| Show health our natural inheritance Inherit ence bv dr R R Dini olg the body is by far the most perfect machine of which we know it is a self sustaining self regulating and self machine health exists when each part of this machine is operating normally health is the natural condition the body convert the various foods into a few simple food mater ills which it uses fuel and to replace itself as it wears out it manufactures the fluid to digest this in quantities according to the amount of food it needs alie intake of food under normal habits of eating is increased or decreased bv the demands of the appetito to meet the needs of the body when the skin is kept active by good care and proper clothing the skin gervea regulate the burning of the food they keep the body at the same temperature during v iryma weather conditions automatically the body regulates nil its organs and all its working to meet its varying needs tho body possesses a remarkable system of defenses defences de fences harmful pois ons M inch generated in theses tern from both digested and food are constantly being destroyed to prevent the entrance of germs every opening the outside is guarded by that is a poison boerms to erms in fact under normal habata of living about all the secretions of the body are germicides and the blood always contains cells which destroy germs when germs gim a foothold in the lody the defence sv stem turea ite own antitoxin anti toxin which des troys the germ and cures the disease the body is built to run right and to keep itself right how ever when we eat too much food or indigestible food or use tobacco coffee and al brinks lr inks or when we get too little fresh air and exercise we pre vent alie body from operating normally and disease results thus disease is due to obstructions to the normal of the body to f i r cure disease we must remove these obstructions then the body will hight except when contaminated bv the soft foods of civilization the indian has rood teeth his bread is parched corn if want to keep your teeth in good condition eat only bard bread and aliew it thoroughly chronic cold hands and feet more often than anything else mean too much food and too little exercise with too much coffee and too little attention to the skin when we consider that our bodies are made from the food we eat that all our energies are dependent boon this food thit we arc able to stalk to think to live only as tins food is converted into energy by the body is it not most reasonable to suppose that the kind of food the quantity of food the mode of preparing the food and the manner of eating the food are all of extreme importance in keeping the body in good condition rapid eating is the mother of gluttony there is no virtue in briding one bid habit for another many reformed tobacco user is citing himself to death the sick do not get well because they get fat on the contrary they get fat because they get well the insurance companies tell us that the farmer is not a particularly good risk compared with other folks who follow less healthful occupations he dies young incident ally the farmer is the hearty eater the poorest risk is the big fat man who eats large quantities of a thing and everything and smoked and drinks in the same way and it hurt he may die any time after forty |
