Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 58, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 October 1916 — HEALTH DEPENDS ON “EATS” [ARTICLE]

HEALTH DEPENDS ON “EATS”

“After ell,” says a bulletin from the state board of health, “good health is largely a matter of what goes into the stomach, for it is truly said a man is what he eats, how much he eats and how he eats it. If a person eats heavily of rich, greasy concentrated foods, such as fried meats, hard fried eggs, rich pastries, soggy or underdone breads, he will soon find himself seeking a relief from headache, sluggishness, constipation and biliousness, and the patent medicine route out will he the way he will likely choose. Pills, purgatives and most any patent medicine will find a hearty welcome and become a false friend to persons who so poison themselves. The trouble arising from eating food of this kind is that it ferments in the stomach, becomes poisonous and creates a condition which calls for a stronger poison in the form of medicine to throw off the food poison. The patent medicine habit is acquired and the digestive organs of the stomach are wrecked and no longer perform their natural functions, and thus it is medicines 'become false friends. “On the other hand, whoever drinks freely of pure water and eats freely of fruits, vegetables, milk, butter, salads, cereals and nuts—foods prepared by nature for man —not only avoids digestive troubles but he is spared the evil effects of food poisons, such as rheumatism, headaches, sluggishness, and biliousness. He also escapes the patent medicine folly. He eats according to nature’s demand and needs, and no medicine is required as an after dose.”