The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1942-07-13

m. CHRIsMAN our own ef-
forts. II we
break down. 1t requires some able
bodied person to do our work and
another one to take care OF us.
Thus we become q hindrance and
not q help.
How to Preserve Health
Doctors to care for the civil popu-
yation will soon be few and far be-
tween. How can we preserve health
for ourselves? Well. we can rest at
every opportunity, eat and sleep
! regularly. Fortunately, luxuries will
Be scarce, solid foods will not be too
plentiful after q while, and we shall
not eat too much. Very few OF us
will have time for prolonged vaca-
lions and play to recover our health
70 we lose It, so It Is wise for us to
take care Of the health we have.
How We can best take care Of our
health when we may have very lit
tle time and less money is a moot
question. Our friends will advice us
20 take vitamins. We are running q
little Wild on the subject OF vita
minis, Surely, they are absolutely
necessary for good health, but ma
ture knew this and provided us with
q goodly supply In sunshine, fresh
cir, meat. fruit. vegetables and q
hundred other foodstuf3s.
Il Il only when We neglect our
natural supply that we require the
artificial ones. We are advised to
take cod liver oil for vitamins. You
can make these vitamins In your
self by using sunshine, and sun.
shine tastes better than oil. You
cannot get sunshine? Sure you canl
The price of sunsuit and q SUM-
bath Of five or ten minutes day In
summer will help you to store up
vltamins.
In taking sunbaths. 1t Is wise to
begin in the morning and late
afternoon. Allow the sun to shine
on one side of the body for from
three to I'VE minutes. then on the
other side. Do not overdo It. Sun
burn does not help. The next day
take q little longer. You can soak
up this sunshine In your back yard.
on q roof, or In q room with the
window open where the sun shines
IN fully.
vitamins In Food
After q few days, the noon time
sun can be used. Here we get more
actinic rays and they are the ones
that burn. But the actinic rays are
not the only helpful rays. Sunshine
contains many things we don't
know how to use. Food exposed to
sunlight stores up vitamins and we
must eat such foods. Animals store
sunlight and we get these factors
and their benefit from the milk and
8esh.
I Fresh air and sunshine are the
great health promoters. They are
stored In all foods, these vitamins
are, when the foods have been
raised In the open, and exposed to
sunShine. Hothouse vegetables are
often deficient In health-promoting
elements. We obtain carotin, or
vjtamin A, from such vegetables as
carrots and the other yellow fruits
and vegetables. Potatoes, though
grown under the ground. receive
sunlight through their stalks and
leaves.
Apples. cherries. berries Dananas
oranges, pears, all store up sunshine
when allowed to ripen on the tree
or plant. Nature provides the things
we need to maintain good health, II
We will use them. We do not need
expensive. preparations from the
drug store to keep US healthy.
It Is only when we have neglected
20 obtain sunshine. fresh air and
pure water inside and out that we
require concentrated vitamins to
make up the deficiency. The normal
amount required can be obtained
4rom our ordinary food. I hear
mothers and fathers remark that
Their sons coming home on fur
'youghs have gained weight, strength
and good looks. The reason Is not in
ARTIFICIAL vitamins, but In sunshine,
1resh air, exercise and a we'll
rounded diet.