Imperial Schools - Diplomat Yearbook (Gladewater, TX)

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1. A well-balanced diet of wholesome foods goes a long way toward building a strong body. A proper balance of proteins, carbohydrates, fats, minerals, and water assures the body of good building. mate- rial just as top-quality lumber, bricks, and concrete would assure a builder of a potentially good struc- ture. Poor materials, however, regardless of the quality of workmanship, will not produce a quality product. Neither will poor diet produce a healthy body. 2. It is also true that regardless as to how line the raw materials, unless they are properly worked, there is no automatic guarantee the end product will be good. Likewise, even the finest diet with the highest quality foods will not give you a healthy, vigorous Wnclyi unless itiisproperly eXerRed. One major rea- son why Americans, who have basically the best diet in the world, still have phenomenal sickness and disease is because they fail to properly use, through exercise and rest, what they do eat. Cleanliness is next to godlinessf, Though not a scripture, it is certainly true. The Bible devotes a great deal of space to teaching the basics of human hygiene. Dirt and filth are the breeding grounds of disease. Unless reasonable care is taken to keep your person and your environment clean observing many of the other keys of good health will become just wasted effort. A person's bodily hygiene and immediate personal environment also becomes an expression of his men- tal outlook. That is why the Bible devotes so much to teaching man how to have a clean environment, so he will have a clean and right outlook on life- not just to avoid disease. 3. Getting proper rest involves more than just eight hours sleep. Knowing when to rest is as im- portant as knowing what rest is, because rest is just as important to good health as any other single factor. Real rest is as much a cessation of mental activity as it is of physical labor. Many people stop working physically but are mentally running the 100 yard dash. Consequently, even after sleeping, they feel all worn out. Rest is a state of mind as well as a state of body. To be truly rested you must have peace of mind. When to rest? Seven to nine hours at night? Per- haps. But the real key is resting when you need it! For most people eight hours of sleep may seem suffi- cient, but short rest periods throughout the day com- bined with adequate sleep at night will more effec- tively serve anyone who is either mentally or physi- cally active. Employing and promoting all of these keys is an important part of the daily educational program of Imperial Schools. Unlocking the door to success re- quires use of all of the keys. ' fTi52H'w,4 15-4 Wllp Q T? AAI' l,.,,-f

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Robust Health-Direction Toward Success Peace of mind is a rare but essential element to dynamic living. Rare because the way to real peace of mind-the Bible-is assailed as impractical if not impossible. The net result of rejecting the only way to achieving this vital element of mental as Well as bodily health is fear, frustration and turbulent com- plexes-the real hallmarks of our time. Avoiding bodily injury is often overlooked as a real key to health. But careful examination of the above picture amply illustrates this basic necessity. Although a person might meticulously practice the other keys of health, if he is careless in this aspect he could meet with disastrous if not fatal results. Care- lessness, inattentiveness, inexperience, and ignorance, are the main causes of accidents. Statistically, the most dangerous place to be is-home! Even in an automobile, most accidents occur within a few miles radius of the home. Why is it our immediate en- vironment is most lethal? Because our immediate environment is too familiar to us. We take it for granted. We become careless about it. We have but one life to live. If we don't live it safely-we may not live it at all! One commodity becoming increasingly difficult to obtain in our smog shrouded cities but very essen- tial to human vitality is AIR. Fresh air that is. Oxy- gen actually is the most important food our bodies assimilate and yet its purity is seldom cause for con- cern. The air around us is dusted, sprayed, perfumed, deodorized, dehumidified, moisturized, sterilized, irradiated, contaminated, hydrocarbonated - any- thing but pure. As a result, lung and other respira- tory ailments are becoming increasingly more com- mon. Fresh air IS necessary to promote good health but it is not something indulged in as a ritual before your open bedroom window every morning. It should be one of the benefits of an active outdoor life in some regular sport, game, or other out-of-doors program. ii ggi- . Exercise can take on many forms. Calesthenics, running, an active game or participation sport are all good expressions of an important key to health- ful living. A vigorous active life promotes proper body functioning and mental development.

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