OCR Text |
Show YOUR HEALTH J BY OR. B H. BISHOP. 4 I OOD INSTEAD OI PHiLS. ! There are so many good foods that act as laxatives that it Is surprising to note the great amount of lax:itle medicines and pills sold. There are four different classes of laxative foods. Foods rloh In cellulose comprise one 1 class. They are celery, cabbage, , strliiK Jn'ans, dried beans, lentils with their hulls, asparagus, lettuce, spin- ' ach. onions. I'lgH, prunes, raisins und other fruits oaten with their skins, cereals from which the bran has not been removed as rolled or cut oats und wheat. Another eluss consists of foods yielding vegetable a Ids. as lemons, oranges, lomatoi s rhubarb, apples, cider nnd oth'r fruits and fruit i juices, except blackberries . The desired results can be ob- talned by taking fruit or fruit juice ! the first thing in the morning. Fr sensitive stomachs, very mild fruit i should be selected, or fruit juice dl- i luted with water. Liberal serving of fruit has much I to recommend itself ns a means of j nvolding and counteracting constlpa- I tion. Foods producing slight gas forma- tlon make up a third class. They are' honey, molasses, spinach, onions and cauliflower. I They tend to ferment slightlv The gas generated breaks up hard masses In the Intestine and acts as a slight stimulant to movement. Carbonated ' waters may do the same thing. . The fourth class consists of lubri-cants. lubri-cants. People who have an Imperfect Imper-fect digestion for Fat can take it in ' liberal quantities as a laxative. One I or two tablespoonf uls before breakfast break-fast and the same at night Is effective. effec-tive. oo |