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Show I HOW TO LIVE j Bv JOHN CLARENCE FUNK J A. M, Sc O. Dtracto at Public Hxltk EducatlM. J . Slatt l Ptftniylvania. , t i Food Fads ' ' IT WAS recently announced that two Internationally known Arctic explorer sustained life most BMtlxfue-torlly BMtlxfue-torlly on an exclusive meat diet while living' in the temperate ton and en gaged In sedentary hahita Alnut at the tame time a young lady claimed thai she had actually flourished for months solely on peanuts, V And still another experimentalist announced to the world that bread, milk and cheese constituted the perfect dietary. Thus, food fads are horn. However, when It. la all said and done, ; these digestive . excursions , merely prove"- the amazing flexibility of the human system to food adjustment adjust-ment 4 And while from a nws stand ' point such studies are Interesting, they are likely to result In more harm than good. , The reason for this Is thnt there are so many fanatically minded people who. are eager to trj anything new If It relates to the food question and particularly It It Is con nected wllh the reducing Iden. It must he readily admitted that various kinds of food are definitely contra Indicated' In the actual pres ence of disease. Rut In tteneral all foods, so far aa the average person Is concerned, are entirely ' safe and healthful to' consume. Consequently sweets, meal. milk, grains and all their by produrta have their proper place on the dally menu." The Im. portnnt thing Is to maintain a ration al diet balance and eat all things mod, erately. , ( Therefore,' follow fads In clothing, Interior decoration and motor cars If you have a falling for fads, hut do not go crazy' on the food fads Long life Is not In sympathy with such an attitude. Don't Get Chesty JT IS only natural to develop a superior supe-rior feeling over man's present day achievements. Airship, subways, sky scraper and all the wlzardy of electricity elec-tricity are enough to turn the head of the most modest of us, ' And with modern nitration plants, sewage ' disposal works and all the other magnificent strides In disease prevention and cure,. It seems entire ly logical to develop a "high hat" altitude al-titude on the question of living. Has not the span of life been In creased at least twenty years In the last two decadest Are not the health laws the best and most efficiently en forced In man's history Is not life easier and more protected than ever before? Well, the answer to all these questions Is emphatically, yea But In spite of It the outstanding and disturbing fact remains that for the great uumtier of citizens who have attained fifty years. Increased longev Ity has no application whatsoever. Resting In a sense of false security, hundreds of thousands of, adults who have reached the onehnlf century turn In life are dying at the aame rate of years ago, and sad to say are In creaslngly dying. This Is happening because they are confident tluiw the modern conditions of life have automatically auto-matically added two decades to fhelr expectancy and consequently do little to help themselves. They have an Idea that "fleorge," In the form ot tiealth departments and regulations, had made life Just that much safer and longer for them. A great Idea but a totally erroneous one. Cancer, diabetes, tuberculosis and heart affections are today- afetually creating havoc among those over mid die age. It is this group of maladies which mulntalns the unsatisfact-ry death rate among adults ' ' .-'.' The annual physical exaniliiajlon alone. If employed, would by means of early diagnosis, save countless lives Sensible living hahlts would lake care, of many more thousands. Rest assured that adult niortnlity will not decrease until health Interest Increases. Pon'f get chesty over this modern living business. lo omefhlng about tt (&. 1li. Waatara Newapapai Union.) . - |