Show R Health L Lulu Hu Hunt nt ANSWERS TO DENTS FREAK REDUCING DIETS Please explain to me the baked potato and skim milk diet Does one counteract the other or would each meal equal ISO C C Would I get the same results by eating a potato and buttermilk and would the caloric caloric calo cab ric nc val value ue be the same I prefer the skim milk Mrs G G. There Is no such thing as one food counteracting or nullifying the caloric value of another food Mrs Irs G G. I 1 have heard the explanation t lion ion that the pineapple digests the chop in that famous famous no no Infamous freak freal diet therefore diet therefore it is not ab absorbed absorbed absorbed ab- ab by the system hence reducIng reducIng reducing ing results In rough words this is the kind of bunk Any diet that reduces does so be because because because be- be cause it is lower lover in caloric energy I and heating value than the system needs and the stored body fat Is is' is called upon to supply the deficiency I Or the diet is so unbalanced that Ml sill ll health results with consequent weight reduction If any of these freak diets are indulged in too long this latter may happen One glass of skim milk and one of have the same caloric value value value-SO SO C C. for the glassful glassful anti and practically the same protein an anti and I mineral element content A sized ate-sized baked potato three ounces is C C. C If the tion of the milk and potato ISO C C. Is taken three times a day you jou have havea a i total of C. C As the average maintenance maIntenance- diet for the sedentary person is around 2000 C C. C daily dally you youcan youcan youcan can see that quite a few calories are going to be commandeered from the body fat But so low a caloric intake intake in intake in- in take as this for any length of time will vill certainly not only call on too much of the body fa fat for burning burning- and cause an acidosis but will call callon callon callon on the other tissues als also o including the nerves The rhe state brought on is certainly as bad if not worse than the fat Any of these restricted diets are all ali right light for a shrinking stomach period of three or four days daj's but ut t not i longer There is another freak diet the dIet the skim tomato hard-boiled hard egg and milk which milk which did NOT originate atthe atthe at atthe the Mayo clinic There ere is the same objection to tp this diet as there is to the othe others other The The person who is inclined to overweight has to have a diet which he will be able to use for the rest of his life in larger quantities naturally after the weight is ie- ie The period of reducing should be the time to educate the tastes to a balanced diet with a lessened use for the concentrated sweets and fats and excess breads A reduction of one to two pounds a week is last fast fast enough for anyone The importance of sufficient food for the growing organs in m young folks and in those older for health and to prevent becoming wrinkled and flabby must be remembered Some systematic exercise every day dayto to tone up the muscles especially those of the abdominal wall are also important We Ve have the condensed instructions instructions instructions on reducing and gaining ina in ina a booklet which you may have by s sending 10 10 cents in stamps with a self addressed stamped envelope Allow two weeks for its receipt STERILITY AND VIOLET ULTRA-VIOLET RAYS C There C.-There There is absolutely no scientific scientific scientific evidence that the violet ultra-violet ray treatment will cause sterility Perhaps your jour informer Is confused with the roentgen or what is commonly commonly com corn known as the X These applied to the body can produce sterility either temporary or permanent permanent permanent per per- manent and they are sometimes used to bring an artificial menopause menopause menopause meno meno- pause when that procedure seems to be he necessary in certain condition condi condi- tion Tomorrow Answers io An to Corre sr indents indent's t |