The Nome nugget., 1938-06-22

e against friction, as
 the skin. At other places 1t is thin moistened layer as in the nose. mouth and throat. Many people do not think of it this way, but the lining membrane of the air tract, the wind passages and the lung cells, are really body surface coverings.
 The lining of the digestive tract is likewise another body surface cover- ing. Considered as such, the contents of the digestive tract are outside of the body. The body surface selects from the food that we send to the d- gestive tract by way of the mouth, the substances it needs.
 Obviously. if we do not give it the right materials to work upon, the body cannot have its maximum efficiency. A body that is rot given the right food can never be as efficient or healthy as the body that has the right "stokng."
 In many experiments, which we have been conducting in our medical research Laboratories. we have found that one of the very important func- tiOns of this body surface covering, whether it is the outside skin or the lining of the breathing tract or the digestive tract is to prevent the inva- sion of bacteria Healthy skin has marvellous power for disinfecting it. self. When germs land on healthy body surfaces. they are promptly and efficiently destroyed.
 You can, for instance place millions of germs on the skin of your hand or my other part of your outside body surface, except under your finger nails, and the line where the outside skin and the lining membrane meet at your mouth your nOstrilS and around your eyes, and if the skin is clean the germs will disappear of themselves within a few minutes.
 You can likewise breathe Tn many germs and swallow many germs with out being affected in any way, pro- viding the lining of the breathing tract and the lining of the digestive tract are in good healthy condition. But if luc uluNoaS liiliulHGu ot SlNh in any way, then the affected part loses it's sef-disinfecting power, and bac- teria gain an easy entrance to the body.
 Man is an omniverous animal that is. he Is a meat and vegetable cal ter. The anatomy and the physiology of his stomach and intestinal tract show that he has developed through untold gen eratons upon mixed diet of meat and vegetables. A good big beefsteak makes us feel good. We secrete more gastric juice after eating meat meal.
 The American public has been made vitamin-conSciOus as result of the advertisements appearing in the press. Vtamins are grouped into two big classes, those promoting normal growth and those aiding us Tn main taining health after adult age has 9een reached. We cannot always separate these two classes of vitamins from public health standpoint. These sub stances have been eaten along with energy producing and protein replace ment foods for so many centuries that man has become so accustomed to these accessory materials he cannot do without them. They are the lubri- eating agents of our complex inter acting body machinery.
 We have found in tests which we have made in our research laboratories that an unbalanced diet, that is. one in which necessary vita nins are absent, causes these lining membranes of the breathing and digestive tracts to lose their power Of destroying bacteria. Then germs can invade US because our detcrscs have lost their ability to de- fend.
 In tests which we have been making in the last three years, We have learned that most of the people who suffer from frequent head colds eat too much starchv food They do not get enough of the health necessary vitamins. They should cut down rad ically on the amount of bread, pastry, and sweets they consume and eat gen erously of cooked vegetables and of salads and green vegetables. and of all fruits in season. Soups of peas, beans. asparagus and celery are especially recommended. Two full, glasses of orange juice a day are good medicine for chronic cold sufferers. The cheap CT tomato juice. however, is just us healthful. And the inexpensive cab bage is mighty good food.
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