The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without DrugsTyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
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The Royal Road to Health; Or, the Secret of Health Without Drugs
Tyrrell, Chas. A. (Charles Alfred)
Enema; Health; Health -- Popular works; Health promotion; Hygiene
Is the natural sequence of correct attitude in standing and may be
readily acquired by attention. Stand against the wall, with the heels,
limbs, hips, shoulders and head all touching and draw the chin inward
to the chest. When in this position you will find it uncomfortable,
mainly because it is incorrect. Gently free yourself from the wall by
swaying the body forward, from the ankles only, keeping the heels
touching. You will then be in the correct position, and should walk
off, carefully maintaining it. This exercise, if constantly practiced,
will give you an easy and graceful carriage that will be the envy of
your less fortunate acquaintances.
In the foregoing list of exercises we have carefully omitted all those
requiring apparatus of any kind, selecting only such as can be
practiced in the privacy of your own room, without assistance from an
instructor or paraphernalia of any kind. Dumb bells, Indian clubs,
etc., are valuable after a certain degree of muscular improvement has
been attained, but when that point is reached we should advise the
individual to join a gymnasium and practice further development under
a competent instructor.
All the exercises given have been proved of great value in building up
the system, and are designed as aids to the preservation of health and
the upbuilding of weakly people--not to develop trained athletes. These
exercises bring into play a number of muscles that are not called into
general use, and thus promote harmonious development of the whole
body.
PART VII.
THE DIET QUESTION.
As we have already stated, the human system is in a state of constant
change. Disintegration of tissue is taking place during every moment
of existence, and the preservation of health depends upon the prompt
elimination of the waste material. But the destruction of tissue, due
to the daily friction of life, must be made good, and this replacement
of substance is effected by the food we eat. It becomes a matter of
vital importance, therefore, to every individual to consider the
question of eating from the rational standpoint. Owing to the
increased prosperity of recent years and the luxurious mode of living
rendered possible by it, people have been betrayed into many
reprehensible gastronomic practices. In the olden days, when man
toiled hard for existence, food was produced within his own immediate
radius and luxuries were unknown; but now, with rapid ocean
transportation, the ends of the earth are ransacked and laid under
tribute to furnish delicacies to tempt the palate. The ease with which
food may now be procured and the almost illimitable variety offered to
man for his selection has tempted him into indulgences that have been
productive of much evil. Although over indulgence in eating is a very
ancient offense, yet, as before stated, the multiplicity of foods has
given an impetus to this injurious habit, in combination with the
cunningly devised methods of preparation which the modern cook has
evolved.
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