The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-12-14
DO YOUR STINT OF HARD BREATHING EVERY DAY

Where the eftlciency of the heart is reduced for any reason, or where the reserve power is low, one of the most familiar manifestations is la bored breathing on exertion.
 advise every mature adult who reasd this and is not actually crip- pied or under medical care, to test the efficiency or reserve power of his heart by trying to run half a mile. Take your own gait. If you can't keep drumming for that dis tance there's something wrong with you, and you had better have med- ical advice at once. Any normal adult under sixty should be able to run a mile without getting "wind- ed". If you find you have to slow down to walk before you are past the half way post, or anywhere along the home stretch, don't take 1t too badly, for there are literally millions of ginks, well, hundred thousands anayway, who are suffer- ing with the same trouble as yours, namely, suboxidation.
 Maybe you need a regular daily stint of hard breathing. Not deep breathing exercise. That's silly bus mess and never gets you anywhere. mean natural hard breathing What I'm trying to do is sugar coat the pill. There is only one way you can do natural hard breathing, and that is by exercising vigorously enough to induce hard breathing. Incidentally, let it be belly breath ing, and forget you have 8 chest.
 It doesn't matter much what form of exercise you do. It is fine if it happens to be useful work of any kind which you can enjoy do- ing. But otherwise 1t may be walk ing, running skating, dancing, play ing 8 game, climbing hill or clirnb- ing stairs, gymnasium class drill, bi- cycle riding or any calisthenic ex- ercises you like.
 By conscious deep breathing you can for a minute or two inhale a larger amount of air, oxygen, and indeed overfill your blood with oxy- gen. But the inevitable conse- quence is similar period of slower and more shallow breathing, so that in the end you are right where you were when you started.
 But natural deep breathing which is automatic and most efficient if your mind is on something else than your breathing, is not followed by such & period of shallow or slow breathing. Moreover the cause of the natural deep breathing, exer- else, also causes the blood to utilize the increased oxygen intake, and that means increased oxidation, in- creased metabolism, and so you gain something by the regular eXer- else period daily. You burn up and readily eliminate or dispose of waste matter which might other wise give rise to symptoms which you may vaguely ascribe to autoin- toxication. Besides 1t gives your heart increased efficiency and greater reserve power to serve in an emergency.
 Power and Pressure
 What can one eat which will give strength and at the same time not create high blood pressure? CM. H)
 Answer-Milk, eggs, butter, cream, cheese, vegetables, fresh fruits, fresh meat, fish, fowl, wheat ground at home and cooked to taste. Don't be silly about blood pressure. No food creates high blood pressure.
 Mystery
 Kindly inform me whether min- eral water is beneficial for rheuma- tism and high blood pressure. (S. M. E.)
 Answer-No more nor less than tap water, in my cpirEon. Send stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, for monograph on "Rheuma- tism".