YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW!
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How! By JANE STAFFORD BECAUSE of the increase of older persons in the nation, many of you may be faced with a new kind of diet problem, either for yourself or for some relative...
...The thought of food may induce distaste or even slight nausea...
...Stewed or baked fruits are usually tolerated better than raw...
...A softer abrasive, such as pumice, might be used for removing stains in cleaning teeth...
...It operates somewhat on the principle of a sand-blast, but does not use sand and does not use a diffuse or blast type of air-stream...
...All kinds of bread and cereals are suitable unless they cause discomfort through faulty chewing...
...The lightest breakfast menu that I have seen approved by nutrition authorities consists of fruit, cereal or bread, and a beverage...
...Besides these advantages, the airbrasive instrument is fast...
...The drill may be replaced by a new device which cuts tooth enamel and dentin swiftly and without pain or noise...
...It was developed by Dr...
...Skipping Breakfast Gives "All-Gone" Feeling As the season of dark, chilly mornings begins, many persons find it harder than ever to get up in time to eat a good breakfast before starting to work or school...
...The dentist is also relieved of considerable tension and fatigue...
...From the diet standpoint, the nutrition authorities point out, elderly people can be divided into two groups...
...This gives precise control over the cutting action...
...Suitable protein foods include ground meats, flaked fish, eggs, cottage cheese, Cheddar cheese dishes in which the cheese is finely divided...
...Tomato juice is better than tomatoes unless seeds are strained out...
...Breakfast-skippers, however, are likely to have an "all-gone" feeling and to slow down at work or study before the morning is over...
...Painless Dental Device...
...It can be made more nourishing if the cereal or bread is whole grain, since then more body-building material and more B vitamins will be included in the meal...
...The unpleasant hum or grinding sound is also banished...
...The latter group generally need to have food prepared so that it is easier to chew and digest...
...Those who are in the habit of going without breakfast may not feel hungry on arising, even though it is 12 or 14 hours since their last meal...
...Vibration and heat, both uncomfortable accompaniments of the usual drilling to prepare a cavity for filling, are not present with the airbrasive instrument...
...Black coined for the new instrument...
...Boron dioxide, a relatively new abrasive and the hardest of all man-made materials, rivalling the diamond in abrasive properties, might be also used...
...Grains of corn are hard to chew, so corn is best served in a pudding made from scraped corn with no skin...
...If not, the nutritionists make the following suggestions: "Include in the diet a great deal of milk, both to drink and cooked in soups and puddings...
...They may have special diets prescribed for them by their physicians...
...The U. S. Bureau of Human Nutrition and Home Economics has some helpful suggestions for solving this problem...
...Robert B. Black, of Corpus Christi, Tex...
...If you are in this class, you can acquire a good breakfast habit by gradual steps Each morning eat a little more until you are eating a breakfast that furnishes one-third of the calories you need for the day's activities...
...Chop or sieve foods hard to chew...
...The abrasive is applied with a very fine, almost pinpoint stream of compressed air...
...Adding eggs, bacon or some other meat or fish increases the supply of body-building protein...
...Instead of sand, aluminum oxide is used as the abrasive...
...If they continue to eat a high caloric diet, they are likely to store up too much fat...
...Black believes this is most nearly ideal for dental work...
...No pressure is exerted against the tooth, as is done with the dentist's drill...
...Fruits, vegetables, and milk should be included in the older person's diet because the minerals and vitamins these foods supply are needed in old age as well as at younger ages...
...CHICAGO—Good news for those who dread the dentist's drill appears in an issue of the Journal of the American Dental Association here...
...The other consists of persons physically aged whose bodies "have become worn, infirm, disabled or sick...
...Fruit juices are suitable, including orange and grapefruit...
...One is made up of those still hale and hearty though somewhat less active than formerly...
...In general older people probably need fewer calories because they are likely to be less active than younger persons and do not use up the same energy...
...The airbrasive instrument, although capable of cutting hard structures, has practically no effect on soft ones, so there is no danger to gums, cheeks, tongue, or the dentist's fingers if the stream does accidentally strike any of these...
...In some cases it is best to avoid such foods...
...A good breakfast also includes a glass of milk to supply calcium and the B vitami called riboflavin...
...This is considered satisfactory for a desk worker who eats an early lunch...
...Translated into terms of daily diet, this suggestion means eating less fat, sugars, and starches, although some fat is needed in the diet and sweets,in "moderation help to make food palatable...
...Squash seeds should be removed...
...Consequently the patient is relieved of this discomfort and the fear of the dentist's hand slipping...
...The only sound to be heard is the slight hiss of the airstream...
...By JANE STAFFORD BECAUSE of the increase of older persons in the nation, many of you may be faced with a new kind of diet problem, either for yourself or for some relative or member of your household...
...Airbrasive" is the name Dr...
...Other substances might be used, but Dr...
...One patient had to be given a hand mirror to convince her that anything had been done, the cavity preparation was accomplished so swiftly...
...A secondary stream of air leads the used abrasive and tooth debris into a vacuum hood on the instrument...
...Going without breakfast, moreover, means that the remaining meals of the day must be quite large in order to make up the deficit in nourishment...
Vol. 9 • November 1945 • No. 44
