torso.
T
hey should take care n
e
ver to bend from the wa
i
s
t down to li
f
t any object but
instead sh
o
uld swat cl
o
s
e to the object, bending
the knees
b
ut keeping
t
he back str
a
ight, and then stand
u
p slowly.
Tip 66. Prevention is better than cure in anaemia.
Anaemia is much more
easily prevented than c
o
rrected.
A liberal intake
of iron in the
formative years can go a long way in preventing iron-deficiency anaemia.
Diet is of the utmost importance in t
h
e treatment of anaemia. Almost every nutrient is
needed for the production of red blood cells,
haemoglobin and the e
n
zymes, required for their
synthesis.
R
efined food like white b
r
ead, polish
e
d rice, suga
r
, and desse
r
ts rope the
b
ody of the much-needed iron.
Iron should
always be taken in i
t
s n
a
tural organic form as the use of inor
g
anic can
prove hazardous, destr
oy
ing the protective vitam
i
ns and uns
a
turated fatty acids, causing serious liver damage and even miscarriage and
delayed or premature births. The c
o
mmon foods rich
in natural or
g
anic iron are wheat and wheat grain cereals, br
o
wn rice and
rice
polishin
g
s,
g
reen leafy vegetables, cabbage, ca
r
rot, celery, beets, tomatoes, spin
a
c
h;
fruits like apples, berries, cherries,
grapes, raisins, figs, da
t
es, peaches and eggs. It
has been p
r
oved
that a gene
r
ous intake
o
f iron alone
will not help
in the rege
n
eration of h
a
emoglobin. The supplies
o
f
protein, too,
should be
a
dequate. T
h
e diet should, therefore, be adequa
t
e in
proteins of
h
igh biologic
a
l value such
as those fo
u
nd in milk, cheese and
e
gg. Copper is also essential for
the utilisati
o
n of iron in
t
he building
of haemoglobin.
Tip 67. The
alcoholic must choose sobriet
y
.
The treatment of alcoholism begins
with resolu
t
e choice of
t
he alcoholic
to recover.
The chronic
alcoholic first of all must
make a firm resolve to s
t
op drinking.
He should
a
bstain from alcohol all at once
f
or the habit
cannot be
g
ot rid of in g
r
adual stag
e
s.
The most effective way
t
o treat alco
h
olism is to
b
uild the bo
d
y's nutrition
a
l integrity s
o
aps to prevent craving for stim
u
lants like drinks. The pa
t
ients sho
u
ld be put on a
cleansing
juice fast
for at least
t
en days in the beginni
n
g. During this period, he
should have juice of an
orange every
t
wo hours from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. The juice
may be diluted with warm water, if desired. If orange juice does not a
g
ree, vegetable juic
e
s
may be taken. Each day while fasting,
bowels
should be cleansed of e
f
fete and poisonous matter thrown off by the self-cleansing
process set up by the body. This can be achieved by warm water enema.
During the
j
uice fast,
th
e patient will usually feel
no craving for alcohol.
T
his will
g
ive a good 10 day start towards breaking the drinking habit a
n
d would help remove n
o
t only the physical dependence but also the psychological factors. A
f
ter the initi
a
l fast on juices, the optimum diet
of vital nutrients is
e
ss
e
ntial. Such a
diet should
consist
of whole grains,
cereals, nu
t
s, seeds and sprouts,
fresh fruits
and vegetables.
Tip 68. The
cause of bronchitis is not a germ, but the diet.
The chief c
a
use of bronchitis is wrong feeding h
a
bits.
The habitual use of refi
n
ed foods s
u
ch as white
sugar, refin
e
d cereals a
n
d white-flour products results in
t
h
e accumula
t
ion of morbid matter in the system and collection of toxic waste in the bronchial t
u
be. Another important cause of this
d
isease is smoking. Excessive smoking irritates the bronchi
a
l
tubes and lowers their resistance so that they become vulnerable to germs
breathed in
f
rom the atmosphere.
Other causes of bronchi
t
is are living
or working in stuffy atmosphere, use of drugs to suppress earlier dise
a
s
es and he
r
editary factors.
C
hanges in weather and environment are common factors
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