Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1926-08-05 | Page 10 | Better Health Longer Life

f fp p r rr r rr S I TIll THE VALUE OF or Of DRINKING G W TIIt By fly n TI Rowland an 1 IL H II Harris 31 M D Battle Crock Creel Mch Member Gorges memorial Institute Few 1 people take tako too much Water wa- wa water wa ter water and many drink not half balf enough Water to drink Is a dally daily need for tor which there thero Is no substitute It maintains the tho volume of o blood In the body bolly by making good the const constant nt loss of water Wlter through lungs skin and kidneys Water Vater Is necessary tor for the removal or of orthe the waste asto products which result from Crom muscular and mental activIty activity ity activity Lack of water leads to thirst and C faintness and It If long con con- continued continued con continued restless may cause calise fatigue rest rest- discomfort less and general s bodily fort tort Such manifestations arc promptly relieved by water V Water ter Is required In fn 1 proportion to the weight ot of o the tho body and the need Is augmented by a II dry and salty diet by active exercise anti and by hot weather The necessity necessity sity for tor water Is greatly Increased Increased Increased ed by Infections In mouth nose and throat by t y fevers and b by various other ailments aliments To maintain vigorous health an annd nd should drink In every 24 2 hours at least cast eight glasses ot of water of eight ounces each For sixteen w waking hours this would glassan bo be an average ot of one half glass an hour Nature is kind to those who do donot donot donot ItIn not drink water In supplying It In large percentage In fruits Cg tables vegetables and milk When water In orthe the body Is abundant abundant part or of the excess Is stored In the tho large muscles le ot of o the tho back and ond thighs and Is returned to the circulation as the ho volume of the tho blood is Ia gradually depicted depleted It Is la worth while to establish II a water drinking habit The hourly bourly striking of ot tt 1 a clock or sonic regularly recurring event of ot day may b bo made mallo tho the call to I Iday drink Wat Va r r In IL a a pith r or to In toa Ina II a thermos jug fug for tor any shot chol n p plod ot of o the day di my u a made a B constant reminder to take Imade water The Tho fullness or emptiness I of the tho veins on the back ot of the hand or the tho volume of the tho pulse may bo be made a ot of the tho gauge sup sup- supply supply sup supply ply of ot fluids In the body Water may bo be taken at any agreeable temperature Very cold drinks should be taken slowly Iy especially It if one ono be overheated Hot drinks should not be hotter holler than can bo be comfortably held In inthe inthe the tho mouth tor for very hot fluids In- In In Injure juro jure the lining ot of the tho stomach A moderato moderate amount of ot water nt at mealtime does no harm It If the purity ot of the available drinking water is uncertain It can be made mado sat sais by boiling and b be clarified by filtering The juice juleo ot of oranges lemons or other fruits may be added to make mako the tho water moro more palatable