Show WEEKLY TALKS ON HEALTH 0 o I 1 H di ii H D da 1 11 niels 1 e hat HOW V TO AVOID PALL COLD ciolll the fall is ia a favorite time for colds largely because at time wo we both increase our food especially our heavy foods out of proportion to what can be readily used up in the body and we close up our houses and by robbing the body of fresh air we decrease our power to burn up the heavy foods the unused food in the body and the lessened activity of the body tissues lower the boans disease re power and a cold Is the common result A cold is not as trivial a matter as most people suppose not only ib it a warning ing that the blodys disease re power Is low but many serious diseases follow in the wake of an cold A cold Is IB a disorder t to be avoided incidentally colds can be easily prevented the first essential is avoiding cold is not to overeat and to keep the digestion in good condition by eating only easily digested foods avoiding tried fried foods and pastries chronic gas in the bowels a coated tongue and a bad habte in the mouth all indicate that food is falling to bo be digested is fermenting in and decomposing and polso poisoning ning the body such i disturbance in the body frequently gets gels the sy stelli 1111 for a cold the baxt essential gent ial in avoiding colds to la plenty of fresh pl coln colds art aro pi evelent only during the time of year when we are housed up ventilate your house or office by whew g wide the windows fol foi a few minutes several times I 1 I 1 dally daily get plenty of f fresh re 1 1 i air at night outdoor sleeping to Is almost a certain preventative for colds the worst colds of tho the reason are often contracted just as the change Is made aiom to heavy underwear it Is a mistake to wrap the body ini in heavy woolen underwear to overheat the skin and render it sensitive to weather change our winter underwear should be cotton and weight the skin should be kept active by a daily sponge bath bah or a thorough rubbing rubb with a dry towel such care of the skin akin will keep it active an active skin adjusts the body to various weather changes ond along with fresh air and proper food conditions will positively prevent colds tuberculosis for the most part is a bad air disease plenty of fresh air at night will go a long way toward presenting enting this disease the sleeping porch would almost stamp out the white whit plague outdoor exercise to Is natures nature tonic arterial sclerosis or hardening of the arteries la Is the most frequent disease in men past fifty arterial sclerosis means meane a lowered resistance of all dis ease producing influences a to pneumonia apoplexy and heart failure I 1 most of our sudden deaths in persons over fifty are supers super induced by arterial sclerosis this disease is not a necessary accompaniment of old age quite to the contrary there are many old people who have little or no degeneration of the arteries arterial sclerosis is caused by eating for years too much heavy beavy food such as meats broad and potatoes also by using lobasco lo bacco coffee cof fee and alcoholic drinks hence the disease is far more common among men than among women this common disease can be avoided by following moderate habits of eating and avoiding coffee tobacco and alcohol I 1 14 I 1 rheumatism gout indigestion and dignity usually all go together one reason for there being more disease among women than among men is that women having access to the food at all times oat eat between meals and overeat to a greater extent than do men 4 digested f food Is the source of our vigor energy and dis ense ease resisting power undigested food Is a source of weakness and disease overeating acing fried foods and rich foods all lead to indigestion overwork and late hours are not the only ways of burning the candle at both bunds till eo big meals a day desserts and foods that are difficult of digestion will areck reck the strongest constitution just as effectively most heart pains as well as most heart disorders are cue to the upward pressure against the heart of gas in the stomach coming from undigested d food ft the old idea that we must break the fever in disease is ig an erroneous one fever is the method the body adopts to get rid of the poisons of the disease rapidly by burning them the fever will abate as soon as the poisons are destroyed there is considerable difference between being fat and being well there Is as much sickness among fat people as among thel thethis ethin th thin most tat fat people dle die relatively young usually from disorders by too much weight |