How to keep well : a text-book of health for use in the lower grades of schools with special reference to the effects of alcholic drinks, tobacco and other narcotics on the bodily life . ronger and better allover. What a good thing it is for boys and girls that theyare so fond of play! Playing base-ball, running races,skipping with a rope, — all these games help them togrow up into active, healthy men and women. The oldadage says, Change of work is as good as is a sense in which it is quite true. If we havebeen sitting and reading a long time, it rests us to getup and take a walk. I
How to keep well : a text-book of health for use in the lower grades of schools with special reference to the effects of alcholic drinks, tobacco and other narcotics on the bodily life . ronger and better allover. What a good thing it is for boys and girls that theyare so fond of play! Playing base-ball, running races,skipping with a rope, — all these games help them togrow up into active, healthy men and women. The oldadage says, Change of work is as good as is a sense in which it is quite true. If we havebeen sitting and reading a long time, it rests us to getup and take a walk. If we have taken a long walk, itrests us to sit down and read. In these ways changeof work is as good as play, because it is a real change,and exercises quite a different part of our bodies. 24. Time for Exercise. — The best time to takeexercise is about two hours after a meal. It is not bestto do hard work or take severe exercise before break-fast. Those who go to work, or study, before breakfast, 40 HOW TO KEEP WELL should first eat a little plain food, or even drink a glassof milk, just enough to stay the stomach. Justafter a full meal the stomach is busily doing its duty :. Fig. 22. — Muscles of the Face and Neck. hence severe exercise at this time is apt to hinder itsaction, and results sooner or later in ill digestion. The evening is not the best time for exercise, becausethe body is tired after the labor of the day. It is THE MUSCLES 41 useless to make -any exact rule for any one work or moderate exercise, as walking, ishealthful at almost any time, except just after a fullmeal. 25. Different Kinds of Exercise. — The kind ofexercise needed depends very much upon ones dailywork. Persons who sit at desks, stand at counters, orwork in close rooms, as clerks, teachers, and printers,often suffer from a lack of bodily exercise and fromfoul air. Every person should learn by careful obser-vation to know his own needs and his own sound persons s
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