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Show Friday. OrLawrence * January 18. 1980. THE HERALD. Provo. Utah—Page 11 Weight IN| Problem DEAR DR. LAMB — What do you think of this diet” Roast beef with all the fat, hamburger meat — very fat, tunainoil (she eats the oil), all the eggs ou can eat, chicken, lots of butter and mayonnaise ‘or example, she eats ground hamburgerand adds four or five eggs, fries it in lots of butter and puts it on the plate with a big chunk of butter on top and loads of mayonnaise al! overit. She eats it grease and all — no sugarorsalt She's not allowed any breads, fruits or vegetables, no milk, coffee, tea, etc. She's been on this diet for over a month and haslost 25 pounds She was told to stayon it six more weeks. She takes a diuretic, potassium and vitamins daily. I don't think this is a sensible diet. It was doctor prescribed. He said eat all the eggs you want, there's no cholesterol . DEAR READER — really don’t care where it came from — it’s a terrible diet. First, it’s grossly deficient in calcium. Since she's taking a diuretic as well as not consuming any carbohydrates, she must have washed out a lot of salt and with it, would have lost some important minerals that affect how the heartfunctions. That also means losing a lot of body water which may be how she has lost pounds. It’s just this kind of dietary nonsensethat got peopleinto trouble with the liquid protein diet. Eg s do havea lot of cholesterolin them. The high fat content in the diet that you described would increase the absorption of the cholesterol as well. It’s true that you canlose weight on someof these ridiculous diets butit’s usually because the total calories in the food have been restricted. If you don’t decrease the calories taken in or don’t increase the calories used, there's no way that you'll lose calories of fat. Those people wholose part of their initial weight from washing out normal body water or dehydrating the system are notlosingfat. The water loss can be dangerous. To give you a better idea on some of these ridiculous diets, I'm sending you The Health Letter number 2-2, Low Carbohydrate Diet Fads. Other readers who wantthis issue can send 75 cents with a long, stamped,self-addressed envelope forit. Send your request to me,in care of this newspaper, P.O. Box 1551, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10019. There are many ways to lose weight. Some of them aren’t very safe. The only safe and sane way to lose weightis to go on a well-balanced, regular diet combined with a sensible exercise program. The adjustmentinlifestyle should be permanent. The weight loss should be slow and gradual. In the process a lear learnsto eat properly and live properly so that he can avoid obesity. rash diets are the ones that usually cause the most trouble. The more oddball a dietis, the shorter length of time a person shouldbeonit if he wishes to maintain his health. Excessive loss of wateror salt or both can cause a person to be fatigued. It can cause mental confusion and disorientation. This is sometimes mistaken as senility when it happens in an older person. Salt and water disturbances, particularly potassium salt loss, can contribute to serious heart ir_Tegularities. That is apparel one factor in the deaths from the liquid protein diets that were reported. DEAR DR. LAMB — I'm interested in knowing more about the gallbladder and gallbladder attacks, Whatis the function of the gallbladder? What are the symptoms of a gallbladder attack? Does such an attack mean there are gallstones in the bladder? If an attack occurs in the ‘“‘dead of the night,” what can you do for yourself? If gallstones are present, doesthis require su>gery? If you have an attack, is it ome to never have another one? DEAR READER — Even though gallbladder operations are common, many people do not know whatthe gallbladder is and how it can cause trouble. The gallbladder is simply a storage reservoir. Bile from the liver flows down the bile duct and backsup into the gallbladder.Bile is stored in the gallbladder as it’s being formed. Thenwhen you eat a fatty meal, the gallbladder contracts and squirts all that bile downtherest of the bile duct into the small intestine. ‘The gallbladder can be infected. In that caseit behaves like an acute appendix except the location of the painis usually in the upper abdomenjust under the edgeof the ribs on the right side. It can also rupture just as an inflamed appendix can. Ofcourse, the gallbladder can developstones.If they're small enough, they can start down the bile duct and lodgein it. They'll cause severe pain from the movementof the stoneitself just the same as you can have pain from a kidney stone whenit’s to the bladder, Yroving You can havelargestonesin thegallbladder that are not aboutto be dislodged and maynot produce any symptomsat all. So you can havea variety of pain associated with gallbladder disease, from that of the severe pain associated with the movementof. the stone to that of an inflamed gallbladder. Of course, you can havestonesin the gallbladder and have an inflammation at the same time. It you pass a gallstoneinto theintestine and there are no other stones present, it’s conceivable that ou might nothave another attack. I'm sending you the Health Letter number4-9, Gallstones And GalIbladder Disease, to give you more information on gallbladder problems. Other readers who wantthis issue can send 75 cents with a long, stamped,selfaddressed envelope forit. Send your request to me, in careof this newspaper,P.O. Box 1551, Radio City Station, New York, NY 10019. Not everyone agrees that the presence of galIstones alone means that you should havegallbladder anger ‘An older person who may have other medical problems mightnotbe a candidate for such ae, A younger person, otherwise in good health, mightbe well advised to havethe gallbladder andits stone removed becauseofthe frequent associated disease that can developin the course of 20% ea Decorative Home Sale STTeUlaeVACA Naam a ler ame keLOL Cease e All Bedroom Sets e Ali Dining Room Sets e All Occasional Tables ¢ All Rockers and Chairs e All Recliners e All Furniture Accessories ° All Mattresses & Box Springs e All Affordable Furniture e All Bedspreads e All Ready MadeDraperies e All Woven Woods e All Levolors e All Decorator Pillows e All Curtains e All ShowerCurtains e All Custom MadeDraperies ¢ All Sleeper Sofas This sale applies to in stock merchandiseonly. AREA RUGS-CARPET LAMPS /WALL DECOR e. Now about that attack in the dead of the night. The symptoms are sufficiently varied that you probably would have trouble making a definite diagnosis yourself anyway.If you have severe pain in thetbelly at anytime, you should seek medical assistance rather than trying to make a diagnosis and treating yourself. That kind of pain can be associated with a lot of different problems, manyof which require immediate attention. So either call your doctor or go to an emergency room, (NEWSPAPER ENTERPRISEASSN.) Newsman to Talk SALT LAKE CITY (UPI) — The president-elect of the Society of Professional Journalists-Sigma Delta Chi is scheduled to speak at a luncheon Jan. 2. The speech by Howard Graves, Associated Press bureau chief in Portland, Ore., is being sponsored by the Utah professional chapter and the University of Utah studentchapter ofthe journalism society. Your toaster and your broiler use electric resistance to develop heat. Toasters are rated about 1,100 watts and broilers upwards of 1,400 watts. 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