YOUR EATING
HABITS ARE
IMPORTANT
STRENGTH
FOR THE DAY
It is an established fact that proper eating
habits are one of the most important factors gov
erning good health and successful living.
Many of us never realize even a fraction of all
the many serious complications that can be the
result of unwise eating habits. We all know that
same people who eat food containing more cal
ories than their bodies utilize have a tendency to
become overweight. Obesity or excess body
weight is a very serious medical problem and it
in itself has many dangers which most of us have
heard or read about. For instance, we all know
that the fat person’s heart is overworked. We have
heard that he is more apt to develop liver disease,
kidney disorders, hardening of the arteries or
many other types of heart disorders than his slim
mer colleague. We know that he is unable physic
ally to do many of the things that he would like
to do and that he becomes fatigued more quickly
than those people with normal body weight.
However, a discussion of the dangers of obesity
is not the purpose of this article.
It seems that some of us do not realize the
wonderful opportunity we have to buy, at a very
reasonable price, a well balanced meal in our
cafeteria. Our cafeteria is operated at a substan
tial financial loss for the benefit of us, the em
ployees. For a very small sum we can get a meat,
two vegetables, a green salad, pie and milk. This
constitutes a well balanced meal for the average
person. Some of us do not take advantage of the
opportunities we enjoy in our cafeteria and we
are content to grab a coke and "nabs”, candy bars,
pie and ice cream, cake, corn bread, etc., in the
canteen for our lunch. We end up spending more
money and we have received only a small portion
of the essentials which should be included in our
daily diet. Or we try to save money and time by
bringing our lunch. This is fine if it is the proper
lunch—but if will never serve as well as a well
prepared, balanced meal. Eating properly in hot
weather is extremely important. We should watch
closely our intake of fluid and salt. Scientific eval-
By John Crowder
uation by medical authorities has proven that
more than 85% of our body weight is water,
with the proper balance being controlled mainly
by the sodium in salt. With this in mind, the im
portance of proper balance becomes more ap
parent.
Many of the tired, "knocked out” feelings we
have may be caused by improper eating—^by too
many or not enough "sweets”—or too much water
and not enough salt or vice versa. The human
body is a remarkable adjusting machine but a
great number of people overtax their gastro-in-
testinal tract, their kidneys, their liver and gall
bladder, their water balance mechanism, etc., and
will eventually suffer because of it. Either of our
doctors will be more than happy to discuss water
and salt balance with any employee who is in
terested.
Here are a few hints which may prove helpful
during the hot months;
1. Dress lightly.
2. Eat sensibly.
3. Bathe daily. This will not only refresh us
but it will also help prevent or control
many skin irritations such as athletes foot,
heat rash, complications from sunburn and
poison oak, and various other skin diseases
which are more prevalent during the sum
mer months.
4. Try especially hard to keep the proper bal
ance between water and salt intake. This is
very important if one perspires profusely.
5. Don’t allow yourself to be exposed to too
much sun at once. Ultraviolet rays are very
dangerous when absorbed excessively.
6. Try to refrain from becoming over fatigued.
7. Take time to get your required number of
hours’ sleep each night.
8. Drink only the water that you know is safe.
Avoid water which has any possibility of
being contaminated.
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