Show HO RE 1 Jl DAY i DJ DR JAMES ES W. W BARTON Talks About 0 Getting Rid lULl of Fat IT TT IS hard for some of our overA overweight overweight over over- A weight friends to understand why fat can cause any harm to the bod body To them it is simply a n layer larer of fat lying under the skin which gives the body a nice roundness instead of ot having bony parts stand out too prominently What they forget is that all the fat tat is not deposited under the skin or even around the organs kidneys kidneys kid kid- nes ne's heart ers but ers but some fat is actually deposited Lt- Lt right within the rz cells of an nn organ organ- not b bet between e t w wee c e n the J cells cells and and so interferes Interferes inter inter- feres with the action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion of the organ Now it Is not hard A to understand that Dr Barton if it fat tissue which tissue which does no work work gets gels into the cell substance it is bound to interfere with the work of the celL So if it want to keep young In appearance and feeling they would be wise to cut down gradually on their food intake because because because be be- cause every overweight can get rid of some weight fat and water if it he or she has the will power to cut down on certain kinds of food food food- fats starches and liquids It isn't easy to cut down on fat tat Building foods because they arc are the foods roods usually liked most Also it Is discouraging to cut down on foods for a week or two and not see much reduction if i-f any in weight This failing to greatly reduce weight after starving themselves one or two weeks has confused and discouraged many who have lave faithfully followed the reducing lag ing ng diet prescribed by their cian clan However careful studies have lave established that water may be retained to an nn extent that will keep the body weight constant or at atthe atthe atthe the same level when the individual has cut down his food intake by as much as third one-third to one half for foras foras foras as long as sixteen days The Water Balance Weight day by day will give no sign that reduction is being pUshed This is because what is called the water balance must be established At the end of the sixteen sixteen sixteen six six- teen day period the individual may suddenly lose sufficient water to reduce his weight by the amount expected expected ex ex- as judged by the amount of food eaten Thus instead of losing 2 to 3 pounds each week the usual rate of loss there is no loss for sixteen days and then 5 to 7 pounds is s lost within a few hours Others will cut down on all kinds of foods fail to eat enough meat or eggs to sustain their strength and will feel so weak in a few days that hat they give up the reducing diet in despair There are others who would like to try short cuts to reduce weight thyroid extract pituitary pituitary pituitary pit pit- extract which extract which if not taken under proper supervision often bring aring misery and ill health The proper method is to be examined by bythe bythe the family physician and if it pronounced pronounced pro pro- fit to undergo the diet outlined then follow fonow it faithfully reporting at regular r intervals to the physician Whether it is because misery loves company or that seeing others others others oth oth- ers as fat or fatter falter than oneself oneself- faithfully following rules and regulations regu lations it is a fact that in sanitariums sanita sanita- spas or watering places many get better results than can be obtained by themselves The thought then is that when the overweight has difficulty working working working work work- ing alone finds it hard to stick to the thc reduced diet feels very weak at times going to a spa or similar institution and seeing others courageously cour cour- fighting their battle may give him or her the needed courage to fight their battle also Because it Is a battle S Foods That Cause Distress One of the points one suffering with indigestion must remember is that because a food disagrees with him it doesn't mean that it is not a good food There is nothing wrong with the food but there is something wrong with the indi individual Dr Albert H. H Rowe San Francisco Francisco Francisco Fran Fran- cisco in Southern Medical Journal reports an analysis of 2000 students at University of Cal California and also his results in private patients during during during dur dur- ing a period of f fifteen years Of 27 patients showing stomach and intestine disturbances due to certain foods 30 per cent were male and arid 70 per cent female Of this cases more than 85 per pcr percent cent had food dislikes or ments menla 80 per cent had stomach disturbances disturbances dig dis dis- dis 60 GO per cent had pain or soreness and 43 per cent had constipation constipation con con- To find out what foods are arc causing causing caus caus- ing the disturbances may take months or even years and much patience on the part of the physician and the patient By gradually leaving leav ing big out these disturbing foods and getting the patient free from symptoms toms the foods known to be the cause are gradually eaten again in very small amounts so that the patient pa pa- tient develops a tolerance ability to cat them without disturbance for or them 0 Dell Belt Syndicate Service 1 Go |