Show 4 Sunday Morniiig- - ITIic Su 5alt £akc Tribune- - -- rArril 30 1939 :ra is r Voc isS will 1 aveni Henrie n the i Saint-- S iduranc s Horn from t R Car Arthur Fredericks IOR the purposes of this article we must assume in the first place thnt you’d like to live to be 100 years old Admittedly there are many excellent reasons for not wanting to do any atich thing— swing music political speeches new fashions in hats and growing traffic jams being not the least of these However having taken cognizance of the worries and boresome details attendant upon the average span let us lead wuth our chins and declare in emphatic tones that we would indeed like to reach the century mark It may even be added that we’d prefer to attain that goal more or less under our own steam — in passable health All right then —eat six meals a day! Don’t look incredulous That advice on how to become a stream-line- d centenarian is mt only right from the feed-bo- x it is backed by the gentlemen who should know — physicians who have made a study of wide general causes behind the untimely demise At first blush it might seem that being told to n meals every 24 hours is in direct d contradiction to rules on how to keep healthy Many a hearty eater has been accused of digging his grave with a fork— and the doctors av that still goes The important difference in this case is the defi down half-a-doze- time-honore- nition of a "meal” Be warned that the men behind the "six a day” theory regard an extiemely light lepast even a snack as a meal in itself and you will then be prepared to go ahead and inquire into the rest of their interesting idea on achieving longevity We don’t want you to rush off and start such a program jut on our say-sby any means "i our family doctor knows much more than anyone else about w hat’s good for you whether you’re thin or plump He’s the man to consult before you go in for any new schedule But rounding things up in a general way here’s w hat doctors said for instance at the Postgraduate Institute of the Philadelphia County Medical Society Excess weight has a great influence in shortening the life span Statistics show that the death rate among persons who are overweight (35 per cent above times normal) is one and one-hagreater than that for persons of correct poundage i So if you want to live that 100 years getting buck to normal and staying there don’t try cutting yourself down to two imals a day they say Thoe two meals too often turn out to bo whoppers on groaning boards Instead they advise allow yourself six small carefully balanced "snack” meals which will put the quietus on that gnawing appetite and still hold down the avoirdupois Jir Cuiftld C Duncan of Jeffcisnn Medic al College Philadelphia Pa told the meeting of physicians that the six small meals will bo more efficient because the poison who slashes his food intake to two sittings "gets so hungry o lf he overeats” "It is a known fact” ho said “that all obese persons have eaten in excess of their need exercised too little or both I think we do not pay enough attention to the early btages of obesity Insurance that more companies are taking the subject n seriously than physicians The compa-nis one of the saie aware that obesity national calamities It is one of the predisposing fac tors to serious organic in later years Those who cat I sparingly undoubtedly live lunge "Persons who in their attempt to e dure or picvent a gain in weight rat only two meal a day de feat their purpose by their martyrdom This program promotes greater appetites and the satisfy-inor satiety effect of food is reduced "It is surprising to many how extra weight can be put on with much seem- ingly tiny items Any adult underweight or otherwise can add from 18 to 24 pounds simply by eating an extra pat of butter at each meal for a year "To understand the influences causing obesity it is necessary to realize that every person has a basal need for Hour ishment This basal need is the minimum amount of food expressed in calories essential to prevent loss of weight under basal conditions that is at absolute rest normal body temperature and in the fasting state This basal need for an adult is frpm 1800 to 2500 calories a day” Dr Duncan illustrated his point by showing that a seamstress would use up six callones an hour more than her basal need A man sawing wood however would use up an additional 300 calories in the same time He also pointed out that the average person overlooks consumption items that are very important "The calories in a pint of beer compared to the 330 calories in a pint of milk usually are ignored” he added "as are the 2800 calories contained in a quart of whisky — a food value equivalent to one pound of sOgar o a of butter It is small wonder that persons who drink a pint of whisky a clay — and many who come to our clinic (lo — become overweight” Attacking the problem of how to achieve longevity and a good figure at one and the same time Dr Edward L Hertz of Lankenau Hospital a director of the medical society advanced on another front He held up the highly sensible life of the person combating diabetes as a model for those who’d like to hit that centuiy mark The normal person would of course be able to pass up the regular injections of insulin But in leading such a life lie would be doing himself a great favor tho physician declared "If you want to know the facts of life” I) r Hoitz said "study diabetes ’I he etiquette of coiled living must be followed by the diabetic if he is to keep alive Thus he sc rves the community as a perfect example of how to live a com- 200-od- half-poun- d d - rounded existence The only difference between a diabetic and anyone else is that the former is lacking in insulin “The more I see pf diabetics the more I am convinced that if lived the life of diabetics they would live up to the 100 years we could all live if we followed the rules of the game "In this high pressure American life we count ourselves fortunate if we live to the Biblical But I am convinced that an infant possesses in his physical economy the possibility of living happily and healthfully for 100 years” The doctors discussed the new protamine zinc insulin treatment which calls for frequent feedings of diabetics throughout the day in the same manner recommended fbr reducers who want to live to a ripe old age They proved that the treatment has points which will strike a responsive chord in almost everyone when Dr Joseph T Beard-woo- d Jr of the Graduate Hospital put the medical approval on midnight snacks He quoted one specialist as recommending beer and pretzels just before going to bed Once in a while a case comes along which refuses to fall into any category but sometimes it serves the purpose of providing an exception to prove the rule That was the situation when Mrs Dorothy Barber 20 of Kansas City was brought to a hospital there because she was losing weight and “eating herself to death” at the samo time Mrs Barber’s hunger just couldn't be She ate three d appeased meals a day Between meals she had constant snacks of sandy bars bananas crackers nuts and malted milks She would have a little snack at bedtime and then be awakened during the night by hunger And yet she had lost 25 pounds! Physicians thought that she might have boon suffering from They tried her on special diets but nothing helped Finally she began to improve of her own will She said she could attribute her seeming recovery to nothing less than a miracle Doctors however believed that her pancreas had caused the trouble and had soirn how coriectcd its fault They cited tho case of a young farm hand who spent nw't of his time at the table and ltnuh counters trying to ease his hunger An operation on the pam rras cured him good-size- hyper-insulin-is- fflfivrtfH rL h lU9sA Mrs Dorothy Barber 20 of Kansas City Mo Was a Strange Exception She Ate Constantly but Lost Wreight Until “Miraculously” Cured Doctors Thought a Disturbance of the Pancreas hesponsible b? 'I hear Two Young LadDa Can Give a Few Hints on Ar Happily Heading Congratulatory Notes Mrs Anna t heiler 10b Old (Bight) and Her Daughter Annette ho Is BO Iran Old King Fm'iism W fl hdlegta nt |