Show Dr Fishbein's Health Talks Talk By DR DU MORRIS Eat the proper food tood and acquire tho the habit of regularity in your hygiene hy by- giene glene and you will suffer vet very littie little lit lit- tie tic if at all nil from constipation If It you fail tail to have an action of the bowels at least once in 24 to tois 43 is hours you OU arc said to be con con- There are differences of opinion aa as to what constitutes normal normal normal nor nor- mal action of the tho bowels but most doctors believe that once in 24 21 hours js Is a the tho average There are arc of ot course some people who have two actions daily and others who have three e dally daily this being ns normal for them Such activity activity ac ac- ac- ac tivIt however should not be bo taken as necessary or desirable for everyone everyone everyone every every- one else There arc are many causes for tor failure of the tho b bowels to act regularly In Inthe Inthe the he manner In which they should In some cases the b bowels fall fail to act simply because the muscles of the tho bowel are relaxed and not suf- suf Cumulated This is called c constipation 0 r I In most of such instances prevention prevention prevention tion is better bettor than cure curc Prevention Prevention Proven Proven- tion involves development of oC a good hygiene and a suitable diet Most import important nt is selection of a regular time and insistence on that time without regard to any possible Interference nce The time usually se selected so- so Is h just after breakfast since at that time the wastage material from the day previous is collected in the lower part of the bowel the stomach is empty and the taking of ot food stimulates the intestinal tract to action Sometimes the taking inking of a glass of tt water either cither cold or hot on risIng rising rising ris ris- ris- ris ing in the morning will help to stimulate such action Moreover a sufficient amount of or water water from from six to eight glasses dail daily should daily should be taken taleen regularly to keep the wastage material suitably soft sort and sufficient in bulk 5 In sos cases of this type typo addition of artificial bulk to tho the diet generally is considered helpful For this purpose purpose purpose pur pur- pose there have been occasional ional fads lads for the use of oC various sub sub- stan stances ces At one time bran was used above all others then came agar agar-agar and more recently seeds All these act in about the same manner absorbing water and additional bulk and thus stimulating the bowel to action It is also believed that the diet may contain extra amounts of ot fat fatin fatin in n cases of ot this type and sometimes Ifs figs and prunes seem to be useful In selecting a diet for this type of constipation you should consider particularly the tho use of ot vegetables containing large amounts of f cellulose cellulose lose such as as turnip greens Brussels sprouts green beans corn spinach lettuce and cauliflower In diets of this type the very f C finely I n e I 1 y masticated foods like strained fruits and vegetables and the mashed vegetables ar arc not as desirable as those in which the thc cellulose cellulose cel cel- Is unbroken |