"STUFFING" AT MEALS IS WRONG

Dominion, Volume 30, Issue 23, 22 October 1936, Page 6

"STUFFING" AT MEALS IS WRONG

Moderation at the Table Comes First in Dieting —the Second Rule is Healthy Exercise

tigs and raisins, are verv nourishing. If you eat half a pound of grapes daily you will find it a splendid cure for constipation and dyspepsia. Some doctors claim, that it is also excellent for consumption. Strong tea and coffee should be avoided, as they will affect, both nerves and appearance. A good health drink can be made from either barley and water or oranges and water. As many vegetables, salads and fruits as possible should be eaten. It is impossible to give a diet for health, as practically any and every kind of food may be eaten. Limit the meats, eat plentj- of fruit and vege tallies, and limit tea and coffee. Hard workers will find it more satis factory to have a fairly heavy breakfast, a light luncheon, and the ordinary dinner. Light workers will haw a light breakfast, ordinary lunch and light dinner.

(SERIES No. 2—BY “THE DIETICIAN.”)

EVERY person, more or less, maltreats the stomach. Few consider whether the food is suitable for assimilation or whether the digestive organs are in a fit state to do their work. We all have thq habit of sitting at the table and having three heavy meals a day as if it were the necessary thing. This is not so. 'The less heavy work you do the less food you will need. All food should be agreeable to the taste, and one should always leave the table feeling that a little more could be eaten. The stomach should never be overloaded, and you should never force yourself to eat. Eating is not a duty. It is a health-giving habit. The food must be thoroughly masticated and the teetli and tonsils must be in a healthy condition, otherwise the food which reaches the stomach will be germ-laden. Thorough mastication will aid digestion, which converts the food into beat, energy and vitality.

From constant monotony of diet the stomach organs become used to certain foods, and if a sudden change is made the digestive organs are liable to register a protest. After a time, however, they will readjust themselves to the unaccustomed food.

T N summertime, it is essential that JL we eat less than in winter. In the colder weather we need plenty of fats, and these can be obtained from nuts, milk, butter, eggs and cheese. Living exclusively on fruit for a day or two is an excellent way oi cleansing the alimentary canal. Bananas, dates,

TO keep in good health demands a certain amount of exercise. This can easily be taken iu the form of swimming, tennis, golf, or any other pleasurable pursuit. Sedentary workers who think that the week-end games are insufficient, will find that five min utes every morning with the skipping rope will work wonders. This may sound a childish pastime, but I would remind you that the average child has far better health and is troubled less with indigestion or [>oor complexion than the average adult. Therefore, do not scorn the childish skipping rope. My next article will give slimming diets and exercises.