Show j t 0 0 0 health notes 0 by dr R R Dan daniels lols living exclusively upon raw foods Is another of 0 the fads that has recently ben been added to the he diet fads the totems devotees Tote cs of 0 the raw diet eat cat no food that has been cooked furthermore tun sine meat is practically unpalatable without cooking the raw food tad fad diets live largely upon vegetables aile cereals and milk and are tor for the tb acost part vegetarians raw diet arguments the advocates ot of the raw food diet inake many claims for their particular style ol of eating they insist that cooking not only makes food less aas ensile 1 digested but that it destroys a vital alti clement in the food an aal 1 thus rend re m it tar far less it ii is true an adoption of 0 the raw diet by the average person Is usually followed temporarily at least by an im iroT Iro ement in the conditions of nutrition and in the general health many forms of digestive disturbances may be relieved by its use Howe vever the good which comes from the raw food diet is not duo due particularly ticul arly to the use of raw foods the benefit derived from the raw food diet comes largely by reason of discontinuing the old style of eating when a person adopts the raw food diet it is what he does not eat rather than what he does eat that is re anible on ible tor for the improvement just iii i with all ot of our tad fad diets the raw food d diet does good because it gets people away from the meat potatoes aid coffee style of eating good cooking is benefit there Is no question but what most of our oar foods are more easily digest eai when cooked than when raw in all U of our starchy foods tor for example the tb starch is contained in a tough cell envelope which is dissolved with considerable difficulty by the digestive juices unless it has been previously ruptured by thorough cooking vest la is a necessary food but it is not erly cily ci ly unpalatable but at times unwe to eat without cooking however chile hile the purpose ot of cooking is to tiling the food into a more easily digestible tible condition much of our mod arn cooking with its grease its condiments di and its mixing of foods liongs our food to the table in less form than though it were i ot cooked at all so that t h a t no cooking e at all may be beitt better er than the aL cooking some oi raw food a benefit A small email amount of raw f food oo 00 d I 1 Is B lee 1 essary for the best conditions ot of digestion and nutrition raw fruits and vegetables should be included in try every diet however the bulk ot of our food should be cooked but cooked properly the raw diet is beneficial almost entirely because it gets people away from fried foods and coffee dt tends to prevent the universal ha mt of over eating and also lays stress on thorough mastication it avoids pastries desserts and rich indigestible foods there Is no real necessity for or the large amount ol of sickness both trivial and serious in the fall the body is built to adjust itself to extremes of temperature and to wide varieties arie ties in weather conditions the rne one principal thing necessary for or the body to make the adjustment needed tor for weather changes Is simply good care if we eat properly and take good care of 0 the body we can le well in tall fall and spring in sumner and winter we can have all the year around health run down in the fall many ot of our fall disorders are made possible by reason of 0 a run down condition of the body due to summer overeating the hot weather r r makes it ini impossible possible for the body to burn up the amount of heavy food frequently eaten the unused heavy food fills the body with waste ma serials te rials overworks over works the vital organs ind and lowers the disease resisting pe prevalent valent if the tall fall finds you ready to take in whatever disease is run down cut out all heavy food I 1 for or a few days eating only fruits duits land vegetables and see to it that I 1 the blodys great sowers sewers the bowels and the skin are wide open A few days of if this treatment will clean out the systems system rest the vital organs and pi event an attack of illness following this heavy food may be cautiously resumed lour cool weather diet As the weather becomes cooler the body to keep itself warm needs more inore of 0 the tats fats such as butter bacon fat meats and oils tor for food also slightly more of 0 the starches such rib rb broads breads of every kind potatoes rice and cereals an increase in the meats is also needed as the cool veather advances ho however adver care should be taken not to overeat overeating is an almost universal habit bresh air III bad air plays an ail important pa part rt ii in causing our fall colds sore throats and other disorders that a celop as we begin to house ourselves up after practically living out of ef doors during the summer As cold weather approaches dont neglect to open wide the bed room windows at night and to open up the I 1 ouse and change tile the air during the middle of the day |