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sodium, potassium and iron. The herring and the cod give us our
iodine. Take iodised salt, and not the artificial salt we at present keep
in our salt cellars. Milk and green vegetables give us our mineral
salts. Green vegetables and eggs contain iron. Phosphorus is derived
from milk, egg yolk and cereals. Iodine is obtained from green
vegetables and cod liver oil. Fruits and vegetables correct an overacid
diet.
Now we come to output, the throwing off of waste products.
You have all heard of Sir Arbuthnot Lane, the surgeon. He has
written illuminatingly on constipation and its cure. Many people
think their bowels are in excellent order because they have a daily
habit. Many of these have the lining of their lower bowel manured
with stagnant material; hence they go on absorbing poisons into their
system. The stagnation in the bowel converts the normal friendly
germs into enemies. We would never develope this intestinal stasis,
as it is called, if we ate natural foods. Drink plenty of water between
meals and fast for a day from time to time ; it redresses the balance
between intake and output. Hot baths, with or without massage, and
electricity act similarly. Hot air, vapour or water baths, exercise such
as walking, tennis, golf, all act by raising the temperature and so
promoting oxidation. In the home great benefit can be obtained by
using the sculling machine or Sandow's developer. A three-miles
walk daily is best of all. Hot baths and Turkish baths pre-suppose
that the heart is not weak. Despite facetious comments, I recommend
a three-days fast at times, drinking lots of alkaline fluids, such as
Vichy water, the while. One can quite well go to work. By the
third day the faster is drawing upon his reserves and is oxidising the
deleterious matters which were clogging and slowing the wheels of
being. One of the cleverest men was he who drew up those
advertisements of Kruschen, showing a man jumping over a gate.
Personally, 1 don't believe in spending 1s. 9d. on Kruschen; I simply
spend a few pence on one ounce of Epsom salts, one ounce of Glauber
salts and one ounce of sodium phosphate. These 1 dissolve in 20
fluid ounces of water. A wine glassful every other morning is of
great value. If we neglect the hygiene of the intestine by over
eating and want of exercise then constipation may ensue and so
poisons absorb into the system. If long continued, constipation
causes distention, then lengthening of the colon; bands are formed
which contract and kink the bowel. Hence the contents are