Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-03-15
FOOD AND HEALTH
BY WINIFRED STUART GIBBs.
Food Specialist.

The thought of saving money for
! summer trip is very familiar to most
of us workers, but what about saving
health for The same purpose?
Did YOU ever stop to realize now
canny are the steamship compa MES
tina, danee before our longing eyes
folders showing delights Of teachers
class" European travel? They know
and they ash in on the realization
that 1t is far easier to save money Tor
I'some definite purpose, some treat
long desired. than for the mere sake
If saving.
Why not steal their idea and adopt
it until he saving process Is made to
include health as we'll as money:
But" protests some one. the trip
will not be taken for al least three
months Even the most ardent advc-
cate If diet reform can hardly advise
= to heEin noW to diet for an attack
# seasicl<neea. foi EXAMPLE. that can
not rogsjhlr take place uu,il June.
True but here are few dietary
%ecrets. s" simple as To- he NractlCai
o" every one ard vet So often nag
ert 81
The very incentive put forth by the
feamshir companies. the promise vi
DELIGHTFUL trip. may figure largely
y ou;' eating program Il is 60 dun
q ca. according !" rule unless we keep
before rs the 1hnu@ht Of the reward
V are To receive just as IL the case
ah+trac1 saving Of money. 1t Is
fi"ult In no thrilled over eating for
1ealth and health alone. What we
iced is tho ability tn visualize the
lows that health will provide.
50 il is none too early to begin -
mink about making ourselves fit,
hat we may enjoy the coming frlp
e he UTMOST. oven if its furthermost
hnl;tG .,re renresertea h q beach
Few ~ L. away. II the trim is to he
IA neatlantic. careful eating even for
weeli before sailing win often &C
onplish wonders ii preventing sea
'rhnpSs Does II not stand - reason
hat, after severed months Of careful
let, With t. resulting good DIGESTION.
he pre-sail7g precautions will he
much si1ln, led? There VIII he no
lime lost in getting rid If Winter
waste products which have been raus-
ING rs 10 feel ''losy" and dragged out,
All that viii have been done weeks
before and these are the weeks ir
which 70 bng n
GETTING down 70 details. all that is
required * ~ adopt the Spring toni
foods" so often adVoca cd by nutrition
workers. Connecting such diet plal'
With authorizations Of the Coming h"t'
LAY dds iuSt the final touch IF Z2>f
hat may help one 20 stick - IL
Theirs is far more than at frs
n7eetS the eve in this SAVING nf bod
y tissue through ea'ins right foos
When, for example. We institute
vigorous campaign against ConStipa
ton We are saving along several lines.
bI.,I
about their own tasks unhampered by
noisnns that arise from put;refying
waste products: the blood becomes al
kaline instead Of acid the muscles
take on new tone and make increased
exercise not only possible but pleas
urahle AS a result the lungs are
given n treme ndous lift with their job.
and 50 on
And truly it will not stretch the
point unduly to say that this saving
Of health will help enormously the de
termination to save money, A Wig
orous digestion and well fed body are
strong allies Of the economists who
counsel thrift. In spite Of ourselves
we shall find II easy to think clearly
and 10 plan efficiently. and every one
knows how necessary these processes
are II ore Is to accomplish satsfa Glory
results in savings campaign
So the plea is for the adoption of a
definite incentive in our dieting. The
very harboring of happy thoughts
about coming treats will in itself re
act favora bly, on nutrition, and weav-
ing Of a endless chain Of health and
enjoyment will he very stimulating
occupation indeed. And remember
that this is physiological chemistry.
and not Christian Science.
Downright. 1922