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Houston Goudiss Explains How Food Can Make YouFat You YouFat Fat or Thin ; Offers Tips lips on Gaining Weight WeightBy By C HOUSTON GOUDISSTO GOUDISS GOUDISSHO HO To NEARLYevery NEARLY every adult , weight is a matter of great con con- concern concern . - findingthat findmgthat cern Thin Tlnn people step on the scales in the hope of findmg finding that they have gamed gained a pound or two Fat people sometunes sometimes sometuneswelgh sometimesweigh sometimesweigh welgh weigh themselves several times a day , trusting each tIme tImethat timethat timethat that the arrow ' will 'wIll point pomt to a slightly sllghtly shghtly lower figure In many manycases manycases manycases cases vamtyadesIre , the reason for this tlns absorbing absorbmg interest is vanity vamty-a vamty a - adesire desIre to look 1001 loot . better But the real obiective should ho be to + n attain attam the weight at which wlnch one oneeels onefeels < feels { eels better , for few people peoplerealiZe peoplerealize peoplerealize realiZe that to weIghneIther weigh neIther neIthertoo neithertoo neithertoo too much nor too little httle is one oneof oneof oneof of the best possible aids to tobuoyant tobuoyant tobuoyant buoyant health Moreover . , , the thesecret thesecret thesecret secret of weight control for fornormal fornormal fornormal normal individuals lies ltes m In the thehmd thehind thekind hmd hind andamount and amount of food con consumed consumed consumed sumed sumedThe The science of nutrition Dutrlhon teachesus teaches us that all body fat tat originates as assurplus assurplus assurplus surplus fnel fuel fuelthat fuelthat , ' that is , food whichhas wh1ch which wh1chhas I . has been consumed consumedover consumedover consumedover over and above theimmediate thex the thements immediate reqUIre reqUIrements requiremerits x ments merits ol of the body bodymaehme bodya bodymachine I ' a , a maehme machine It there therefore therefore therefore fore follows that in ingeneral ingeneral ingeneral general the prob prob- problem prob1em problem - - lem 1em of at gaming gammg or orlosmg ora orlosing a losmg losing weight IS ISconcerned isconcerned isconcerned concerned with an anmcrease anincrease anincrease , mcrease increase or reduc rednc reducbon rednction redncbon bon tion m in the totalfuel total totalfuel totalfuel fuel value of the diet dietShortage dietShortage ' Shortage or Surplus of FuelThose FuelThose Fuel FuelThose Those who find it difficult after alter after30 i 30 , to avoid taking takmg on excess excesspounds excesspounds excesspounds I pounds must learn to reduce the thetotal thetotal thetotal total fuel mtakc mtake intake Otherwise they theymay theymay theymay may find themselves burdened burdenedWlth burdenedwith burdenedwith I Wlth with a mounting mountJng surplus of fat fatwhich , wluch which not only destroys beauty beautybut , but impairs unpalrs health and tends to todecrease todecrease todecrease decrease both mental and physl physi physlcal physical physical cal efficiency On the other handthose hand handthose handthose those who feel that they muststruggle must muststruggle muststruggle struggle to keep their weight up tonormal to tonormal tonormal normal who declare thatthey that thatthey thatthey they simply cannot gam gain no mat matter matter matter ter how much they eat should shouldacquamt shouldacquaint shouldacquaint acquamt acquaint themselves with the thehigh thehigh thehigh high caloric calonc foods and make a per perslstent persistent persistent slstent sistent effort each day to eat a alittle alittle alittle little more than enough to meet meettheir meettheir meettheir their needs If a gain gam is achieved achievedthe achievedthe achievedthe the resultwIll result will be well worth the theeffort theeffort theeffort effort For just lust as overweight is isa ] isa s sa a handicap to health and efficlen efficien efficlency efficiency efflciency cy , so have nutritionists observedthat observed observedthat observedthat that physical efficiency may bedefinitely be bedefinitely bedefinitely definitely decreased when theweight the theweight theweight weight falls more than 10 per centbelow cent centbelow centbelow below the average for one speight speightIt s height jieight jieightIt It is often said that it is easIer easIerto easierto easierto to lose weight than to gam gain it , and andm andin andm m in many cases this th1s is true For Forthe Forthe Forthe the overweight person who wbo con con- consistently consistently consistently - - sistently cuts down the fuel value valueof valueof valueof of the diet , should , under normal circumstances , be able to reduce reducegradaaHy reducegradually reducegradually gradaaHy gradually , comfortably and ellec eftee ellectlvely efteetively effeclively tlvely tively But the individual mdlVldual who IS ISnnderwelght isunderweight isunderweight nnderwelght underweight often has a small ap appetite appetite appetite petite and therefore has little de desire desire desire sire to eat the increased mcreased quanti quantibes quantities quanhties bes ties of food that are required reqmred m in morder inorder inorder order to gain gam gainInfluence gainInfluence Influence of Body BUild Budd BUildNutritionists BuddNutritionists BuildNutritionists Nutritionists have observed thatmany that thatmany thatmany many people who find it difficultto dlfficultto dlfficult difficult to gam gain have a tall , slender typeof type typeof ot of body build It has been determined deter determmed determined mmed mined that in m people of this tlus type typethe , the digestive tract is usually short shorter shorter shorter er than in 1n those having a stocky stockybuild stockybuild Moreover , they tend to be bemore bemore bemore more tense more active and of a amore amore amore more nervous temperament As a aresult aresult aresult result the passage of food tood through throughthe throughthe throughthe the digestive wgestlve tract may be so rap rap- rapId rapid rapid - - id that ] it t leaves the body before beforeall beforeall beforeall all the available nutrients can be beutilized beutilized utilized At the same time tune , these theseactive theseactive theseactive active .people people . tend to burn up moreof more moreof 1 of their food for energy , so it isnot Is IsI Isnot isnot I not surprising surprlsmg that they fail tostore to tostore ' store body fat unless the diet wet lS is isespecially isespecially ' especIally needs planned to meet their theirneeds theirneeds lSI I needsConcentrated _ ' Concentrated Concentreted Foods DesIrable DesirableThe DesirableThe 1 1The The well balanced diet , with Its Itsfull itsfull itsfull full quota of ot minerals mmera1s and VIta VItaI VItamms vitamms vitamms I mms is basic to good health for forall forall , all But m in order to produce a agam again agam gam gain m in weight , the diet of mdi mdJ viduals vlduals belonging belongmg to the slendertype sender slender sendertype slendertype ] type should be composed of easily easilydigested digested foods which wluch can be uti utihzed utilazed utilized hzed lazed by the body with a mmlmum minimum mmlmumof minimumof minimumof of effort and it should mclude include mcludegenerous includegenerous includegenerous generous amounts of concentrated concentratedand concentratedand concentratedand and highly nourishing nounshlng foodsIncluded foodsIncluded foods foodsIncluded Included m In this th1s classificationare classlficauonare classlficauon classification are eggs cheese , cream butter butteror butteror or margarine margarme bacon , bread cere cereals cereals cereals als cream soups custards Ice Icecream icecream icecream cream puddingsThe puddmgsThe rice and tapioca puddmgs puddings The addition cf of two or threeglasses three threeglasses threeglasses glasses of miDc nulle milk to the regu regular regujar lar jar meals will wilI be found useful inincreasing In Inmcreasmg inincreasing mcreasmg increasing the fuel value of thediet the thediet thediet diet . . Milk also belongs in the thereducmg thereducing thereducing reducmg reducing diet dJet , but there it is used usedto usedto usedto to replace other high caorlC caloric ] foods foodsFrwt foodsFruit foodsFruit Frwt Fruit juices luices will be found useful usefulin usefulin In stimulating stimuIatmg the appetite of those thosewho thosewho thosewho who desire to gain gam , and the fuel fuelvalue fuelvalue fuelvalue value of these beverages may be bemcreased beincreased beincreased mcreased increased by the addition of mlik milk mlikor milkor milkor or creamAn creamAn cream creamAn An Extra MealVery Meal MealVery Very often it is lS possible to getextra get getextra getextra extra nourishment into mto the dietby dIet dIetby dietby by way of ot a light lunch m in mid-morning mid morning mld- mld mid- mid mldmormng midmorning - mormng morning mid nud afternoon or ooth- ooth both- both oothprovIded bothprovided both bothprovided - - provided it does not mterfere interfere mterfereWlth interferewith interferewith Wlth with the appetite for the regular regularmeals regularmeals regularmeals meals This may take the form ot of otfrwt offruit offruit frwt fruit juice and crackers , malted maltednull maltedmill maltedmilk null mill " , cocoa egg nog or plam plain plamm plainmilk plainmilk m milk k A between meal snack IS ISregarded isregarded isregarded regarded as especially desuable desirable desuablefor desirablefor desirablefor for thin t1un people whose work is lS fa fatlgumg fatiguing fatiguing tlgumg tiguing It will help them to sus sustam sustam sustain tam energy and prevent them themrom themfrom themfrom rom from ! coming commg to t their regularmeals regular regularmea1s regularmeals mea1s meals too tired to enjoy or profitby profit profitby profitby by food foodImportance Importance of Rest RestSmce RestSince RestSince Smce Since thm thin people have a ten tendency tendency tendency dency to tire bre quickly they are ad advised advised advised vised to get plenty of ot rest There Thereshould Thereshould Thereshould should be long hours of sleep at atmght atnight atnight mght night , and nutritionists nutntlOnlsts have also alsoobserved alsoobserved alsoobserved observed that the food is apt to tobe tobe tobe be better utilized if It a short rest restIS restis restis IS taken before mealsC mealsWNUC mealsCwNUc meals meals0WNU C > - -WNU-C WNU C C-wNU-c 0-WNU 0 WNU - - C Houston Goudiss-I939-58 Goudiss I939 58 Goudiss-1939-58 1939 Goudls - - 1939 - - 5a |