The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1928-01-03
FEAsTlNG AND FASTING

days are over, l am sure some words
of advice from the doctor will be
fitting and proper in order for you
to learn how to overcome the many
unpleasant complications arising
from your festive indiscretions.
The custom Of stuffing with food
at holiday times is one as old as
recorded history, and it has appeared
that this fact alone is sufficient
excuse for continuing this practice.
Man is, at best, only a bundle Of
habits-some helpful, some harmful.
Feasting is, at any time, danger
Gus practice, and one that cannot
be too strongly condemned from the
standpoint of the health evangelist.
Gorging at the table has killed many
times more people than all the wars
in the worlds history, and there are
no special days when Nature takes
off the lid" and allows intemper-
ance to flourish without the very
definite disastrous consequences
which must follow such violation of
natural laws. Excuse yourself, if
you like, at Thanksgiving, Christ
mas, and New Year, but the fact re-
mains that doctors offices are
always the most crowded on the days
following the New Year. However,
for a while now, the feast days are
over, and can but urge you to not
make such intemperance the regular
thing in your everyday life.
From my experience / know that
health is the normal condition of the
body, which exists only when the
body is not handicapped by excuses
Of food and insufficient exercise.
The greatest cause Of disease is be-
cause the normal processes Of the
body are interfered with. This inter-
ference is caused mostly by too much
food Of improper quality, and wrong
combinations Of even the best food.
Nature is not unkind or revenge
full, but temperance in all things is
one of her laws which cannot be
violated by the cleverest man without
suffering from the effects of such
violation. The demons Of fevers
and govt, headaches and stomach
aches are lurking in ambush just
behind each overloaded dish, and
there is no magic you can use to get
away from them if you make your
table an altar at which you worship.
If you feel truly repentant at this
time, you will not find a time more
fitting for fasting from regular
food altogether in order to give that
wonderful body Of yours chance to
regain its poise and power.
Try living two or three days on
only orange juice and water and see
how quickly you can recover your
normal hunger for simple, nourish-
ing foods. No, you will not starve
if you do not take any other food
for many days, and you will be re-
warded with brighter eyes. more
pep, and a general feeling of whole
someness you have perhaps not
experienced in many years.
To be explicit, start tomorrow
without breakfast. Take only a
glass Of orange juice with whatever
water you desire. Continue doing
this all day whenever you feel
hungry, and do not use any other
food of any kind.
Before retiring, cleanse your body
outside with a warm shower or
sponge bath, and use one quart Of
water as an intestinal irrigation.
Continue this regime for at least
two or three days or longer if neces-
sary until real hunger returns for
plain food. Then try following the
diet which ! prescribe for you in
this column on each Saturday, in
which / give you complete menus
for the following week.
You may write to me care of the
Tribune and I will send you a we'll
balanced diet to follow. Ask for
article called "A Good Curative
Diet" Enclose stamped, addressed
envelope.
THE MEANING OF ACIDOSIS
It is quite common for patients
to believe that their blood is over
acid. They have arrived at this con-
c1nsinn from HEARING s0 much ahn,,t