The principles of health control . todiminish the amount of food and, at the sametime, increase the physical exercise. Exercisebefore breakfast has been found highly bene-ficial for this purpose. The chief difficultyexperienced is usually in the control of theappetite — a condition absolutely essential tosuccess. Attention must also be given to thekinds of food eaten, avoiding an excess of starch,sugar, and fats. Unless there be a decided tendency to constipa-tion it is best to limit the quantity of water. The weight shouldbe frequently taken to see what is being accomplished (Fig. 32).Success
The principles of health control . todiminish the amount of food and, at the sametime, increase the physical exercise. Exercisebefore breakfast has been found highly bene-ficial for this purpose. The chief difficultyexperienced is usually in the control of theappetite — a condition absolutely essential tosuccess. Attention must also be given to thekinds of food eaten, avoiding an excess of starch,sugar, and fats. Unless there be a decided tendency to constipa-tion it is best to limit the quantity of water. The weight shouldbe frequently taken to see what is being accomplished (Fig. 32).Success depends upon the degree of determination and persistencebrought to bear upon the problem. Drugs which reduce the weightusually do so by injury to the health and should be avoided. To Control Acidity. — Although authorities do not agree as tothe extent to which health may be injured by excess of acids,it is highly desirable that possible dangers from this source beavoided. The essential points to be observed are the following:. Fig. 32.—A Con-venient Scale forschool purposes. 144 PRINCIPLES OF HEALTH CONTROL i. Through physical exercise and other means keep up bodily-vigor. This enables the organic acids to be disposed of through thenatural method of oxidation. 2. When bodily vigor is low, one should exercise care in the useof fruits and other acid-containing foods. He should first try theplan of using them unmixed with other foods. If they still causetrouble, he should omit them for the time being. 3. A further adjustment when bodily vigor is low is to limitproteins to the amount needed for rebuilding tissue, omitting thoserich in purin bodies, and to use vegetables freely on account of theneutralizing effects of their mineral salts. 4. Use sugar with care, diminishing the amount as acidityoccurs or as evidences of fermentation are observed. 5. To a limited extent one may use alkaline mineral watersand weak solutions of cooking soda for neutralizing acids, thoughthere wi
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