OSHAWA, ONTARIO, MAY, 1953 
Everyone must give an account to God of his stewardship. 
PHOTO BY MALAK, OTTAWA 
Signs of The TIMES 
THE WORLD 
AS WE SEE IT 
A Prophetic Interpretation of Current Events 
* What Is the Purpose of 
Money? 
WE SUPPOSE everyone will give a dif-
ferent answer to this question. The 
housewife regards money as something 
with which to pay the rent and buy 
groceries. The sportsman considers it as 
that which will buy his equipment and 
provide his trips. The industrialist looks 
upon it as a necessity to the operation of 
his business. Some look upon it as some-
thing to hoard — that's how a Toronto 
millionaire regarded it. Living in squalor 
in a junk-littered house, this eccentric 
man had more than enough of this 
world's goods to have eased his life and 
that of many others. 
Money is power. Basically, it is the 
product of man's brawn and brain. It 
may be used to do good or evil. With it 
governments build up arsenals of armed 
power, preparatory to waging war. It 
motivates crime, and thus fills jails and 
penitentiaries. The love of money, so the 
Bible declares, is "the root of all evil." 
How does God regard money and its 
use? 
This, we believe, is the most impor-
tant of all questions, for the time is 
coming when every man will give an 
account to God of his stewardship. Al-
though the idea may be new to a great 
many, nevertheless we are God's stew-
ards. God, not man, is the owner of the 
earth and all that is in it. God bases His 
claim of ownership upon the fact that 
He created it. Man cannot deny this 
claim, or present a counterclaim, for no 
man can create. 
In the beginning God created the 
earth and its contents. He declares that 
SIGNS OF THE TIMES 
vol. XXXIII �
Number 5 �
May, 1953 
Dallas Youngs, Editor 
D. L. Michael, Associate Editor 
H. E. McClure, Circulation Manager 
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the cattle on a thousand hills are His. 
He claims the gold and the silver. And 
more: He claims the earth. The deed to 
that house, that farm, that estate, that 
factory, is not yours in fact — it belongs 
to God. God made man and put him 
here as steward of His goods. 
More is said in the Word of God 
about money than about almost any 
other thing. In the use of money man 
proves his allegiance to God in many in-
stances. There is the matter of the tithe 
— the tenth. You may say, "God does 
not need the tenth of my income." And 
that is very true. He does not need it, 
and Ile does not require it for His per-
sonal benefit. He commands it for our 
benefit. 
Since God owns the earth and all that 
is in it, He is our divine Landlord, and 
we are His tenants so to speak. God re-
quires the tenth of our increase as rent. 
He commands us to bring it into the 
storehouse — the treasury of the church. 
This is to be used to carry 
forward the work of God 
in the earth, particularly 
in the paying of the min-
istry. 
Could not God pay the 
ministry in some other 
way? Undoubtedly! B u t 
He does not because He 
wants every church mem-
ber to have a part in His 
great soul-winning pro-
gramme. Futhermore, 
God wants you to pay 
your tithe because in do-
ing so you acknowledge 
His ownership of all. It is 
the same as paying your 
house rent to the land-
lord — you thereby ac-
knowledge his ownership. 
God promises a rich 
blessing to those who will 
honour Him by honesty 
and liberality. "Bring ye 
all the tithes into the 
storehouse, that there may 
be meat in Mine house, 
and prove Me now here 
with, saith the Lord of hosts, if I will 
not open you the windows of heaven, 
and pour you out a blessing, that there 
shall not be room enough to receive it." 
Malachi 3:10. 
The tithe is a specified amount — the 
tenth. But we are to return more than 
the tithe — there are the offerings. The 
offerings are not a specified amount, but 
God leaves these to every man's liberal-
ity. Nevertheless, if they are not paid 
God declares He has been robbed. "Will 
a man rob God? Yet ye have robbed Me. 
But ye say, Wherein have we robbed 
Thee? In tithes and offerings." Verse 8. 
From the divine viewpoint the main 
purpose of money is to facilitate the sav-
ing of souls for whom Christ died. This 
is most important, as eternal things are 
of greater value than temporal things. 
What greater investment could a man 
make than to save a soul for eternity? 
SWING GALLOWAY 
"A home where love dwells, and where it is expressed in looks, in words, and in acts, is a 
place where angels delight to manifest their presence." 
* Home, Sweet Home 
NEXT to the word "mother," the word 
"home" is the most significant, the most 
loved word in the English language. It 
was Edgar Guest who said, "It takes a 
heap o' livin' in a house to make it 
home." It is this "heap o' livin' ", both 
happy and sad events, that converts a 
house into a home. 
It is here that woman has the oppor-
tunity of exercising her divinely im-
parted gift — the gift of homemaking. 
In all ages she has had the ability to 
transform a palace, a shack, or even a 
cave, into a home. A bit of lace, a spray 
of flowers, or a few brightly coloured 
stones, placed and arranged by the hand 
which possesses that "homemaking" 
touch, makes the difference between a 
house and a home. It is for the latter 
that men work, and it is to the latter 
that men return. 
Madame Schumann-Heink wrote the 
following paragraph in reply to the ques- 
t �
tion, "What is home?" 
"A roof to keep out the rain? Four 
walls to keep out the wind? Floors to 
keep out the cold? Yes, but home is more 
than that. It is the laugh of a baby, the 
song of a mother, the strength of a 
father, warmth of loving hearts, light 
from happy eyes, kindness, loyalty, com-
radeship. Home is first school and first 
church for young ones, where they learn 
what is right, what is good, and what is 
kind; where they go for comfort when 
they are hurt or sick; where joy is shared 
May, 1 9 5 3 
and sorrow eased; where fathers and 
mothers are respected and loved. Where 
children are wanted; where the simplest 
food is good enough for kings because it 
is earned; where money is not so im-
portant as lovingkindness; where even 
the teakettle sings from happiness. That 
is home. God bless it!" 
The modern home has lost some of 
its "homey" and "homely" aspect. It is 
now sometimes said to be a place to get 
ready to go some place else. This pres-
ent-day situation is very well described 
by the young woman who was ap-
proached by a real-estate agent. She 
said: 
"I was born in a hospital, educated in 
a college, courted in an automobile, and 
married in a church. I live out of the 
delicatessen and paper bags. I spend my 
mornings on the golf course, my after-
noons at the bridge table, and my eve-
nings at the movies. And when I die, I 
am going to be buried at the under-
taker's. All I need is a garage." 
Notwithstanding this young woman's 
unfortunate experience, home is still the 
best-loved spot on earth. It is a little 
foretaste of the eternal home of the re-
deemed. Let me call my readers' atten-
tion to that italicized word, "little." 
Delightful as it certainly is, it is but 
"the interest on the principal" when com-
pared to the exceeding great joy sur-
rounding our everlasting abode. 
The home, in that day, will be en-
compassed by peace. "The wolf and the 
lamb shall feed together, and the lion 
shall eat straw like the bullock." Isaiah 
65:25. Then, men "shall not labour in 
vain, nor bring forth for trouble." No 
veil of sin will separate between God 
and man. Speaking of that time the Lord 
says: "Before they call, I will answer; 
and while they are yet speaking, I will 
hear." Verses 23, 24. 
Under the present regime of sin the 
institution of the home is prevented from 
reaching its full stature of importance. 
Death takes away well-loved members 
of the family. Father and mother fall 
under the scythe of the grim reaper, the 
children are scattered and the home is 
destroyed. Time and decay do their 
deadly work upon the buildings we love, 
and they fall — mute testimonial to the 
times in which we are living, in contrast 
to the times in which we may live. 
The promise of Him who never dies 
is: 
"I create new heavens and a new 
earth: and the former shall not be re-
membered, nor come into mind. . . . 
They [the redeemed] shall build houses, 
and inhabit them; and they shall plant 
vineyards, and eat the fruit of them. 
They shall not build, and another in-
habit; they shall not plant, and another 
eat." Isaiah 65:17, 21, 22. 
In that "new earth" death will not 
defeat joy. God has said that He "shall 
wipe away all tears . . . and there shall 
be no more death, neither sorrow, nor 
crying, neither shall there be any more 
pain: for the former things are passed 
away." 
And that — in deed and in truth —
will be Home, Sweet Home. 
PRAYER FOR A HOME 
Walk through the rooms of this house, dear 
Lord, 
Making them fair and sweet. 
May every wall know the touch of Thy hand, 
Each floor the print of Thy feet. 
Help us to look through Thine eyes, dear 
Lord, 
To stand at our windows and see 
Not commonplace people who walk the streets, 
But souls who have need of Thee. 
Kindle a fire on our hearth, dear Lord, 
Warming all who might come. 
Build Thou an altar where prayer shall arise, 
For prayer is the heart of the home. 
Sit at our table with us, dear Lord, 
Making each meal a feast, 
Breaking the bread, and pouring the wine, 
Our Host and our Guest and our Priest. 
Dwell in the rooms of our house, dear Lord, 
Making it sweet and fair, 
Till even the people passing will say, 
"The blessed Lord Jesus lives there!" 
—Martha Snell Nicholson. 
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T
HIS IS the gravest hour to which 
youth has ever come. The present 
crises in world problems largely fo-
cus upon them, and must be answered 
by them. Yet in the face of these facts 
we find young men and women today 
distracted and puzzled. Regimentation 
and mobilization are fast tearing them 
from their moorings, and one of the most 
serious facts that face the world at pres-
ent is the militaristic conscription of 
youth. 
In all the dictator countries, a plan of 
systematically perverting the thinking of 
youth has become an outstanding part of 
the government programme. Not satis-
fied with patriotism in its ordinary sense, 
dictators have demanded a sort of super-
patriotism based on hatred. As one writer 
puts it, they "teach them that hatred 
must not remain theoretical; the dagger 
is placed in the hands of children, the 
EWING GALLOWAY 
with many dangers, and threats of- war 
are heard on every side. In the midst of 
loud acclamation of the peace idea, the 
world is simply an armed camp and the 
youth of this hour are being chained to 
the machine of war as no generation has 
ever been chained before. What tomor-
row will bring to this world in its pres-
ent foment and war spirit, no man can 
tell. What the youth of today would do 
to establish his equilibrium and faith 
must be done quickly. It was Sir Philip 
Gibbs who thoughtfully wrote concern-
ing the present conditions confronting 
youth: 
"The younger man, if he is thought-
ful and interested in problems beyond 
the immediate present, pondering on his 
place in the world and the mysteries of 
life — there are such young men — is 
tempted to be a cynic or a pessimist —
or a rebel. He finds himself in a world 
Youth's Gravest Hour 
rifle in the hands of young boys, and the 
machine gun given university men in 
preparation for making their hatred ac-
tive. . . . The religion of hatred and the 
militarization of youth go together." This 
terrible fact is the most severe blow that 
has been struck against the peace and 
civilization in our world. To a degree, 
this problem has always existed, but to-
day it has increased a thousandfold over 
any previous generation. 
Our youth face new problems of eco-
nomic life for which they have no an-
swer. These problems are new, disheart-
ening and even terrifying to young men 
and women. Tragic is the experience of 
youth who find no solid ground for their 
feet. It is difficult under such conditions 
to sense the value of true education and 
press on to a high, noble calling. The 
world's lack of answers to the economic, 
social, religious, as Well as international 
situations which confront our youth, is 
puzzling in the extreme. Most of the old 
remedies have been abandoned and all 
seems experimental and uncertain. So-
cially the standards have all changed 
from a generation ago. The early teach-
ings of present-day youth have not been 
solid enough to hold them in the midst 
of such shaking as that in which they 
find themselves today. Principles of mo- 
rality which once seemed as unshaken 
as the hills have crumbled way, and in 
their place has come a sort of anaemic 
self-indulgent standard dominated 
largely by sex thinking and acting. 
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We have come to a troubled hour. 
The f a i t h "once delivered unto the 
saints" and passed down through the 
years has largely been discarded and for-
gotten. The events of the past two dec-
ades have resulted in a widespread loss 
of faith in God, in the Bible, and in the 
religion of our fathers. In its place has 
been reared before the youth a great 
question mark, and the renunciation of 
the laws of God has brought a fog of 
doubt and rebellion against all authority. 
The flood of lawlessness which is now 
sweeping the earth has never been seen 
on such a scale before in all the world's 
history. It is a clear fulfilment of the 
words of the apostle Paul as he proph-
esied of the last days saying, "This know 
also, that in the last days perilous times 
shall come. For men shall be lovers of 
their own selves, covetous, boasters, 
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to par-
ents, unthankful, unholy, without natu-
ral affection, truce-breakers, f al se ac-
cusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of 
those that are good, traitors, heady, high-
minded, lovers of pleasures more than 
lovers of God; having a form of godli-
ness, but denying the power thereof: 
from such turn away." 2 Timothy 3:1-5. 
Internationally the way seems fraught 
By 
L. K. DICKSON 
and age without faith in God or man 
or the law, in which such faith is ques-
tioned and challenged by many of his 
intellectual contemporaries. The old mo-
ralities are derided and denounced. The 
old traditions have no authority, or very 
little, over a generation which sees what 
a dismal failure has resulted from those 
who have upheld them. Science itself, 
which used to proclaim fixed laws, now 
seems to be uncertain about the very 
foundations of its former faith." 
Such confusion of thought and action 
greatly baffles the youth of this genera-
tion who must bear the responsibilities 
of leadership and government in the to-
morrow of their lives. The perils of this 
hour for modern youth are tremendous 
and appalling in the extreme. What 
counsel shall we give them? How shall 
they struggle out from the thraldom of 
the strange philosophies of this hour and 
plant their feet once more on the rock 
of reason and sound judgment? These 
are questions we must conjure with and 
must answer for the youth of today. 
All that is transpiring is profoundly 
shaping the minds and actions of the 
youth of this time. They are gathering 
on every front, they are mobilizing in 
the strength of their youth for the sal-
vation of the world as they see it. The 
spirit of youth in this generation is not 
the spirit of defeat or disheartenment, 
but they are puzzled. Youth has never 
been known to stand still. They are com-
ing from every land and clime, march- 
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ing, steadily marching, but where? That 
is the question to which the world must 
address itself. 
Primary in the solution of this prob-
lem is the recognition of the fact that 
there are two forces in direct conflict —
the forces of good and the forces of evil. 
Christ and Satan are now mobilized for 
the last great struggle between good and 
evil; truth and error; righteousness and 
sin. The uprising of forces which our 
youth are facing and which man has not 
been able to understand or control are 
the forces of evil. The clash affecting 
the thinking of men everywhere is a 
part of the last great conflict between 
good and evil. The minds of many youth 
are being captured by Satan for the ful-
filment of his wicked plans for the de-
struction of mankind. 
In almost every land there are great 
youth movements which are inspiring 
and exciting youthful strength into con-
certed action to carry out some selfish 
purpose of war. There needs now to be 
an enlistment of youth everywhere on 
the side of truth and righteousness, of 
integrity and obedience. There should 
come now an uprising of youth over the 
whole earth, an utter abandonment for 
the cause of Christ and the establish-
ment of His eternal government among 
men. There is due now a response of 
righteousness and right thinking and 
acting to meet the onslaught of the 
enemy of God and man. Youth must 
arise against the mighty flood tide of 
selfishness, greed, hatred and lawlessness 
in home, church, state and the world. 
This is the challenge that faces the 
church. The church must find adequate 
power to bring this about. For her to fail 
now will be the supreme tragedy of her 
history. There must come upon the 
scene of action young men and women 
strong and ready to demonstrate that 
nothing has happened in these latter 
days to annul any of the commandments 
of God or the principles which actuated 
the life and ministry of our Lord and 
Master. These young people must pon-
der well and decide where is to be placed 
the chief emphasis in life. 
This is a great day for youth. May 
they arise and pay the debt they owe to 
the past of all ages wherein patriarch, 
prophet and martyr, most of whom were 
called in their youth, loved not their 
lives, even unto death. God forbid that 
through lack of vision His great call to 
the life of youth in this generation 
should pass unheeded with all its golden 
opportunities for the heights of achieve-
ment in final triumph. 
May, 1 9 5 3 
What is the best method of church 
finance ? 
There can be but one answer to this 
question; and that is: God's method —
the tithe. By the payment of the tithe 
everyone, rich and poor, has an equal 
part in the support of the church and 
the work of God. True, the rich man 
may pay more tithe than the poor man, 
but both are tithepayers. 
The system of tithing is manifestly 
fair. You pay ten per cent of your earn-
ings, or if you are a farmer or a business-
man, you pay ten per cent of your net 
increase. If you earn a great deal, if 
your income is in the millions, you pay 
proportionately more. If you earn but 
little, you pay but little tithe. 
In the paying of the tithe which, ac-
cording to the Bible, is to be used for 
the support of the ministry, everyone 
from the newsboy to the millionaire has 
a part. Church socials, ice cream festi-
vals and dances to raise the minister's 
salary can be dispensed with. When this 
is done there is no longer an appeal to 
the appetite or pleasure urge. The 
church and work of God should be moti-
vated by love. The Christian loves God. 
He loves the church and the work of 
the church. This moves him to give 
often and liberally. God commands: 
"Bring ye all the tithes into the store-
house, that there may be meat in Mine 
house." Malachi 3:10. 
What is the reason for the vast amount 
of idolatry that has always prevailed in 
the world ? 
Paul answers that question in Romans 
1:21-23: "Because that, when they knew 
God, they glorified Him not as God, 
neither were thankful; but became vain 
in their imaginations, and their foolish 
heart was darkened. Professing them-
selves to be wise, they became fools, 
and changed the glory of the uncorrupt-
ible God into an image made like to 
corruptible man, and to birds, and four-
footed beasts, and creeping things." 
Idolatry, then, has as its basis the 
fact that men glorify God not as God, 
and are not thankful to Him for His 
blessings of life and sustenance. The 
Christian must remember God as His 
creator. He must 
This serves as a 
idolatry. No man 
at the same time 
Creator. 
In addition to this the Christian must 
be "thankful." If he fails to be "thank-
ful," he puts himself in the way of idol-
atry in that he forgets God. God is 
generally replaced in men's minds by 
something else. In the above text it is 
said that men professing to be wise be-
come fools. Evolutionists in their wise, 
speculative theories concerning the or-
igin of the earth and of man — denying 
God, the First Cause — become fools. 
The worship of the true God provides 
the only safeguard man has against pol-
luting himself. The history of nations 
testifies to the accuracy of this fact. 
Egypt, Babylon, China and India forgot 
God and became steeped in idolatry. 
What is true of nations is true also of 
individuals. 
Do we, according to Exodus 35:3, 
break the fourth commandment when we 
light our fires on the Sabbath day ? Mrs. 
E.M.B. 
Exodus 35:3 says: "Ye shall kindle no 
fire throughout your habitations upon 
the Sabbath day." God had previously 
instructed His people to do their cook-
ing on the day before the Sabbath. We 
see this by reading Exodus 16:23. "He 
said unto them, This is that which the 
Lord hath said, Tomorrow is the rest of 
the holy Sabbath unto the Lord: bake 
that which ye will bake today, and seethe 
[boil] that ye will seethe; and that 
which remaineth over lay up for you to 
be kept unto the morning." 
On one occasion when a man fla-
grantly violated these instructions and 
gathered sticks on the Sabbath to cook 
his food, God instructed that he be 
stoned to death. To light a fire, then, 
for the purpose of cooking food that 
should have been cooked on the day 
before, was a violation of the Sabbath 
commandment, and it is the same now. 
The Jews were at that time in the 
wilderness of Sinai. They did not need 
a fire for heat. It is not considered 
wrong, or a violation of the command-
ment, to build a fire for the purpose of 
heating your dwelling on the Sabbath. 
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glorify Him as such. 
certain preventive of 
can worship idols and 
recognize God as his 
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The Reason for Jumpy Nerves 
FOOD for THOUGHT 
By GORDON M. ARNOTT, M.D. 
T
HOUSANDS of people today 
are nervous, irritable, restless, and 
depressed because their minds are 
undernourished. Take George: He is an 
intelligent young man with a good job 
and a bright future. Lately he has not 
been sleeping well. He is restless and 
nervous. He is irritable with his wife 
and the children. He cannot concentrate 
well on his work and is forgetful. There 
is another side to George's story; namely, 
his diet. For breakfast he grabs a slice 
or two of toast and jam and washes 
these down with coffee. At ten o'clock 
he has doughnuts and coffee at work. 
His noon meal consists of white bread 
sandwiches, perhaps an apple or an or-
ange, and tea. Usually the fruit comes 
home in his lunch pail. In the evening 
he has the usual meat, potatoes, vege-
tables, cake or pudding, with tea or 
coffee. He generally has a sandwich 
with tea at bedtime. Could it be that 
there is really a connection between 
George's diet and his nervous condition? 
Could it be that a proper diet would 
correct his mental symptoms? The an-
swer to both of these questions is, "Yes." 
The brain and nerves need certain food 
elements, and if these are low or missing 
in the diet over a period of time the 
mind will fail in doing. its work; which 
will result in various symptoms, such as 
nervousness and irritability. 
The brain uses starch or sugar to keep 
its fires burning. There is usually no 
lack of starch in the diet. However, cer-
tain vitamins and minerals are necessary 
in the brain cells if the sugar is to be 
utilized. One outstanding example of 
these is thiamin, or vitamin B1. Without 
thiamin the brain cells cannot use sugar 
properly, and thus cannot fulfil their 
normal functions. Other vitamins closely 
associated with brain-cell nutrition are 
riboflavin and niacin. Dr. Rosenbaum 
and his associates point out that symp-
toms of emotional and intellectual ill-
ness may occur as the only manifesta-
tions in a person on a deficient diet. 
Mental symptoms may be among the 
earliest signs of a thiamin deficiency. 
The commonest complaint when these 
vitamins are lacking is nervousness. 
Usually the person is upset or irritated 
by trivial things. 
Dr. McCarrison gave a set of rats a 
diet low in B vitamins. It consisted of 
white bread, margarine, sweetened tea, 
boiled vegetables, tinned meats, and 
jams. Besides growing poorly, these rats 
became nervous and irritable. They bit 
their attendants and began to kill each 
other. 
Diet is more closely associated with 
intelligence than we realize. Johnny is 
doing poorly in his lessons. Many are 
prone to remark, "What can you expect? 
Look at his father and mother. Yon 
wouldn't expect them to give Johnny 
much in the way of intelligence." But 
maybe if mother knew how to feed 
Johnny a nourishing diet he would do 
better in school. 
Experiments show that children on 
adequate diets often are relieved of nerv-
ous symptoms. They become interested, 
attentive, and show greater ability to 
concentrate on their school tasks. Many 
times parents bemoan the irritable dis-
positions of their children. The children 
may be punished for their failings, when 
in reality the parents are at fault, be-
cause they have not provided an ade-
quate diet for them. All too often Johnny 
and Sue are given corn flakes, white 
bread, cookies, cake, pie, ice cream, 
candy and other foods which have most 
of the vitamins and minerals removed in 
preparation and cooking. It may be 
shocking to some to learn that white 
flour contains only 5.5 per cent of the 
original vitamin content of the whole 
grain. Yet in America only about 3 per 
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cent of the flour milled is of the whole- 
grain variety. Also, about half the caloric 
value of our diet is made up of refined 
flour and sugar which, unless supple �
• 
-
mented, are practically devoid of vita- 
mins and minerals. 
Although the food we eat has an im-
portant effect upon the mind, we should 
not overlook the fact that eating habits 
also have an important effect upon the 
mind and disposition. Eating too often 
or between meals often causes an upset 
sour stomach. The pain and gas which 
accompany an upset stomach make one 
restless and irritable. 
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It has been shown that if a regular 
meal is followed in two hours by food, 
such as a banana or a sandwich, the 
time required for the stomach to empty 
is increased up to three times that re-
quired if nothing had been taken after 
the meal. It may be as long as nine 
hours. When food lies this long in the 
stomach it ferments and causes indiges-
tion. No more than three meals should 
be taken during the day. This will allow 
the stomach to do its work properly. 
Food should not be taken before going 
to bed. It will not be needed because 
the evening meal will quite adequately 
care for the needs of the body during 
sleep. 
The stomach needs rest just as other 
parts of the body need rest. If food is 
taken at bedtime, the stomach most con-
tinue its work for four or five hours 
while the remainder of the body at-
tempts to rest. This results in restless-
ness and sleeplessness, and the mind 
will not awaken refreshed and alert in 
the morning. It is not possible to have 
good mental health and alertness if by 
wrong eating habits the stomach is 
burdened beyond what it should be re-
quired to do. A healthy rested stomach 
goes a long way towards a happy re-
laxed disposition. 
Alcohol, tobacco, tea, coffee and cola 
drinks, although not strictly food items, 
have a definite effect upon the mind. 
Some have argued that alcohol is a food 
because it supplies calories to the body. 
This is no argument in its favour when 
one remembers that these calories are 
not accompanied by vitamins or miner- 
als, and that alcohol is a poison to the 
brain. The effect of alcohol on the brain 
is one of depression. First, it depresses 
the higher centres of intelligence and 
allows the lower centres to carry on. 
That is the reason why much of the 
crime and immorality of our society is 
carried out while persons are under the 
influence of alcohol. Dr. A. C. Ivy 
states that twenty-five per cent of the 
people in insane asylums are there be-
cause of alcohol. 
Tobacco is not a food, but a poison, 
which is taken into the body by millions. 
Hundreds of experiments show the ef-
fect of smoking upon the mind and the 
nerves. These show that smoking de-
presses the activity of the nerves and 
brain. Dr. A. D. Bush of the University 
of Vermont in one hundred and twenty 
tests on fifteen men showed that smok-
ing decreased mental efficiency by over 
ten per cent. The mind cannot function 
at top efficiency while it is under the in-
fluence of tobacco. 
Tea, coffee and cola drinks have be-
come a part of nearly everyone's diet. 
Many people think little of drinking 
ten to twelve cups of these daily. Nei-
ther tea nor coffee contains any food 
value. They cannot nourish or strength-
en the mind. However, they are widely 
used for the lifting effect which they 
seem to give. This effect is due to the 
drug "caffeine" which is contained in 
these products. Caffeine stimulates the 
nervous system, but it is not a food; 
therefore, when the effect of the drug 
has worn off, the mind is more fatigued 
than it would have been had no caf-
feine been taken. Many cases of head-
ache and nervousness are due to the 
excessive use of caffeine beverages. 
Some parents would be shocked at the 
thought of giving their children tea or 
coffee to drink, yet think nothing of 
allowing them to use cola drinks which 
contain as much caffeine as coffee or 
tea and sometimes more. 
One may ask the question, "What can 
I eat to give my mind the nourishment 
it needs to function properly?" In look-
ing for the answer to this question we 
must turn to something that has been 
forgotten by most churchmen and doc-
tors alike. That is that man was created 
by a supreme Being—God—and God in 
the beginning told man what he should 
eat. We find this diet given in Genesis 
1:29: "And God said, Behold, I have 
given you every herb bearing seed, 
which is upon the face of all the earth, 
and every tree, in the which is the 
fruit of a tree yielding seed; to you it 
shall be for meat." From the One who 
knows more about man than science 
will ever know, we find that man's diet 
should consist of fruit, grains and nuts, 
H. M. LAMBERT 
Make fresh fruits your medicine. 
and to these, later were added vegeta-
bles. 
These will supply the elements need-
ed for mental health. But if much of 
the good is destroyed by milling, peeling, 
or improper cooking, then these do not 
form a wholesome balanced diet, and 
the mind must suffer. Things which are 
harmful to the mind such as tea, cof-
fee, cola drinks, tobacco and alcohol 
must be removed. Wrong eating habits 
must be corrected. As the diet is planned, 
we should remember that the more it 
contains of the fresh or natural foods 
the better it will be. Study must be 
given to see that the diet is balanced as 
to the proper food elements. Even 
though natural foods are used, a diet 
can be nutritionally wrong. If it is bal-
anced so as to contain all the necessary 
food elements in proper amounts, and 
proper eating habits are followed, then 
good mental health can be expected. 
In this day when nervous breakdowns 
abound, and sedatives are manufactured 
by the carload, people who wish to avoid 
these things will carry out a programme 
of diet that will reward them with vig-
orous mental health. Many times those 
who are striving toward the goal of 
spiritual perfection lose sight of the 
fact that proper diet has much to do 
with attaining this goal. If wrong eating 
habits make them nervous and irritable, 
can they expect God to give them a 
happy and quiet disposition as long as 
they continue to eat incorrectly? Men 
must cooperate with their Creator in 
obtaining mental health and happiness 
through right eating habits. 
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EWING GALLOWAY 
Whole-grain breads and cereals are some of our best foods. 
Diet and Your Health 
AS YOU EAT SO SHALL YOU LIVE 
By W. H. ROBERTS, M.D. 
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NE way of avoiding the many ill- 
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nesses to which mankind is heir 
is to eat the right kind of food. In 
dealing with this subject it would seem 
logical to consider such factors as eating 
habits in general, the best foods, Can-
ada's Food Rules, foods to avoid, food 
poisoning and food infection, supple-
mentary vitamins and minerals. Refer-
ence will also be made to the under-
weight and overweight, and the 
relationship of diet to arteriosclerosis. 
Abstemiousness in diet has always 
been known to be conducive to the best 
health. Simple, moderate eating could 
be summarized somewhat as follows: 
1. Too many different kinds of food 
should be avoided at one meal. Fruit and 
coarse vegetables (beans, et cetera) 
when eaten together may lead to fer-
mentation simply because fruit digests 
more rapidly than vegetables. 
2. Five or six hours should elapse be-
tween meals. No solid food should be 
taken between meals; three meals a day 
are maximum, and two meals are ideal 
(7:00-7:30 A.M. and 12:30-1:00). 
3. Liquids should be restricted at 
mealtimes so as not to dilute the di-
gestive juices. Water should be taken 
freely between meals, i.e., one hour after 
meals up to half an hour before meals. 
4. The free use of sugar and of salt is 
not conducive to good health. Sugar is 
hard on the teeth. Candy and chewing 
gum are a real hazard, particularly to 
children. 
5. Food should be thoroughly masti-
cated. Store teeth are not nearly as ef-
ficient as your own. 
6. Meals should be social occasions, 
to be partaken of without undue hurry, 
and not shadowed by the worries of 
`business, or of life in general. 
Appetite ordinarily is not a safe guide. 
It is fairly reliable only under certain 
conditions. These are: 
1. Foods should be eaten separately, 
thus excluding roasts and stews. 
2. Their flavours should not be dis-
guised by sugar, condiments, salad dress-
ings, gravies, et cetera, or even in soups. 
3. Whole-grain products only should 
be used, thus excluding refined foods, 
cakes, pastries and the various desserts. 
What are the best foods? T h e se 
would include whole-grain cereals, nuts, 
fruits, vegetables and vegetable oils, in-
ciuding margarine; a 1 s o pasteurized 
dairy products, including milk, cream, 
cottage cheese, and butter. Cream and 
margarine are preferable in some ways 
to butter, especially for children. Eggs 
from healthy hens are reasonably safe. 
Carbohydrates (starches) give quick 
energy; protein gives sustained energy 
and repairs wear and tear; fat is high in 
calories, makes other foods more palat-
able, and slows emptying time of the 
stomach, thus allowing more time for 
digestive processes. Fats therefore com-
plement proteins indirectly in sustain-
ing energy. 
Pancreatic enzymes and bile enter 
into the digestion of fat. Where pan-
creatic enzymes are lacking, stools are 
large and pale because of their high fat 
content. If this condition is present from 
infancy the child is unable to absorb 
the fat-soluble vitamins A and D. This 
was the case of a little girl aged three 
whom we saw recently. In spite of the 
fact that she was receiving cod-liver oil 
she showed signs of rickets and had had 
repeated attacks of pneumonia. 
In older persons the pancreas may go 
on strike. There was the case of the 
housekeeper of a well-to-do lady. Food 
was abundant and rich, so she partook 
freely. She gained weight, and soon be-
came overweight. She began to have 
sharp attacks of pain in her upper ab-
domen. Finally after an unusually heavy 
evening meal she became acutely ill. 
Her pancreas had become acutely in-
flamed, which is a bad thing. A similar 
case was admitted to the hospital today. 
This man had had a big day yesterday 
and had eaten many hot dogs with all 
the trimmings. He was stricken with 
acute pancreatitis at about eight o'clock 
this morning. It is not a good thing to 
overeat even occasionally. About two 
tablespoonfuls of a vegetable oil such 
as Mazola or the same amount of mar-
garine or butter supplies the daily re-
quirement of fat. Fat is high in energy 
in addition to being palatable. Scott, Dr. 
Wilson, and the others who made that 
fateful dash to the South Pole, in their 
great sufferings from the cold felt keenly 
the lack of fat in their short rations. 
No one seems to have any trouble 
getting his carbohydrate, but it is es-
sential that one get an adequate amount 
of protein, minerals, and vitamins. With 
this in mind the Nutrition Division of 
the Department of National Health and 
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Welfare of Canada has drawn up what 
it calls "Canada's Food Rules." Here 
they are: 
1. Milk: Adults one-half to one pint. 
Children one and one-half pints to one 
quart. 
2. Fruit: One serving of citrus fruit 
or tomatoes or their juices, and one serv-
ing of other fruit. 
3. Vegetables: at least one serving of 
potatoes, and at least two servings of 
other vegetables, preferably leafy, green, 
or yellow, and frequently raw. 
4. Cereal and bread: One serving of 
whole-grain cereal and at least four 
slices of whole-wheat bread with butter. 
(Vitamin-B-enriched bread is mentioned 
but is not generally available.) 
5. One serving of beans, peas, nuts, 
eggs or cheese (or one serving of meat, 
fish or poultry — we have listed these 
last for our purposes). Eggs and cheese 
are advised at least three times a week 
each. Cottage cheese is preferable to 
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6. A fish-liver oil, as a source of vita-
min D, should be given to children and 
expectant mothers, and is advised for 
other adults. 
7. Iodized salt is recommended. Drink 
plenty of water. 
The above would indicate that in 
order to have a well-balanced diet flesh 
foods are not really necessary. In fact 
they were not included in man's original 
diet. 
Foods to avoid: 
1. Pork: Swine serve a useful purpose 
as scavengers of the land and shellfish 
as scavengers of the deep. Why anyone 
should want to eat them is a great mys-
tery. Pink pork is a notorious cause of 
the dread disease trichinosis, and even 
cured hams are a frequent cause of out-
breaks of food infection and food poison-
ing, particularly when served uncooked 
during hot weather. 
2. Highly refined foods: Among de-
vitalized foods we would include white 
flour, cakes, pastries, macaroni, spa-
ghetti, noodles, cream of wheat, farina, 
tapioca, white rice, white sugar, refined 
syrups, et cetera. Whole-grain products 
should take their place. One authority 
has said that desserts are not a part of 
the normal diet and should only be 
eaten once a week or on special occa-
sions. 
Are supplementary vitamins essential? 
In Canada we need extra vitamin D 
(the sunshine vitamin) as found in cod-
liver oil. What about extra minerals? 
Most of these mineral capsules or pills 
are a luxury unless one does not drink 
milk. Pregnant women often need extra 
iron. 
What about those who are over-
weight? It is said that the average North 
American eats about 400 calories more 
than he requires every day. The result 
is overeating, a greater problem than 
undernutrition. Overeating and over-
weight (obesity) are conducive to de-
generative diseases including diabetes, 
hardening of the arteries, heart attacks, 
strokes, et cetera. Perhaps the factor 
most concerned in the development of 
hardening of the arteries in susceptible 
people is the free use of animal fats. 
How fast should one reduce? It is 
well known that on conventional 1,000-
calorie reducing diets many people get 
discouraged before they get well started. 
The Americans have gone at it in a 
businesslike way. They have developed 
the 400-calorie diet which consists of 
one glass of skim milk and one glass of 
unsweetened fruit juice for breakfast, 
the same at noon (a glass of tomato 
juice may be substituted), and a glass 
of skim milk for the evening meal. 
Weight is lost rapidly on this regime, 
apparently without ill effect. However, 
it is well to reduce under medical su-
pervision. A single multiple-vitamin 
capsule will assure adequate intake of 
vitamins. 
If you have been neglecting your body 
temple there is still time to reform and 
to "repent." The following from the pen 
of Mrs. E. G. White is applicable in 
concluding: "Intemperate eating is often 
the cause of sickness, and what nature 
most needs is to be relieved of the un-
due burden that has been placed upon 
her. In many cases of sickness, the very 
best remedy is for the patient to fast for 
a meal or two, that the overworked or-
gans of digestion may have an oppor-
tunity to rest. A fruit diet for a few days 
has often brought relief to brain work-
ers. Many times a short period of en-
tire abstinence from food, followed by 
simple, moderate eating, has led to re-
covery through nature's own recupera-
tive effort. An abstemious diet for a 
month or two would convince many suf-
ferers that the path of self-denial is the 
path to health." 
 
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Our teeth are made of what we eat. 
I
T WAS the late Dr. Weston Price 
who made the observation a few dec-
ades ago that primitive people, living 
on their primitive fare, had, with very 
few exceptions, per f e c t teeth, well-
shaped arches and healthy gums. These 
same primitive people were remarkably 
free from colds, tuberculosis and the 
many infectious diseases of their more 
civilized brothers. 
Dr. Price also observed that when the 
trading post moved in or when the 
primitive people moved out into civili-
zation, these people became markedly 
susceptible to the ravages of infectious 
diseases, including dental decay. 
Among the Australian Aborigines, the 
High Andes Indians and the Amazon 
Jungle Indians, not one decayed tooth 
was found among thousands examined, 
while those who had moved from their 
native environment and had adopted 
the eating habits of their more civilized 
brothers had better than forty decayed 
teeth out of every hundred examined. 
Dr. Earnest Hooton, of Harvard Uni-
versity, back in 1938 wrote of Dr. 
Price's research as being "profoundly 
significant." A similar line of research 
has been conducted by other eminent 
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dentists, and all agree that decay of 
teeth is largely, if not entirely, a disease 
encouraged by malnutrition and poor 
resistance to infection, which follows 
prolonged unwise selection of foods for 
our tables. 
From the studies of these men it is 
logical to conclude that there would be 
little need of a dental profession if we 
all got back to nature in our eating 
habits. 
How desirable it would be if we could 
all keep our original teeth throughout 
life. God has given us a wonderful ma-
chine for the grinding of food. It is an 
engineering marvel. There is a reason 
for every curve in the shape of a tooth, 
every cusp and sulcus, every marginal 
ridge being made just so; and our teeth 
have been so designed that they effec-
tively clean themselves. That the nor-
mal excursions of natural foods over 
tooth surfaces is all that is necessary to 
keep teeth and gums healthy, has been 
attested by many a dentist. God never 
By 
R. 0. WILLIAMS, D.D.S. 
designed that His children should have 
to use tooth paste and brushes to insure 
against decay and gum disease. We 
dentists frequently speak-of people who 
faithfully brush their teeth and do not 
stop the ravages of decay, on the one 
hand; and on the other, of people who 
never brush their teeth but who eat 
properly and reach a ripe old age with 
all their teeth. True, there are some who 
seem to eat anything they want to yet 
keep their teeth. On the other hand 
there are some who are careful about 
their food selection and still have bad 
teeth. But a careful study of such cases 
will reveal certain enlightening facts 
showing why these seeming exceptions 
prove the rule. It is safe to assume that 
if one eats sufficiently of natural foods, 
garden fresh or "frozen fresh," and se-
cures an adequate amount of protein 
elements, the tissue protectors, the teeth 
and gums will remain healthy for life. 
Do this, and cultivate other good living 
habits, and the body will be highly re-
sistant to all infectious diseases. 
The offending foods are white sugar 
and white flour. These make up such a 
high percentage of the caloric intake 
for the average civilized person that not 
enough of the protective foods is eaten 
to resist the ravages of decay. Our teeth 
are made of what we eat. They require 
continuous nourishment and good blood 
to keep them in hardness and health to 
resist the ever-present germs of the 
mouth. They need the foods rich in 
minerals and vitamins. People do not 
get enough in quantity of such foods 
when over half their caloric in t a k e 
comes from devitalized foods which con-
tain little or no minerals and vitamins. 
All white-sugar and white-flour foods 
are energy foods only, and are danger- 
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LITTLE COURTESIES 
ous in that they are to some extent habit 
forming. We create the taste for them. 
Sweets call for more sweets, and the 
diet is easily put out of proper balance. 
We are bowing to commercial expedi- 
ency in using a pretty white product 
that has had the vital life-sustaining ele-
ments removed so that it will keep in-
definitely on the grocer's shelf. 
Honey (not the highly refined vari 
ety), the kind one buys in a five-gallon 
can from the bee man, and raw sugar. 
fill every requirement for sweets, and 
are tissue-building foods as well as pro-
ducers of energy and warmth. For many 
years we have not had white flour or 
white sugar in our home and have no 
desire to have them. At first you may 
not like the taste of honey or raw sugar 
as a sweetening agent. However, if you 
stick to the use of it for a few months 
you may talk like many others who have 
learned to prefer it. 
The question may be asked, How are 
we city dwellers to adapt ourselves to 
our artificial environment and obtain 
the foods our tissues require? Those of 
us who can live on the outskirts of town 
and have well fertilized gardens, and a 
large deep freeze for winter storage, are 
fortunate. The exercise of caring for 
such a garden and the interest in seeing 
things grow, add zest to life. Moreover, 
the vegetables grown help materially in 
the reduction of food costs. But, if we 
have to do all our shopping at the mar-
kets, there are some suggestions that will 
be helpful. 
Buy only unwilted fresh vegetables. 
Keep them refrigerated until used. If 
possible buy only a day's supply at a 
time. Whenever they are obtainable eat 
fresh fruit and berries. Have nuts around 
all the time. The humble peanut is a 
wonderful food, but it is well to have 
a variety of nuts. People who think they 
cannot digest nuts will be surprised how 
well they get along with them if they 
eat them with apples, oranges or other 
fresh fruits. Make a hobby of baking 
your own bread from freshly ground 
flour. Some rye or soy flour may be 
added to the wheat to give it variety. 
Honey also may be added. You will lose 
your taste for cake. Try cooking under 
low heat, the waterless way, and notice 
the improved flavour the food has. Have 
more and larger salads of very fresh and 
crisp vegetables. Make an entire meal 
occasionally of such a salad. Use the 
best pasteurized milk you can obtain. It 
is an excellent food, especially for those 
who need to be built up in weight. Such 
might well drink two to four quarts a 
day, using other foods more sparingly, 
until they obtain their proper weight. 
The overweight may profitably use 
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considerable skim milk to insure their 
obtaining the necessary minerals. Seek 
out a source of eggs in the markets. 
Those with a deep yellow yolk will be 
richer in minerals and vitamins. 
We may eat our way to sickness, in- 
"Don't you ever become tired of say-
ing thank you, Doris?" I asked my sister 
as she was hanging out her washing 
with what seemed to me the doubtful 
assistance of her two-year-old son. 
Doris smiled as she accepted a handful 
of clothespins from her small helper and 
repeated the magic formula, "Thank 
you, David." 
With a quickly chanted, "Wel-come, 
Mo-ther," the little fellow ran to the box 
of pins to refill the order. 
"Sometimes it does take a bit of pa-
tience to permit David to help me," my 
sister replied frankly, "but letting him 
do things now with me forms the basis 
for a happy companionship that I want 
to continue through the years. Young 
children love repetition. David is play-
ing a little game with me while he helps 
me hang out clothes and he hears over 
and over again the courteous words of 
appreciation that he needs to learn to 
say for himself. It is better to guide him 
toward forming a good habit now than 
to wait until he is older and has acquired 
the bad habit of giving no response when 
thank you is in order." 
"I'm sure David will always be glad 
his mother took time to teach him the 
little courtesies of life," I commented. 
"Teaching David is sort of a family 
project, Lucia," Doris explained. "The 
plan goes back to the time when Tom, 
our first baby, began to talk. His daddy 
and I noticed in how many instances 
the little fellow repeated our exact words 
and phrases. We resolved to take time 
to speak graciously to each other. We 
realized that if we helped our children 
by example to remember always to say, 
'Please' and 'Thank you' and 'You're 
welcome' while they were young, they 
would naturally make some courteous 
response when they grew older. 
"Their teachers have given the chil-
dren much help in developing pleasing 
manners," Doris added. "When we go 
to hear Tom's English class discuss good 
dulging in white bread, soft drinks, 
candies, confections and rich desserts, 
or we may eat our way to health, with 
the foods that God gave our first parents 
in Eden. The choice is ours — may we 
choose wisely. 
books this afternoon, we'll try to go early 
enough to stop in at some of the other 
children's rooms, too, and then you can 
see for yourself." 
My sister's family lives in the country, 
and the children attend a large central-
ized school where both elementary and 
high school classes meet in one build-
ing. My nephew, Tom, knowing my in-
terest in books from my work as a chil-
dren's librarian, had invited his mother 
and me to hear his class's monthly dis-
cussion of their home reading. 
As we stopped briefly in each of the 
children's rooms, my sister's words came 
true. Each small reader in Joan's class 
was rewarded with a smile and a quiet, 
"Thank you, Norma" — "Thank you, 
Joan" — and so on. Older pupils in 
Freda's room were placing problems on 
the board and explaining their solution. 
As each assignment was completed the 
teacher gave some word of appreciation. 
Our visit to Tom's English class was 
the highlight of the afternoon. We were 
given chairs at the back of the room 
where other guests and the teacher were 
seated, while a student leader, appointed 
by the reading committee of the class, 
took charge of the programme. Much to 
his surprise, my nephew was chosen for 
that role. 
The reading reports were well given 
and were intensely interesting, but what 
I liked best was the pleasing way in 
which the young leader, with no prompt-
ing from the teacher, thanked each stu-
dent who took part. Tom's quiet ease 
in filling the position of leadership made 
me realize the value of the lifelong habit 
of courteous expression. I understood 
why my sister was beginning so early 
to guide her youngest child into the 
habit of saying thank you. One who has 
had the benefit of such thoughtful home 
and school guidance need never be em-
barrassed or ill at ease on account of 
his manners. — Lucia Mallory, in Na-
tional Kindergarten Association. 
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Overweight 
Question: I am overweight. The skin 
in the groin is reddened and irritated 
in spite of hot baths and applications 
of starch. What could be done to cor-
rect this condition? 
ANSWER: The excoriation in 
the groin that you speak of may 
be due to a number of factors: 
1. Fungus infection due to 
lack of vitamin B in the 
diet. 
2. Overweight. 
3. Excess use of sugar and 
other sweets. 
4. Nervousness (nerve rash 
or neuro dermatitis). 
General principles in treat-
ment are: 
1. Application of a fungicidal 
powder as recommended 
by your local doctor. 
2. Weight reduction under 
medical supervision. 
3. Restriction of sweets, ani-
mal fats, tea, coffee. 
4. Adequate rest. 
5. Vitamin B as found in 
wheat germ (Ogilvie's 
Ton i k ), rice polishings, 
prunes, whole-wheat bread, 
nuts and legumes. 
6. Testing of the urine for 
sugar. 
Physical Exhaustion 
Question: I am about fifty years of 
age. Because of physical handicaps I 
do not have a regular job. If I do 
heavy manual labour I come home 
exhausted and almost ill, and have a 
heavy sensation in my chest. Do you 
have any suggestions? 
ANSWER: After the age of 
forty one lives longer if the daily 
work is not too heavy. I would 
advise you to seek steady em-
ployment at some light occupa- 
tion and stay with it. Otherwise 
there is no specific remedy that 
could be recommended. 
Peptic Ulcer 
Question: I have adhesions and a 
peptic ulcer. Many different diets 
have been given to me but none 
seems satisfactory. I drink nearly 
three quarts of milk and cream 
daily, but still find myself hungry at 
many intervals during the day. Could 
you explain a simple diet and also 
a few facts about adhesions and the 
peptic ulcer. The adhesions do not 
pain me unless I am on my feet a 
great deal, and the only time my 
ulcer bothers me is when my stom-
ach seems empty. 
ANSWER: Any adhesions you 
may have are there to stay and 
may represent a past attempt on 
the part of nature to wall off a 
threatened perforation. Ulcer 
diets are sometimes lacking in 
minerals and vitamins, particu-
larly where refined foods are 
recommended. I see no good 
reason for excluding whole-
wheat bread, particularly in the 
form of zwieback, which is easily 
digested. This is easier to digest 
than cooked cereals. In fact 
some people do better on a so-
called "dry diet" which restricts 
the amount of liquid at meal-
time. The caffeine in tea and 
coffee, also the waste products 
in flesh foods, increase gastric 
acidity. This is particularly true 
of meat extracts such as bovril 
and oxo. The usual vegetables 
which are excluded are cabbage, 
Brussels sprouts, turnips, par-
snips, and onions. Berries with 
seeds and the skins and cores of 
other fruits are best omitted, 
of course. Some authorities al-
low simple white cake to liberal-
ize the diet, but in general all 
cakes, pastries and fried foods 
are hard to digest. Margarine or 
cream is less irritating to the 
stomach than butter. Olive oil 
and corn oil (M a z o 1 a) are 
soothing to the stomach. 
Fatigue, worry and anxiety 
are more harmful than mild 
di e t a r y indiscretions. Persons 
with ulcers are usually the over-
conscientious type, and have to 
cultivate a cheerful, hopeful out-
look upon life. They should 
endeavour to adjust to any 
unpleasant things in their en-
vironment. These emotional in-
fluences probably cause spasm 
and impaired blood supply to 
the ulcer as well as favouring 
the outpouring of acid. The nico-
tine of tobacco causes spasm of 
blood vessels; there the contin-
ued use of tobacco is not con-
ducive to the healing of an ulcer. 
As far as mechanical factors are 
concerned the stomach is slung 
like an hammock, being fixed at 
the entrance to the stomach, and 
the outlet near the pylorus and 
first part of the duodenum 
(where most peptic ulcers oc-
cur). Bending and heavy lifting 
cause a tugging at the site of a 
duodenal ulcer. Consequently, 
recurrence of ulcers is more 
common in the spring and fall, 
corresponding with spring and 
fall work among agricultural 
workers. Employment some-
times is changed to advantage. 
Inasmuch as the free use of milk 
and cream may favour develop-
ment of hardening of the arter-
ies in susceptible persons, it is 
sometimes a good idea to use 
skim milk rather than whole 
milk between meals. For the 
same reason one egg a day is 
plenty. 
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