YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW!
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How! By JANE STAFFORD YOU probably have your own notion of physical fitness, though you may never have tried to. put it into Words or a dictionary definition. At the meeting of...
...general nervousness...
...They point out that chicken has one advantage over other meats...
...an increased pride in physical vigor...
...Francis G. Blake of Yale as president, function under the direction of the Preventive Medical Service of the Office of the Surgeon General...
...R. W. Swift of Pennsylvania State College in the forthcoming issue of the journal, Science...
...Except for the giblets, however, poultry meat does not contain as much iron as the so-called red meats...
...The close relation between mind and emotions and body functions or disorders is getting more and more attention from doctors these days...
...it will encourage self-direction and inner determination...
...Actually, chicken and other poultry rate as highly as other meats in protein, which is the most important value of meat in the diet...
...Oswald H. Robertson, University of Chicago...
...This exception is in content of vitamin Bl, or thiamin...
...It will facilitate strong self-discipline, the avoidance of soft living...
...apprehension, and hypersensitive emotional reactions are common symptoms which may appear early in the development of a deficiency state, Dr...
...If you don't feel that you measure up to that definition, it would be a good idea to consult your doctor to find what is keeping you from being fit and what can be done about it...
...The oil is applied to the floors by mopping, while blankets and bed linen get it in a final rinse in the laundry where the oil is applied as a whitish emulsion containing mineral oil and oleic acid among its ingredients...
...Chicken giblets are especially rich in iron and in vitamin A. This is true also of the organs of other meat...
...No special reason for decreasing the protein content of diets for hot weather" is suggested by their studies, they state...
...Nose, throat, and lung infections can be reduced 28 per cent by keeping barrack floors oiled and soldiers' blankets impregnated with the invisible film, tests at Camp Carson, Utah, and neighboring Peterson Field showed...
...Science Service Reports Hot Weather Diet STATE COLLEGE, Pa.—The old idea of cutting down on meat and other protein food in order to keep cool in hot weather is debunked by a report of Dr...
...With both floors and blankets oiled, 97.2 per cent of the bacteria were trapped on the oil film...
...Since it also contains more of the flavoring substances, those who choose dark instead of white meat from chicken get the double benefit of more food value as well as more flavor...
...It will insure performance of tasks efficiently and well...
...Jack R. Ewalt, of Galveston, Texas, told the meeting that in his opinion all human beings are psychosomatic problems...
...Symptoms Of Diet Deficiency You probably know that lack of vitamin C leads to scurvy, that lack of the B vitamin, niacin, leads to pellagra, and so on...
...The secret of physical fitness may be said to be adequate medical care, fresh air and sunshine, balanced relaxation, good food, proper sleep, regular exercise...
...Trapping Cold Germs WASHINGTON, D. C—Satisfactory results in tests Of a method of trapping germs in oil to cut down the spread of sore throats, colds, and other respiratory diseases in barracks and hospitals were announced by the War Department here today...
...Unless prophylactic measures are taken, these symptoms tend to come and go and with each recurrence become more severe until definite clinical evidence of one or more deficiencies appears," he states...
...It will produce a high degree of health and vigor and a rugged endurance...
...The following symptoms, though not enough in themselves to make a diagnosis of a diet deficiency sickness, suggest its possible development, according to Dr...
...It will result in rapid recovery from fatigue and exhaustion...
...One physician, Dr...
...This makes diagnosis of their illness more difficult and may delay their getting proper treatment...
...Psychosomatic, mind and body, is the term they use for this kind of medical practice...
...This commission is one of 10 such which, with the Board for the Investigation and Control of Influenza and Other Epidemic Diseases with Dr...
...So far as the B vitamins are concerned, chicken and other meats are about the same with one exception...
...This is the fact that it is usually served as a whole, rather than in separate cuts, and the giblets with their extra nourishing value are served either in the gravy or in stew or fricassee...
...The method consists in-giving an odorless, greaseless, non-sticky oil treatment to floors, blankets, and bedding...
...At the meeting of the American Medical Association in Chicago, W. P. Jacobs, chairman of the Federal Security Agency's committee on physical fitness in industry and president of Presbyterian College at Clinton, S. C, defined it as follows: "Physical fitness is a condition which results in a minimum of disability from sickness...
...The tests were conducted by the Commission on Air-Borne Infections, under the chairmanship of Dr...
...The dark meat of the chicken contains considerably more of one B vitamin, riboflavin, and probably more iron than the white meat...
...Nutrition Rating For Chicken Chicken has so often been advised in diets for invalids that it seems to have acquired the reputation of being light fare or invalid food in contrast to roasts and steaks...
...E. B. Forbes and Dr...
...They are much more likely to have a mixture of symptoms from deficiencies of several vitamins...
...When bed linen is oiled in addition, the number of bacteria are cut from 3,500 to 350 per cubic foot of air...
...In hospital wards, oiling the floors cuts the number Of bacteria floating in the air from 460 to 120 per cubic foot of air...
...Tom D. Spies, of the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine and director of the nutrition clinic at Hill-ttian Hospital, Birmingham, Ala.: Loss of weight and strength, headaches, dizziness, burning sensations of the skin on various parts of the body, roughness and drying of the skin, burning of the eyes, blurring of vision, tearing or watering of the eyes, sensitiveness to light and night blindness, burning and cramping of the stomach, burning of the tongue and lips, redness, swelling, and ulcerations of the tongue and inside of the mouth, increased salivation, diarrhea, burning and cramping of the feet and legs...
...Blankets gain one per cent to two per cent in weight and also something in warmth from the treatment without additional fire hazard...
...This, the nutritionists state, gives the family opportunity for more all-round food value than they have from any single common cut of beef, lamb, or pork...
...Less well appreciated is the fact that, in this country at least, people seldom have a specific 'disease from lack of a single vitamin...
...Spies adds...
...Here chicken rates with beef but below lamb and veal and considerably below pork...
...This foundation involves a proper balance of the daily fcabits, and above all else it involves patriotic determination of the individual to keep fit...
...To achieve the purpose of keeping cool by a diet planned to reduce heat production in the body, they suggest first cutting down on starches and sweets, next on proteins, and last on fats...
...loss of memory...
...Pound for pound, poultry meat has the same quantity of protein as other meat," nutritionists of the U. S. Department of Agriculture state...
...You may find, when you do consult him, that besides giving you a careful physical examination, he will question you about problems at home or at work that may be worrying you, about how you get along with members of your family and friends, or about other conditions that may affect your health without your knowing it...
...Disturbances of the central nervous system, including sleeplessness, or insomnia...
Vol. 8 • July 1944 • No. 27
