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Mineral oils (refined paraffine) also are not absorbable, and they act
with benefit in some cases. About the worst thing to do, in general, is
to take physics constantly. These are not physics, however; they act
mechanically. Even the C.S. (common-sense?) individual can take these.
The agar may be taken two or three heaping teaspoonfuls in a large glass
of water before retiring, or in the morning before breakfast, or in lieu
of 4 o'clock tea. Drink it down rapidly--for goodness' sake, don't try
to chew it.
Mineral oil will make fine mayonnaise dressing. It has little or no food
value, so the constipated overweight individual may indulge freely. For
faulty elimination, then--
1. Correct diet.
2. Exercise--especially brisk walking.
3. Regularity of habit.
4. Possibly the addition of bran, agar, or mineral oils.
5. Sweet disposition. Mean people are always constipated.
_Review_
1. Give classes of food, with examples of each.
2. What are vitamines? How importance discovered?
3. Where most abundant?
4. What is a balanced diet?
5. What should be done for faulty elimination?
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[Sidenote: _List of Foods to Follow_]
The following list probably does not contain all of the foods you might
like and want to know about, but from those named you can judge of the
food value of others. In general, the caloric value, and therefore the
fattening value, depends upon the amount of fat and the degree of
concentration.
[Sidenote: _Important_]
But remember this point: _Any food eaten beyond what your system
requires for its energy, growth, and repair, is fattening, or is an
irritant, or both_.
[Sidenote: _A Moderate Sized Chocolate Cream_]
If a food contains much fat, you will know that it is high in food
value, for fat has two and one-quarter times the caloric value that
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