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Show w Insulin Injections Stimulate Appetite Just as most overweights have a large appetite and eat much more than they need, so most cases of underweight are rather "picky" about their food and have a small appetite. And just as the overweights over-weights choose the starches and fats (fat builders), so most underweights choose meats, leafy vegetables and fruits (which are not fat builders). There are exceptions to this, of course. I have spoken before of the use in Canada and the United States of insulin in-sulin in stimulating the appetite. In the American Journal of Sciences, Philadelphia, is a report from Brazil recording the results of using insulin in-sulin in underweight patients. Dr. J. B. Greer and his associates treated treat-ed 3D underweight patients with insulin in-sulin with "most satisfactory results." re-sults." They injected insulin just once a day, beginning with eight units and increasing according to the patient's appetite on the previous day; never more than 30 units were injected. The injection was made about 45 minutes before the noon meal, but the patients were advised to eat when they began to get hungry. When the weight became normal for the patient's height and build, the injections of insulin were gradually discontinued. This injection of the insulin only once a day and stopping it gradually, gradual-ly, protects the glands of the pancreas pan-creas that manufacture the insulin. It removes the burden of work from them for the time being. "The unanimous statement of the patients was that they ate as never before in their lives." There are, of course, many cases of underweight due to infection which "uses up" some of the food eaten. There are other cases of underweight un-derweight where too much play, not enough sleep, not enough outdoors are factors in preventing gain in weight. It is gratifying to know that the injection of insulin when stomach is empty will create an appetite in underweights. QUESTION BOX Q. Do X-rays show adhesions and tumors? A. X-rays will show adhesions If adhesions or tumors are obstructing the bowel or stomach. Q. Would the shock of an operation opera-tion cause my head to feel as though veins were going to burst? A. Shock from operation can caose many symptoms. Pain on cida of bead may be due to eye disturbance, dis-turbance, Indigestion, tired nerrea. Infected teeth and ether catues. |