Weight Gain
There is no doubt that smoking, particularly when excessive,
can interfere with enjoyment of good food and may dull the appetite somewhat.
It may help, if you are a heavy smoker, to at least cut down and, if possible,
to avoid cigarettes just before and at mealtimes, best of all, stop completely.
ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
Many people find that a drink, such as a glass of sherry,
when sipped in leisurely fashion before dinner helps bring about relaxation and
has a stimulating effect on the appetite. Alcohol should not be substituted for
food, but its moderate use may be helpful.
8 Physical Activity corrected, and there is likely to be an
improvement in general. Feelings of listlessness and fatigue are likely to be
replaced by sensations of alertness and energy. Sleep will be more restful. And
I here is likely to be improved ability to relax and to voluntarily reduce tension.
FATIGUE, AND TENSION PHYSICAL ACTIVITY PERHAPS NOTHING else
is more important as a means of maintaining health and even warding off some
major diseases than a reasonable level of physical activity. It is no
exaggeration to say that exercise is good for al- most everybody and
everything-that virtually no one but a bed-ridden person doesn't stand to
benefit from it. There is a curious irony. New discoveries are constantly
revealing the deep need of the body for activity, the values (some not even
dreamed of just a few years ago) of activity in restoring health after serious
ill- ness, the values for mental and emotional as well as physical well-being.
Yet, at the same time, most of us have less and less routine opportunity for
activity in our daily lives unless we deliberately seek it, and few of us seek
it. On the job and off, most of us today lead soft lives.
Progress-as represented by power tools and automation,
elevators and cars, TV sets and electric toothbrushes-contributes to an
ever-continuing reduction of physical expenditures. We need to search out
opportunities for activity, to understand the basic principles involved, and to
apply them. It is very clearly worth the effort.
