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To Be Healthy
of civilization which need little chewing
have given many of us a quite inadequate
dental equipment. Therefore many people
show symptoms of indigestion, distress, gas
formation,simply because the food has not
been properly masticated and mixed with
the digestive juices. For those who havelost
their teeth or who have makeshift repairs in
their mouths, Health Cocktails are a boon.
Here at last is a food they can digest and
make use of.
Grandmothers and Grandfathers
Just as the aged should be spared from
inclement weather, from hard work, from
too much activity,so their digestive systems
should be spared the necessity of coping
with the digestive problemsthat the younger
stomach is expected to solve.
We feed our babies carefully, methodi
cally. We weigh their food, we modify it,
we take special pains in feeding them. We
might well give this same courtesy and care
to our elders, who have made our lives pos
sible. Were we to prepare grandmother's
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