Show how much water should we drink M ANY professional heavyweight ava wrestlers wrest lers who wrestle three or four times a week may take off f as much as 10 pounds each time they wrestle and have the 10 pounds back when they wrestle again the following night it can be readily seen that the 10 pounds lost was not fat it was water the reason the goes bai bac cl k on so readily is that fat tissue absorbs or holds water just as does a sponge whereas more active tissue such as muscle or nerve will only take in or absorb the amount of water needed to maintain the structure of this tissue we are advised by health specialists spec c cia lists to drink more water they state that most of us do not drink enough water chichis which is a cause of constipation and acidosis how much water should the average office worker housewife or clerk drink in the 24 hours physiologists tell us that for every calorie of food eaten we need I 1 ice cc 15 drops of water so that if we ate 2000 calories we should need 2000 times 15 drops that Is nearly three pints or six glasses Hoi however vever as meats contain over 50 per cent of water and green vegetables over 90 per cent it is estimated that we get at least halt half of our six glasses in the food so that we need to drink only three glasses of water dally daily if we drink tea coffee milk or other fluid at rachmeal each meal it explains w why hy many individuals remain in good health who do not drink any liquids 11 between meals As a matter of fact most of us eat nearer calories per day than 2000 so that about two quarts eight glasses of water is supplied by the food eaten generally speaking keeping in mind that we sometimes do considerable sid erable walking or take other exercise dally daily and often perspire freely ly most of us would do well if we drank one or two glasses of water dally daffy between meals water cannot harm us it win will ot of course increase weight in fat individuals i s QUESTION BOX Q what causes pernicious an anemia L and how could it be prevented A generally speaking ordinary anemia la Is a decrease in the iron in the red cells of the blood pernicious anemia is a decrease in the iron and nd also in the number of cells bells Q do you know lof ot any cure e for or lateral sclerosis A achere there Is no known cure for or lateral sclerosis hardening of certain parts of the be 11 f I 1 cord |