Water And Exercise Elixirs Of Life
NEW PLYMOUTH, Dec. 12. Every nation appeared to have considered that the elixir of life lay in some alcoholic beverage, Dr. G. Home told the Eotary Club at New Plymouth. "The exception seems to be the Maoris, who, probably beeause they lacked the necessarv ingredients for alcohol, stuck to cold water, and the Maori, before the coming of the white inan, was the healthiest race in the world," he added. Drinking cold water and taking exercise were probably the real elixirs of life, Dr. Home continued. The advent of motor-cars and other methods of the present-day civilisation had reduced the exercise of most people to a dangerous extent. For the proper preservation of health it was necessary to stretch as rnany of Ihe 271 muscles of tlie bodv to their full extent every dav, he reinarked. klusclos unless regularly exercised tended to lose their functions. He illustrated severai siniple daily exercises which he had found iieneficial, but emphasised that these must be accompanied by deep breathing. T-his was most essential. liecause it was the oxygen contained in the air that was an important factor ii. elearing harmful waste products from
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Chronicle (Levin), 15 December 1949, Page 7
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