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Vitality Supreme
·
Bernarr Macfadden
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The
direct
cause
of
constipation
is
a
relaxed
and
weakened
condition
of
the
muscular
walls
of
the
stomach
and
intestines.
A
certain
degree
of
strength
of
these
muscular
structures
is
essential
properly
to
facilitate
digestion,
assimilation
and
elimination.
The
lack
of
tone
in
these
muscles
is
chiefly
due
in
nearly
all
cases
to
what
might
be
termed
a
concentrated
diet.
Our
foods
have
been
too
much
refined.
As
previously
stated
they
are
not
eaten
as
they
were
created,
but
have
been
put
through
a
prolonged
milling
process
or
other
method
of
preparation
which
not
only
eliminates
many
elements
of
nourishment
but
also
breaks
up
the
food
into
the
most
minute
particles,
thus
eliminating
the
rough,
coarse
and
fibrous
material
in
the
food
which
ordinarily
arouses
what
is
known
as
the
peristaltic
activity
of
the
bowels.
Our
methods
of
food
preparation
also
materially
lessen
the
necessity
for
prolonged
and
thorough
mastication.
The
habit
of
hurriedly
swallowing
our
food
undoubtedly
lessens
its
vitality-building
possibilities,
besides
materially
affecting
the
strength
and
general
hardiness
of
the
teeth.
Constipation
is
also
caused
in
numerous
instances
by
a
lack
of
liquids.
Men
and
women
do
not
use
sufficient
water.
One
frequently
loses
what
might
be
termed
the
water-drinking
habit,
usually
as
a
result
of
sedentary
occupations.
The
method
of
remedying
constipation
referred
to
in
Chapter
VI
pointedly
illustrates
the
amazing
value
of
water
in
remedying
conditions
of
this
kind.
It
is
well,
however,
to
remember
the
necessity
for
using
at
least
a
reasonable
quantity
of
water
throughout
the
entire
day.
If
you
do
not
drink
water
quite
freely
between
meals
then
it
is
advisable
and
actually
necessary
to
use
a
certain
quantity
with
your
meals.
Those
who
drink
tea
and
coffee
freely
seem
to
recognize
the
need
of
this
instinctively.
The
choice
of
these
beverages,
however,
is
distinctly
bad.
Tea
and
coffee
are
destructive
to
both
nerves
and
health,
but
aside
from
these
stimulating
drinks
one
can
use
almost
any
wholesome
beverage
at
meal-time
in
order
to
supply
his
cravings
in
this
direction.
Fruit
drinks
are
excellent.
I
have
referred
to
this
question
in
a
previous
chapter.
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