| Show How to Keep Your Arteries from Bursting. LONGER life for thousands of human beings de pends upon the prevention of a premature hard enlng of the arteries Arteries which have be come so inelastic and rlg)d that they are liable to burst under the slightest undue strain lead to apoplexy kidney diseases hemorrhages of the brain and en larged hearts and they are one of the chief causes of death after middle age To find a way of postponing this hardening is one of the most difficult problems which science faces to day All the greatest minds in the medical profes ston are attacking It The progress they have already made in discovering the causes of this condition and devising ways of preventing them encourages the be lief that before long the problem may be successfully solved Arterlo sclerosis Is the name by v hlch medicine knows this Hardening of the arteries which threat ens all of us as we approach middle age The fact that hardened arteries are more frequent among men than women led for a long time to the be lief that they were caused by-over indulgence In tobacco and alcohol This theory was exploded largely as a result of the Investigations made bv Dr Richard Cabot of Boston Responsibility for arterlo-sclerosls was next laid at the door of inactivity and over eating But this theory was abandoned even more quickly than the p evlous one when it was discovered that persons who are mus cularly active and eat relatively little are more subject to this disorder than those who eat heavily and lead sedentary lives The fluids poured Into the blood from the little supra renal glands near the kidneys are non generally ac cepted as the cause of artorio-sclerosls The secretions of these glands have been found to be much more abun dant in athletes and In men who habitually do labor lous work on too little food N In the laboratories a quantity of supra renal extract was injected Into the blood of rabbits and other ani mals These Injections raised the blood pressure made the arteries hard and inelastic and created all the cou dltlons found in hiftnan beings when arteriosclerosis Is present Envy Jealousy and all violent emotions stimulate the flow of the supra renal juices In men and women and so do overwork worry and lack of proper fooa. The blood pressu e usually becomes abnormally high as tl e ai terles grow 1 arder and harder When this condition is recognized the patients d et Is the first thing that requires attention in order to check the prog ress of Jho disease and prevent the weakened arteries from m rating like a length of rotten hose The pioteins eaten si ould of course be or varied character Notwithstanding the bad reputation of red meats Dr Lewelljn the distinguished Australasian physician considers slightly underdone beef the most valuable meat food for sufferers from hardening arter les He allows his patients from one to two ounces of meat dally the amo mt varying according to its protein contents Tl e aim should be to select mainly tasty foods which are rather bulky and of low protein content Among vegetables and fruits the following are exceptionally useful Cauliflower celery (boiled) onions (boiled) vegetable marrov the stems Of silver beet (boiled) tomatoes grapes ripe peaches bananas Either boiled onions or boiled celery taken dally for a time ap pears to have a value in producing a feeling of well being and the same may be said of grapes Soups broths and meat extracts are absolutely forbidden 1 Cc I lit 1014 b tho 0 r Compani Great Britain Tights Tc c c. The restriction or the proteins is sometimes followed: by an abnormal appetite for carbohydrates The patient should be enjoined to exercise some self restraint evea at the expense of some of his surplus fattj tissue and the craving will usually diminish after a week or tw o The filling of the stomach to satisfaction is one of the commonest causes of sudden rise of blood pressure ac companled by angina One effect of the new routine Is anincreased capa city of tl e stomach to tolerate fatty foods If the diet prescribed is too poor in carbohydrates or fats when the stomac i is not filled to satisfaction the patient will lose weight to an undesirable extent and less bulk) foods of higher caloric val e but similar protein con tent n ust be substituted for some articles of the diet. The taking of liquids with solids is Btrictly forbidden A meal of solids and liquids is a far more potent factor fac-tor Dr Llewellyn believes in the production of an glnal attacks than one of the solids alone No liquid should be taken ti itil at least an hour after a meal The total intake of liquids even water-s-should be 10 duced steadily to a degree to be determined by the circumstances of tl e case A cup of tea may be taken on arising m the mo ning but the taking of solids apart from meals Is not allowed Alcohol Is strictly forbidden In every case If tl e patient las been long habituated to Its use the with drawal Is made graduallj The use of common salt Is restricted and no article of diet rich in potassium should be taken la large luantltles Rite Is preferable to potatoes The withdrawal of proteins sho lid usually be effected gradually Iu a fe cases in lelatlveb good general condition however Dr LJewellyn reports that he hai made a big reduction at once and with no unfavorablt results |
