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Show "1"" '" iu "1" "11 ii ill miiiiiiiimm linn m inn niiiiiii iiiimii 11.5. Health and Beauty By I 4"'l" " 'i I II" i DR. SOPIIIA BRTJNSON """"i" mm mnnil l EATING FOR BEAUTY Listening to a group of ladies talking, the writer is impressed that one of the most abosrbing topics of conversation is cooking recipes. Most of the interest centers around deserts and foods that are mixed and combined with condiments condi-ments to make them good. Civi- lized races have gotten so far away from the simple food provided pro-vided by nature, that it is no longer long-er palatable to them, unless seasoned seas-oned with condiments. Probably no race of people in the world suffer 1 so much from constipation, colitis and intestinal disorders as the Americans. I In our own country malnutri-1 malnutri-1 tion is evident among the rich as 1 well as the poor. There is no state in which there is any excuse for this. Vegetables of every kind as well as many fruits will grow if planted and given reasonable care. Every little farm should pro-i pro-i vide milk and eggs in abundance for the needs of the family. j Some how our boards of health do not get very good results by sending out doctors and nurses to remove tonsils and hold dental clinics. It is like pouring a little water on a burning building. Instruction In-struction in the care of the body must begin in the schools and the homes. The prospective mothers should I be instructed how to eat properly, in order to put the right material into the teeth of their unborn children. Calcium or lime enters largely into the formation of sound teeth. The ;expectant mother should eat fresh leafy vegetables, beans, fruit, milk, etc. The diet should be rich in lime and phosphorus. phos-phorus. Only in this way will the child form sound teeth. The baby should have milk; at first breast milk is best; fruit juices and cod liver oil with plenty of sunshine. If this regime were caried out, the expensive dental clinics could probably be dispensed with in a few years. When the Deuchland, a German ship, captured a. well-provisioned American vessel during the. way they thought themselves in luck, for she was abundantly provisioned provision-ed with white flour, white sugar, polished rice, cheese, meat, coffee, etc. They remained out after the capture or two or three months eating the above mentioned food. The result was, that all on board developed scurvy. The officers were not so ill as the men, for they had a little fruit. When the captain put in at an American port, all aboard were sick. Two or three died. The others were fed upon up-on fruit juices, dishes made from wheat and rice polishings, and vegetable broths. Gradually they recovered. But those lusty German seamen had learned the lesson that they could not live upon the deficiency diet that is consumed in so many American homes. The average child goes to school after a breakfast of hot biscuits (white), a piece of bacon and a cup of coffee if he wants it. The families who can afford that sort of diet could provide milk instead of coffee, whole wheat instead of white flour. Egg could be substituted substi-tuted for bacon every day or two. Some butter could be served also. It would cost no more, but the change would prevent pellagra, constipation, and also discourage dental visits. A supper of fruit, milk, whole wheat bread, or oatmeal would spell the difference between undernourished und-ernourished sick children and healthy heal-thy ones. Give the children plenty of cereals cer-eals and bread that have not been devitalized by removing everything every-thing but the white starchy portion. por-tion. They like fruit. . |