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Show KEEPING HEALTHY Exercise Is Not Always Best Method By Dr. James W. Barton WHEN AN OVERWEIGHT learns from an expert that a walk of one mile at his. ordinary pace will remove only a few ounces of fat and he knows for a fact that a Turkish bath, if he drinks no water, will take off many ounces, pounds in fact, it is not hard to understand tissue with muscle tissue. With increase in-crease of muscle tissue in the body, an active body-building tissue takes the place of an inactive tissue fat. The most important food substance sub-stance in maintaining strength of body, preventing wear on body tissues tis-sues and repairing worn body tissues is protein meat, eggs, fish, fowl. In a reducing diet, therefore, proteins are not reduced. Fats and starches, however, which in the normal diet exist in an amount three to four times that of proteins, are cut down to the same amount. In such a reduction diet, food rich in minerals and vitamins must be eaten to help out the proteins, and some starches must be used. Minerals needed are iron, calcium, phosphorus. These are found In leafy vegetables such as spinach, cabbage, celery, Brussels sprouts, beet and turnip tops, cauliflower, apples, figs, raisins and other fruit. A small quantity of milk is used daily. why he prefers the Turkish bath to the mile walk or other exercise. This same health authority will point out that the best way to reduce re-duce weight is to reduce the daily ood intake. If less food is eaten than the body requires the body will use some of its excess fat to supply its daily needs. This, too, the overweight feels is preferable to regular exercise, which does not give such quick results. However, if research workers In overweight and underweight are closely questioned, they will admit that for strong, healthy, overweight men and women, exercise is the ideal method of reducing weight. Why? Because exercise replaces fat |