The Saline County journal. [volume] (Salina, Kan.) 1871-1893, 1878-08-22
FAT AND LEAN.
Diet fer Increasing or Deereasine Stout.
BIZ Mss JULIA CARSON.

Diet fer Increasing or Deereasing Stout.
BIZ Mss JULIA CARSON.
The physical conditions Of obesity and
leanness are generally constitutional, and
often hereditary; and. while thew are sus-
ceptible Of modification, they can never be
wholly overcome.
The province Of fat in the system is
important; it Is essential 10 the perfect
development Of the brain and nervous
system; and, if it does not actually enter
into the composition Of the muscular tissue,
II fills all their interstices and acts as
lutricating agent for the complicated hu-
man machinery. II is also one Of the chief
respiratory ailments, and aids largely in
keeping the temperature Of the body at
the proper point; undue priyation Of It
often produces consunptive and so-called
scrofulous conditions Of the system: on
the othel hand, an excessive Use III fatty
foods is apt to cause indigestion and bill
iousness. But il is more often advisable
to increase its proportion rather than 10
diminish il, unless its excess Is a physical
II.
the effects should he most carefully noted:
attention should BE- paid To the regular
performance Of all natural functions: plen-
~ Of open-air exercise should be taken.
and the Turkish hath should be employed
once or twice a week. together with dali
~ sponge bath Of salt and water, accom-
panied by active friction.
Obesity depends not only upon the
quality Of fat present in the tissues, but
also upon their capacity for retaining tiu-
ids: and. therefore. IL a diminution of flesh
is desirable. We must restrict the diet: We
must decrease the supply Ia the system
and increase their diminution: all food and
drink must be chosen with direct reference
To their physical effects, and they must b.,
used in quantities sufficient only 10 meet
absolute requirements. and not Ia afford
reserve store Of vitality. The greatest
care must be taken lest the supply be-
diminished 50 rapidly as Ia reduce the
system too suddenly; and in ordinary Ca
ses a change Of diet will serve the purpos.
better than any excessive decrease In the
quantity 81 food.
This change Of diet should be- made In
accordance with the accepted classification
Of foods into the heterogeneous, or flesh
forming, carbonaceous, or Matchmaking
and phosphate or brain and nerve foods
The elements Ia be avoided are the heat
foods, such rs milk. fresh wheat bread,
potatoes, leguminous vegetables, vegeta-
bic and animal oils and fats. and all forms
of sugar. The quantity Of drink should
be- limited, and what is taken should con-
ist Of moderately cold water, or some
wine and water and weak tea Lean meats
and game may Ice used daily; green vege-
tables, such as onions, cabbage, spinach,
lettuce and celery may be- moderately
used. Beets, parsnips, corn, carrots and
sweet fruits are undesirable on account of
the excess Of sugar which they contain.
Eggs may he used il desired. Dry..bread
and toast should entirely replace fresh
bread.
The following l. modified specimen
dietary for decreasing flesh:
Breakfast-Half n pint ~ tea with not
more than two tablespoonfuls ~ milk, and
very little sugar; one or two boiled or
poached eggs; two ounces each of lean
meat. and toast or dried bread
Dinner-Half pint II soup made from
lean meat and green vegetables, as indi-
Gated above, with all the fat carefully re-
moved during its preparation: quarter Of
a pound each Of lean meat and green veg
etableS; two ounces each Of plain boiled
potatoes or maccarona, and toast II stale
bread; half pint of moderately cool
water; one gill Of light wine or one glass
Of table beer: plain pudding mad" with
out milk tsuch as roley poley) and plain
boiled milk may Ia used when the diet Is
not vigorous.
Supper meal should be- light.
consisting Of half pint u TIA, two
ounces each Of dry toast and meat. and
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