate diet that will meet the
individual needs OF individual men.
Don't Trust Your Instinct as to
| Food
You must know that yeu can not
trust your instincts with regard 10
the amount Of food you need, or
the kind Of food you should cat,
There Is more danger In Anleri-
ca from over-eating than there Is
from undertaking. More men
break down from oYer-eating after
the age OF 40 than break down
from oyer-work.
The foods the body needs TO sup
ply heat and energy are the ami.
NAL fats, the vegetable oils and
such starchy foods as potatoes.
bread, rice, beans and certain
other very important substances
known as vitamines.
Brain work does not call for
more food than physical labor. The
man who is laboring hard physi-
cally or working out Of doors needs
nourishing foods In quantity in
order to have the necessary sup-
ply of energy for his work.
This is one Of the reaa ons why
baked beans and pea soup, salt
pork and bacon have come to be
the most common food for l0ggers,
lumber-jacks. ice-cutters and others
engaged in heavy outdoor work.
| One meat course q day Is per-
haps as much animal food as the
average body should have.
The effect OF fish and eggs is
practically the same as that Of
meat. Fish and eggs may be classed
as animal food. Meats leave wastes
In the body that must be ehmi-
mated and thrown off. An excessive
amount of meat taken into the
body throws q heavy amount Of
work upon the elininative organs.
This excessive activity of the or
gans OF the body does not make
for good health.
Most people do not eat enough
vegetables. If possible, at least
three green vegetables should be
eaten every day. Veseta bes fur
nish food elements which are es-
sentia1 to the body and in addition
they furnish bulk which is impor-
tant.
vitamines are food elements
which are vital to life. Vitamines
are sometimes destroyed by cook
ing. For this reason some raw food
should form a part of the daily
diet.
East More Fruit and lettuce
Fruits, lettuce and celery are
among such important raw foods
that should be eaten. Fruit in par
ticular should form an important
part of the diet.
Fruits help to prevent constipa-
ton. They help to preserve the
teeth and they supply valuable
mineral salts to the body.
A well-balanced ration should
include one meat dish a day, al
least three vegetables, plenty Of
raw food, such as fruit, celery or
lettuce.