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Show C. Houston Goudiss Discusses LAXATIVE FOODS Nationally Known Authority on Food Shows How Right Diet Can Help You to Avoid Health Hazards of Faulty Elimination By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS East 39th Street. New York. THOUSANDS of men, women and children are alive today because we have learned how to prevent many types of infections and how to cure diseases which once caused un- timely deaths. We have reason to be proud of the achievements of science in fighting disease and lengthening length-ening the span of life. But we should be ashamed of the fact that hundreds of thousands of individuals in-dividuals are not getting the most out of life indeed they are not realizing half their potentialities because improper eating and faulty habits of hygiene cause them to suffer from that great evil of civilization constipation. i EVILS OF CONSTIPATION Someone has called constipation the most deadly disease, and while this may wwwjwww- seem like an ex-? ex-? J treme statement, it ; .. ' becomes justifiable when one realizes i the untold misery and wretchedness ' that may result -M f' when food residues IkNt, JVS? remain to stagnate N?f : and putrefy in the I . I ; body. ti S.ikl Constipation muddies mud-dies the complexion, complex-ion, dulls the eye and befogs the brain. It causes a general feeling of discomfort and fullness in the abdomen, lack of appetite, bad breath, coated tongue, a feeling of lassitude and a tendency to become be-come easily fatigued. By weakening resistance, it opens the way to numberless diseases. dis-eases. Serious complications, such as irritation of the arroendix. mav occur as a result of the friction of hard masses of waste against the delicate walls of the intestine. Piles have frequently been laid at the door of faulty elimination. Do you wonder that I consider prompt, regular elimination the keystone of good health. Its importance is readily understood under-stood when you consider the processes proc-esses by which food is digested and absorbed. |