Show frat K i KM M KEEPING K WELL I 1 J t overweight S DR DP R GREEN X X editor of HEALTH j M M K WHAT would you think of a in man an who carried day and night wherever he went a 50 pound burden on his back say he was crazy and probably be right its all well enough for christian in pilgrims progress or for fanatics in india or china but no common sense american would do such a foolish thing thine hold on though f how about that SO 50 pounds of surplus fat youre carrying Is that any more sensible the difference whether the burden Is on your back or under your skin shin its an unnecessary burden just the same you bet on a fat prize fighter or put your money on a fat race horse would you know they in condition and that if you backed them lose it if you carry surplus and unnecessary weight youre going to lose the hie paunch around your waist all for every pound of fat you have I 1 on your stomach theres there another pound inside fat in your muscles fat around your lungs and heart and fat around your blood vessels and its all unnecessary weight to carry and needless fat that clogs and impedes your muscles life insurance companies will not issue a policy to anyone who Is 40 per cent overweight they know that fat people are more subject to diabetes kidney diseases heart diseases and hardened blood vessels than are people of normal weight life insurance companies are run to make money and they dont place any bets on men who are not in condl alon why are you too fata fat in 76 75 per cent of cases because you eat too much or use your muscles too little ittle or both you put food in your stomach and the body digests it and makes fuel out of it 11 but it has more than it needs so the surplus Is stored up under your skin and between your muscles and around your li heart art to get it out of the way its waste that makes waist pat fat means that you are bullig buying more food than you need eating more food than you need carryl carrying ng more weight than you need and clogging up your body machinery in current business language its too much overhead though it overhead at all the remedy eat less work more the only prescription worth taking save money save energy and gain better health by having a better physical machine to work with 0 2924 western |