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Show Eat Yourself Slim By SHIRLEY BRIGHT BOODY Registered Dietitian Copley News Service Dear Shirley: I have a weight problem that perhaps per-haps is quite different than the kind you usually hear about, I need to gain weight. I am 49 years old and have had two strokes plus severe emotional problems caused by a recent divorce. I have very little appetite and I only weigh 102 pounds. I have been eating six small meals a day rather than three large ones. I sometimes pick at food at other times during the day to try and help me. I also take a food supplement. I want to gain weight so that I will have more strength. I am quite tall. Do you have any suggestions sugges-tions for me? J.J. Dear J.J.: You need high-density high-density nutrition foods. That means foods that give you a lot of vitamins, minerals min-erals and calories in small quantities. You can add eggs, flour, dry milk and butter or margarine to recipes re-cipes of meat loaf, stew, casseroles and vegetable dishes. By adding thesp foods you will increase the nutritional value of them and also increase the calories. calo-ries. Here is a list of things that you can do to help yourself: 1. Avoid sweet foods because be-cause they fill you up too soon. 2. Take extra B-complex vitamins because thiamine tends to help stimulate your appetite. 3. Exercise will stimulate stimu-late your appetite. 4. Use relaxation techniques tech-niques to better utilize your food. If you are too tense, they are not as well absorbed. Meditation, yoga, prayer all of these things will help you. 5. Try three meals plus three snacks. 6. There are high calorie supplements that you can add to milk available in your pharmacy. Your druggist drug-gist will tell you which ones are the best buys currently. cur-rently. 7. Be sure to get enough rest. Try taking frequent naps, even for 10 minutes, whenever you can. 8. Avoid overfatigue. 9. Try to get some fun and relaxation into your daily living. 10. Make a goal of attempting at-tempting to gain one to two pounds per week. Dear Shirley: My live-in friend has started eating tofu food instead of meat. She wants me to eat it too, but I don't know what it is. How many calories does it have and what kind of nutrients does it have? How do I use it? Is it expensive ex-pensive and do you recommend recom-mend it? - I.R.N. Dear I.R.N.: Tofu is |