Cleanliness and System are Essential

Radio Record, Volume III, Issue 35, 14 March 1930, Page 22

Cleanliness and System are Essential

By MRS.

C. G.

MACQUARRIE

Viee-President of the Radiant Health Society.

}{®4LTH to-day, when so much of life and so many lives are lived at high pressure, is one of the most important problems of the ‘human race, and by reason of its importance one of the most interesting. The rightful heritage -of every human being, few develop or conserve it as they should. Sickness, or even indifferent health, spells poor spirits, which serve n6é one and advances nothing. Health means that all the bodily functions are carried on with such ease that we are nnconscious’ of possessing such organs fis heart, lungs, liver or stomach; that a feeling of fitness. and well-being is experienced to the extent of making life a constant joy, being both mentally and bodily fully alive. People become ill because they disregard the fundamental principles on which the health of the body depends. The omissions and transgressions responsible for wrong living, which cause disease ’of the body, are insufficient food, too much food, wrong combinations of food; lack of: fresh air, sun‘shine, natural rest or sleep, and insufficient exercise. Health can be ob‘tained or regained by the observance ‘of essential rules, the first being to: ‘take plenty of fresh air and sunshine. Thackeray rightly says that man sub‘sists upon the air he breathes more than upon his meut’and drink. Who ‘would think of keeping animals or plants continuously covered, away from air or light? We know that ere long they would wither, waste away and die. Yet many people are eontent to spend their existence almost entirely in passing from one illventilated room to another, instead of availing themselves of sunshine and pure air, and taking care to spend their sleeping hours in rooms that are’ well ventilated. OOD is necessary to supply the material for building up a constantly changing body, and to supply the elements which waste has depleted; certain essential salts, vitamins, carbohydrates and proteins. Fruit juices, orange, lemon, grapefruit, etc, are valuable, not only as drinks, but as food; and are further potent means

of assisting nature to clear away the accumulation of toxic poisons, which eharacterise so many chronic diseases. A sufficient quantity of water should also be taken internally every day. Few people realise the great part played by water in: keeping the internal system thoroughly clean. External cleanliness should, of course, be scrupulously observed, daily baths, according to individual require-ments-either cold or tepid in the morning or warm before retiring-be-_ing taken, Sufferers from. .gout or ‘rheumatism will tind a weekly hot bath, to which a pound of HEpsom’s salts has been added, to be very beneficial. Whatever exercises or system of exercises are adopted, one’s -heart and soul should be put into them. A halfhearted, rather-not-do-it attitude can only give’ very poor results. Go into the business: with a bright, cheerful frame of mind and the results will be excellent. Ten minutes devoted daily to regular exercise, preferably with electrical massage, will postpone middle age al--most indefinitely. The brain cells receive an impression of ideal health. you subconsciously . picture yourself ideally healthy and so attain to your ideal. The power of imagination is one of the greatest -with which nature has endowed us. By its aid, the earnest and regular cultivation of right habits of thought, we create a magnetic power that will draw health to us, change ourselves and the world about us.