Salt Lake Telegram | 1935-11-25 | Page 6 | The Truth About Diet

The Truth About Diet n By DR MORRIS FISHBEIN When you ou lift a hand turn your head or tighten your muscles oxygen oxygen oxygen oxy oxy- gen is used up in your body exactly as fuel Is used in a motor Moreover your vital organs keep on working even while you sleep Breathing the beat of the heart the circulation of the blood and even the tho restless movements made during S 5 sleep J I e C e p demand a certain amount of fuel A man at hard work burns hurns up calories a day a moderate worker uses calories a desk worker requires 2700 calories and ladies of leisure who sleep late In Inthe Inthe inthe the morning play bridge or do a matinee in the afternoon and do dc donot donot not dance too long at night will need only 2450 calories That Is why some women who do dc nothing but munch chocolates multiply multiply multiply mul mul- th their ir avoirdupois until they get beyond being pleasantly plump The one way to determine how much fuel a person needs Is to stud study that individual Two persons of the same build height weight age anc and occupation need the same amount of fuel But there may be variations even in individuals similarly constructed constructed con con- on account of differences difference in their constitutions By use of a standard test known as the basal metabolism test your doctor can find out exactly how v much food you ought to cat each da day provided you are arc not going todo todo to tt do any special activities He can calculate from a list of your ordinary activities how m much ch extra fuel you will require to meet the special de de- de- de mand The basal metabolic apparatus measures the amount of ot oxygen burned by the body in carrying on its chemistry while a person is at rest and is not digesting food The amount of carbon dioxide he breathes out after inhaling ox oxygen gen represents the burning of tho the fuel that comes from his body In taking a basal metabolic test the doctor puts the patient at rest and allows him to lie He quietly from 40 minutes to an hour Then the patient breathes through a tube which is connected to the His nose is pressed shut with witha a clip so that all the breathing goes goeson goeson on through this tube Fresh tresh oxygen Is supplied from a tank As this oxygen is used up the measuring device records the extent extent ex ex- tent to which it is consumed Thus we have an actual record ol 01 the use of oxygen by the body This is known as the basal metabolism TODAY'S HEALTH QUESTION Q My neighbors neighbor's baby frequently fre Ire is given paregoric by its mother because of crying spells in inthe inthe inthe the evening Should she do this A. A Paregoric contains opium Opium has the power to stop over over- action of ot the bowels and to check pain but it may also lead to some somo dangerous results and certainly should never be given to a baby except on advice of a doctor