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Dangers of Overweight
Nationally Known Food Authority Describes
the Right and Wrong Methods
of Reducing
By C. HOUSTON GOUDISS
6 East 39th Street, New York City.
THERE was a time when overweight was indulgently tol
erated and even respected. It was believed that width
and wisdom went together and that fat people had the best
dispositions. Surplus poundage was regarded as an indica
tion of wealth for it implied that one had plenty to eat and
did not have to work.
The modern point of view,
backed by medical science,
is that overweight destroys
beauty, multiplies the chances
of disease and subtracts years
from your life.
Most of the degenerative dis
eases of middle life occur more
frequently in those
who are overweight
than in those whose
weight is normal.
The entire body
functions at a dis
advantage for the
excess fat is pres
ent inside as well
as outside of the
body. Just as the
abdomen, Jiips and
arms are burdened
with excess fat, so
are the internal organs stilled with
needless tissue.
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Overweight Burdens the Heart
Fatty deposits increase the Work
of the heart, because each extra
pound demands the pumping of
additional blood. It has been esti
mated that every pound of fat re
quires six-tenths ef a mile of blood
vessels to nourish it! Thus, the in
dividual who is 20 pounds over
weight is carrying around 12 miles
of excess blood vessels. Natural
ly, the heart must work faster and
harder to pump blood through
these extra miles, and it is not
surprising that it is frequently
overstrained.
Heart disease and high blood
pressure are often associated with
excess fat. So are diabetes and
kidney disease. And when fat
creeps around the abdominal mus
cles, it may interfere with normal
elimination.
Life May Be Shortened
Furthermore, life insurance
companies estimate that the more
overweight the body becomes, the
slighter the chances for longevity.
All the data that have been as
sembled indicate that as age and
weight increase, the death rate
rapidly accelerates. Gross over
weight may shorten life by as
much as ten years.
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What Should You Weigh?
It is generally held that under
the age of thirty, it is advisable to
weigh from five to ten pounds
more than the average for one’s
height and age. But after thirty,
a weight of ten to twenty pounds
below the average is desirable. In
fact, leading authorities now
agree that it is an excellent plan
to endeavor after thirty to main
tain the normal weight for one’s
height at age thirty.
Reducing Methods to Avoid
If you have allowed yourself to
become overweight, you should
and can reduce. But you must go
about it in a scientific manner.
Do not put your faith in worth
less or dangerous methods that
either fail to reduce or may cause
you to lose your health faster than
yop lose weight.
f Never take any sort of drugs for
the purpose of reducing, except
under the advice of your physi
cian. Many drugs which are said
to speed up bodily activities and
burn up fat may injure the heart,
produce cataracts of the eyes, and
Do You Want to Learn
Houi to Plan a
laKatiue Diet?
Get This Free Bulletin
Offered by C. Houston Goudiss
READERS of this newspaper
are invited to write to C.
Houston Goudiss, 6 East 39th
Street, New York City, for a
free copy of his bulletin, “Help
ful Hints on Planning a Laxa
tive Diet.”
The bulletin gives concrete
suggestions for combatting
faulty elimination through cor
rect eating and proper habits of
hygiene. It gives a list of laxa
tive foods and contains a full
week’s sample menus. A ppst
card is sufficient to carry your
request. ,
Are You
OvQlweijht ?
You can
REDUCE
Safely^ Surety. Comfortably
Send for This Free Bulletin
Offered by C. Houston Goudiss
Readers of this newspaper are
invited to write to C. Houston
Goudiss, at 6 East 39th Street,
New York City, for his scien
tificReducing Bulletin, which
shows how to reduce by the
safe and sane method of
counting calories.
• The bulletin is complete with a
chart showing the caloric value of
all the commonly used foods and
contains sample menus that you can
use as a guide to comfortable and
healthful u/eight reduction.
do other serious damage. Other
.drugs may have a harmful effect
on the kidneys.
The various fad reducing diets
which women pass about among
themselves are likewise danger
ous, because they are usually un
balanced. They may lead to a
serious type of acidosis; to nerv
ous disorders, faulty elimination,
or deficiency diseases.
Less dangerous, but wholly in
effective, are a variety of salts,
soaps, pills and devices said to
make fat vanish as if by magic.
It is also a fallacy to believe
that rubbing, massaging or pum
meling will effectively take off
weight.
Rational Weight Control
The one scientific method of
maintaining normal weight or get
ting rid of a surplus is to recog
nize the fundamental fact that all
body fat originates as surplus fuel.
Thus weight control is chiefly a
matter of regulating the diet so
that the food intake does not ex
ceed the energy expenditure.
Counting Calories
The person who has become
markedly overweight as a result
of overeating should put himself
in the hands of a physician, but
the maintenance of normal weight
depends largely upon learning to
count calories. Many people are
puzzled by the word “calorie,”
which is a term of measurement
used to measure both the fuel
value of foods and the body’s en
ergy needs.
For example, a tablespoon of
sugar furnishes 50 calories; a ta
blespoon of butter, 100 calories;
one-fourth of a large head of let
tuce only 12 calories.
The energy requirement for a
normal adult man engaged in a
sedentary occupation is from 2,200
to 2,800 calories daily; work done
standing or walking requires up
to 3,000 calories daily. A woman
requires from 2,000 to 2,500 cal
ories daily, depending upon her
activities.
By becoming laminar with the
caloric value of foods, it is possi
ble to construct a well-balanced
diet, and at the same time to cut
down on fuel values so that you
consume less energy foods each
day than the body requires. This
will force the body to burn some
of its own fat for fuel and result in
a safe, scientific gradual weight
reduction.
I shall gladly send readers of
this column a chart showing the
caloric value of all the commonly
used foods.
You will find that by eating 500
calories less each day than the
body expends, you can reduce
your weight a pound a week. And
with the chart before you, you
can cut out 500 calories without
even missing them.
Sample Reducing Menus
In planning a reducing pro
gram, it is essential to include in
each day’s diet adequate amounts
of the protective foods. To help
you plan a balanced diet, a week’s
sample menus have been included
in my Reducing Bulletin.
By keeping your weight down,
you may have at least ten years
longer in which to enjoy life. In
becoming master of your fat, you
will truly become master of your
fate.
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