YOUR HEALTH: HERE'S HOW!
Stafford, Jane
YOUR HEALTH: Here's How! By JANE STAFFORD ON a hot, moist day in Summer you blame your discomfort on the humidity. On cold, foggy November and December days, you blame it on the dampness....
...Health And Christmas Shopping First item on your Christmas shopping list should be health...
...In Summer, the evaporation of sweat from your body uses heat and therefore cools you...
...Include at least: (1) 4 eggs weekly...
...For your shopping expeditions, wear comfortable shoes and a coat that is light enough to carry over your arm in the stores...
...On humid days, the sweat does not evaporate fast enough for the cooling job...
...6) 1 serving daily of another vegetable or fruit...
...Tight fitting garments, especially belts, round garters, gloves and shoes, are bad colcTweather equipment for another reason...
...Take time for lunch, no matter how much you may have to do...
...Fabrics which do not take up moisture from the air should therefore help you to keep warm in cold, damp weather...
...Including Health In Reconversion Plans • If we include health in our reconversion plans, we have a good chance of raising the state of health throughout the nation to "unprecedentedly high levels...
...In that way, you reduce the chances o£ picking up germs of colds or other illnesses prevalent at this season...
...Another way to •keep warm in cold weather is to make use of the fact that air is a poor conductor of heat...
...If you are conscientious and try to remember about vitamins, calories, minerals, proteins and so on, diet selection is not only tedious but difficult...
...3) 1 quart of milk daily for children, with an extra source of vitamin D. 1 pint of milk daily or its equivalent in cheese, for adults...
...Gloves are an important part of your equipment for keeping warm in cold weather...
...Try to do your shopping when stores, elevators, and cars or buses are least crowded...
...Of course you cannot purchase this item at a gift counter, but in advising that it be put first on the shopping list, the Indiana State Medical Association points out the need for guarding your health during the rush of the pre-Christmas season...
...7) 1 portion daily of enriched or whole grain bread or cereal...
...They need them more than ever to combat the exhaustion and possibility of infection associated with this time of year...
...Norman Jolliffe of New York pointed out in a recent report...
...We can increase the average length of life from the present 65 years to 70 years by applying widely the knowledge now available to us, statisticians of tha Metropolitan Life Insurance Company point out...
...Do not get over-heated or step from one store to another or across the street without putting1 your coat on, the medical society warns...
...Be careful not to squeeze out the insulating air layers by tight belts or tight fitting jackets...
...Of course, you will be careful not to give a cold as a Christmas present to someone else...
...As water evaporates, heat is used...
...Fundamentally, both are a matter of evaporation...
...This is because a lot of heat can be lost from the body through the hands...
...5) 1 serving daily of a cooked leafy green or yellow vegetable...
...Finally, remember that emotional stress and strain take their toll of health, so keep calm even if you cannot find just the things you had set your heart on...
...Leading cause of death for both men and women in the white population of the country in 1942 was chronic diseases of the heart...
...This increases the danger of frostbite...
...4) 1 serving daily of lean meat, fish, poultry or seafood...
...They "overshadow by a wide margin every other cause of death throughout the greater part of life among white males," the insurance company statisticians point out...
...Check List For Satisfactory Diet Selecting foods carefully, day by day and meal by meal, to make sure of getting a nourishing diet sometimes grows tedious...
...If you dress in layers of loose-fitting clothes, the layers of air caught between the layers of clothing act as insulating material...
...On cold, foggy days, evaporating the moisture that collects in your clothing uses up enough heat from your body to make you feel chilly...
...Among men disease of the heart's arteries and angina pectoris had a slight edge over cancer as a cause of death, Ranking high as a cause of death were accidents...
...To help with this problem, .nutrition authorities drew up a check list for a satisfactory diet...
...you will cover your own sneezes and coughs with a handkerchief or paper tissue...
...They are likely to impede the circulation of the blood...
...Where before there was only vaccination against this dread disease, and that not a sure-fire preventive, there is now tested knowledge that through the proper use of blood plasma, sulfadiazine, and saline solution, "no one need die of cholera...
...Do not get so busy that you neglect to give your family well-balanced meals...
...If the blood supply to any part of the body is completely shut off, there is great danger of gangrene because tissues deprived of blood for a considerable time die...
...Next cause of death for women was cancer...
...Begun as a protective measure for thousands of Americans stationed in India, China, Burma, Ceylon, and the Philippines, where annually the disease rages in epidemics, the experiment has resulted in a new step forward for medical science...
...This list "is intended only as the simplest kind of guide for planning a satisfactory diet and it should not be regarded as infallible," Dr...
...2) 1 serving daily of citrus fruit, tomato or their lices, or fresh uncooked salad greens...
...Changing from damp to dry clothing as often as possible also helps...
...Cholera Cure Reported WASHINGTON—Discovery of what is described as "a complete cure" for one of mankind's oldest and most deadly enemies, cholera, was made by U. S. Navy epidemiologists in a controlled experiment held during a recent epidemic in Calcutta, India...
...Duck the sneezers and coughers, advises the medical society...
...The 1942 figures are the latest available for the whole population and are believed to give a fairly accurate picture of the situation today...
...You will find the afternoon shopping easier and pleasanter after a stop for rest and refueling...
Vol. 9 • December 1945 • No. 49
