Show r t and Health 1 I I JAUn fT By Lulu Hunt Huri Peters MD jS r Thi 1 r S ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS DENTS REDUCING MEDICINES Mrs C. C You C.-You You are In go good d health but you are overweight and you medicine want to try some reducing which your leading drug store is advertising Do I advise it No Indeed I DO NOT advise your taking medicine for reducing except except ex ex- under very ery skillful supervision of a ph physician Excuse me inc for being be being be be- ing so emphatic but all patent medicines for reduction are arc danger danger- ou out ous You do not need medicine to re reduce re re- duce duco unless you are pathologically fat that fat that is is unless your glands gland a are not functioning properly properly and and that thatis is a rare condition Usually those glandular cases have very great disproportion in the distribution of their fat They will perhaps be thin in the upper part of ot the body and enormously fat in the hips and legs and abdomen When you see a person person person per per- son who is symmetrically fat you will know that that person is fat because of ot overeating and lack of exercise and the only thing necessary necessary nieces nieces- sary to reduce is to change these habits Even In the glandular cases eases there Is practically always a history of overeating for the needs That may have been the cause of the glandular trouble If It you want to reduce follow our instructions If you missed these Instructions in the column send for fora a resume of them including a self- self addressed stamped envelope and ten cents in stamps to partially cover cost of ot printing and handling CESSATION OF MENSTRUATION Mrs Y Menstruation y may stop during during- an acute infectious disease like ike influenza or any chronic disease disease disease dis dis- dis- dis ease like tuberculosis and anemia Occasionally changes of climate shock overweight underweight will also cause the menses to become 9 scanty or PI to cease 1 j The fact th that t your lower te teeth th and the tonsils are are in such bad tad con ori might be the cause of Y ur anemia and so indirectly fOUt your ou lessened menstrual flow You should have these conditions attended t to I Iam I J Iam Jam am sorry I cannot give you names of f physicians Ring up your county count medical society and they will give you a list of reliable physicians I In iii general practice If you cannot af afford ford to go to a private physician ask for the names and addresses of t f some clinics S 3 THE TIME OF CHANGE CHANGES S 11 J Mrs G. G Stop G.-Stop Stop worrying about yourself so much girl Is there any history of an early change of life me menopause in yo your r family The time of the change chang seems to be bo more or less of ot a an Inherited characteristic It is po possIble pos sIble that you are going through th the change now You are about twenty pounds overweight Mrs G. G Reduce Send for tor our instructions See answer to Mrs C. C above for directions for ob obtaining S taming it it 1 Possibly your urine is too con con- Drink more water water water-at al least eight or nine glasses of ot it each day and you can probably add more vegetables and fruits to your diet with benefit Perhaps you had better eat less of the acid group of oi foods Breads cereals and flesh foods I 1 1 Of course you should have a thorough thor thor- ough physical examination by a competent physician J j. j Yes J.-Yes yea we have articles on Balanced Bal Bat Balanced Diet and Acne You may maj have these by sending a self-ad self dressed stamped envelope with your request i Copyright 1925 by the George Georg Matthew Adams Service A j |