Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1888-08-02
FOR FLEsHv PEOPLE.

| FOR FLEShv PEOPLE.
Gnformatioa in which Many Good Per
. sons Arc Interested.
| Intemperance in diet, indulgence in
! the excessive use of alcoholic drinks,
too little bodily exercise in the open
air-these are the more important
causes which bring on corpulence, says
a recent writer. As muscular exercise
| increases the production of flesh, mac
ton leads to an excessive deposit Of
+, fat. Alcohol acts in manner pre-
| cisely similar to that of fats, sugars
and starches. 1t interferes with the
destruction or combustion of the fat
producing materials. prevents them
! from undergoing combustion, as it is
, more easily destroyed by oxygen than
they are. Certain diseases. such as
any Interference with the formation
and development of the red blood cor
puscles, the oxygen carriers. increase
the disposition to the deposit of fat.
/, The oxygen may enter the lungs, but
, without these carriers it is unable
| to reach the tissues where combus-
ton ordinarily takes place. The
dangers of corpulence are many
fold. All diseases accompanied by
high fever are apt to follow an I'M
usually malignant course in fat persons;
, The heat developed in these affections
/ can not be SO readily lost by radiation
, or conductiOn as in the lean. The cold
bath. the cold pack and all forms Of
cooling measures fail to really reduce
the temperature, and the fever is in
itself serious source of danger. The
. skin is constantly bathed in perspira-
ton on slight exertion or when the
external temperature rises. Hence
skin diseases are common and often in
tensely annoying among the corpulent.
The breathing is interfered with by the
accumulated fat, so breathlessness on
! exertiOn is common among them.
The frequency of perspiration leaves
the surface exposed to chilling in
| fluences which cause coughs. colds.
bronchitis and pneumonia. The over
loading of the heart with fat interferes
with its action. so that palpitation
and sudden faintness from par
tial failure of this organ to do
its duty are not infrequent. The
extra weight that has to be carried
! entails muscular exhaustion on exer-
ton, such as is not felt by the thin
person. The discomforts and dangers
of obesity would fill much larger
catalogue, but it is not necessary to
enumerate them all here.
The treatment of corpulence must
vary with the cause. No rigid rules
can be framed that will serve in all
cases. If there is {. strong hereditary
tendency to it a radical cure can not be
expected-only an improvement can be
promised. and even this can not always
be secured. The prevention of it should
be undertaken when young person
! shows strong tendency to put On an ex-
! cessive amount of adipose tissue. One
of the first things to be done in this
direction is to regulate the diet. I'm
moderate indulgence at the table must
be rigidly forbidden, yet the food must
be in sufficient amount to secure all the
body requires for it's needs. No star
walton should be countenanced. Fatal
weakness of the heart or permanent
disorder of the digestion often results
from irrational restrictions of diet. The
temporary thinning is usually followed
by marked increase In the corpulenee
beyond what existed before the Tan
ner plan" was adopted. A much better
plan is to avoid exciting the appetite
by too great variety of food. Prince
Bismarck's physician succeeded in
curing his patient by the very simple
plan of making the meal consist of only
one kind of food, of which he should
eat as much as he pleased.
and no drink of any kind to be taken
at meals or until two hours afterwards
BY this means no unnatural appetite
was encouraged, and the patient ate
only what the necessities of the system
really demanded. The diet should
contain an abundance of albumen,
little fat, and still less starch or sugar,
when an earnest effort is being made
to reduce corpulence or provide
against its appearance. Some fats
have to be taken. or the albuminOus
foods will not be digested or appropri-
ated by the system. If signs of dis
ordered digestion appear. the diet
should be modified from time to time
by the addition of articles which are
usually forbidden. 1t is better to incur
some of the prospective discomforts or
even dangers of obesity than to ruin
the digestion in the attempt to avoid
them.-Chicago Mail.
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