Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1917 — SIMPLE DIET AND EXERCISE [ARTICLE]

SIMPLE DIET AND EXERCISE

Road to Health for Many a Man Who Is Suffering the Tortures of Dyspepsia. The sin of gluttony is common, and therefore much condoned, but like every other violation of nature’s laws have a penalty. Fat, inefficiency, sluggish mentality, the reddened nose, the pimpled face, certain of the chronic skin eruptions and much fatigue and nervousness are due to the abuse of the digestive apparatus. Rich, indigestible foods in large quantities, highly seasoned to stimulate jaded palate, are forced Into a body already rebellious from repletion. Exercise is largely limited to yy A iking to and from the table and bodily deterioration proceeds rapidly. Many an overted dyspeptic, suddenly dragged by the stern hand of circumstances from a life of physical ease and plenty and forced to work out of doors, suddenly discovers that his semi-invalidism has gone, that a chronic skin derangement of many years’ standing has disappeared and that a new vigor and rest of life has been given him. Not everyone can spend his whole time In the open air, but a certain amount of exercise and plain, wholesome food in an amount not exceeding the body’ff-needs can be had by almost everyone. Simple moderate diet and exercise make for health. These are not faddish food theories, they are Just plain common sense.