Show 6 4 s 0 0 health notes by dr R it daniels constipation constipation Is a national complaint every other person suffer from it halt half of all the money spent tor for medicines is spent for drugs to relieve this disorder furthermore constipation is increasing from year to year constipation is an important contributing cause to many common diseases when the great sewer of the body falls fails to do its work we are in a poisoned condition that makes us susceptible to disease causes of constipation constipation Is not caused by lack of exercise and it is not increasing merely because we do less work tha than we pig formerly did cons constipation is caused by our habits of eating it is caused by too much heavy food too little bulky foods and by foods that ly our modern processes ot of preparation are too refined A large part of the heavy food we eat can be used vp rp in the body only by muscular work and as the advent of shorter working corking hours and of 0 labor saving machinery has hai decreased the amount of work we do by eating just as much h eavy food we overwork over work the organs f digestion bring about the sluggish liver fill ill the bowels with gas from undigested tood lood and c cause all 5 e constipation on sti the commonest error overeating eating on heavy foods particularly on sweets swe s breads and potatoes Is the commonest dietetic error excepting in III case of 0 the man that works hard it is impossible for people to use up the amount ot of food usually eaten the excess ot of unused food ferments in the bowels and fornas forms poisons and gases dilates the bowels over stretches the muscles that surround the gut and weakens them to such a degree that they are unable to push the food along as is they should thus constipation is orly one result of habits of eating which overworks the stomach and bowels and bring about a lessening of the natural digestive secretions secretion which are natures laxatives aalbue alue of bulky food bulky foods such as the green vegetables that are eaten both cook ed ec and raw stimulate the flow of the digestive juices and the activity of 0 the bowel muscles so do the hulls of grains and the pe elings of most fruits thorough mastication also a accomplishes cOmplis comp lishes bes the same thing thus by aya avoiding iding sufficient vegetables in our diet ciet using white flour and other re fined foods and eating sort soft food and failing to masticate thoroughly and at the same time eating more heavy food than we can use up we t cause constipation and all its allied i troubles |