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The New Zealand Railways Magazine, Volume 11, Issue 9 (December 1, 1936)

Health Notes

Health Notes.

And now comes Christmas! We hope you all are going to have a very jolly one, and that you will make the most of every moment in a judicious manner.

In our various “Articles on Health” throughout the year, we have based our advice on so many “Don'ts and Do's,” but from time to time have qualified them by saying that “an occasional burst, judiciously planned, never does harm.”

These “bursts” so often form very happy links in our chain of memories, but if not planned judiciously, are apt to form anything but happy links, so let us all make for the road to happiness.

Don't imagine we are “wowsers.” Far from it. We love the good things of life just as you do, and in season we go for them, but we do hate to waken next morning with a mouth like a stale vegetable shop and a head like the old “Frying Pan Flat.” This merely wrecks the whole of next day and most likely next night also.

Choose your night carefully—one preceding a holiday is best, otherwise there is risk of your work suffering through that dreamy state of mind so common after a good night out.

In this country, the Christmas Festival falls in mid-summer, and as no Christmas is complete without the proverbial dinner of turkey, puddings, etc., we all labour through the menu as a matter of custom.

In ordinary routine, we, or most of us, eat too much, but at the festival season the excess is enormous. Furthermore, in the hot weather one requires less heating food than one requires in the winter, so for your own peace of mind and comfort of body, carefully regulate your intake.

You may dine at midday or at night. If the former, don't rush out immediately after to your games or to bathe, and if the latter, see that you get some exercise before going to bed. Be sure to brush your teeth well before retiring, and should you have committed any indiscretion in diet or drink, an aperient that night might help you to feel more pleased with yourself next morning.