Show WEEKLY TALKS ON HEALTH PROPER FOOD and BODY CARE by dr R ri R daniels the body Is by far the most perfect machine of which we know it is a self sustaining self regulating and self re pairing machine health exists when each part of tills this machine is operating normally health is the natural condition the body converts the various foods into a few simple food materials which it uses as fuel and to replace itself as it wears out it manufactures fac tures the fluid to digest tats food in quantities according to the amount of food it needs the intake of food under normal habits of eating is increased or decreased by the demands of the appetite to meet the needs of the body when the skin is kept active by good care and proper clothing the skin nerves regulate the burning of the food they keep the body at the same temperature temper atre during varying weather conditions dit ions automatically the body regulates all its organs and all its workings to tb meet its varying needs the body possesses a remarkable system of defenses harmful poisons which are generated in the system from both digested and undigested food are constantly being destroyed to prevent the entrance of germs every opening from the outside world Is guarded by a secretion that is a poison to germs in fact under normal habits of living about all the secretions of the body are germicides and the blood always contains cens cells which destroy germs when germs gain a foothold in the body the defense system manufacture its own antitoxin anti toxin which destroys the germ and cures cares the disease the body is built to run right and to keep itself right however when we eat too much food or indigestible food or use tobacco coffee and alcoholic drinks or when we get too little fresh air and exercise we prevent the body from operating normally and disease results thus disease Is due to obstructions to the normal workings of the body to ITO cure disease we must remove these obstructions then the body will right itself |