Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1888-04-12
ARE YOU TOO FAT?
How TO Become administrations Good
Authorities Express Themselves on the
Problem.

How TO Becoma ADMINISTRATIONS Good
Authorities Express Themselves on the
Problem.
Chicago Mail.
CHOW shall 1 get rid Of my super
abundant fet?" is G question asked by q
reader of the late article shout CHOW to
Stop Drinking"
The cause of his fat, he says, was beer,
which he was in the habit of drinking, but
which he has lxtely left of. He says he
IS Infinitely better in health, but still car
Ties around colossal structure IN the
way of stomach acquired by regular and
unf,gging attention 10 the business Of
imbibing beer
How beer causes the deposit of fat Was
the problem propounded to Professor
Daniel wilkins Of the Washington home,
who has had wider experience in deal
ing with inebrlates than any other man
in the city.
"The alcohol in beer" said he, "per-
meates all the food in the stomach and
practically pickles it TO G greater or less
extent. The food is not thoroughly di-
gested Snd passes on to the duodenum
without being thoroughly changed into
chYme. 1t is propelled by the heart
trough the arteries and into the tiny
capillaries which convey the red blood,
which bears the material for the new
tissue and carry away the broken-down
tissue. The fstty particles of food which
have not been digested properly ere de-
posted instead of the material for the
cells of fiber, and the growth of adipose
tissue is kept up as long as the drinker
persists in pouring dilute alcohol into
his stomach. The starch and sweet
foods are all turned to fat In some way
We don't understand, and the man thinks
he is healthy because he is getting fst.
But 1t Is well known fact that,
so far from this being the case, it
is slmost impossible to cure cut or
scratch Of the skin of q confirmed beer
driuker. They cannot Withstand the
onslaught of disease. Pneumonia is
especially fatal to them. They seem to
have no vitality. The food which should
be converted into bone, muscle and
sinew, all goes TO fat. 1 remember the
case of an h8bituRl beer-drinker whose
appetite was voracious, but what he ste
did him no good. All his system got
from 1t was serum, like the water in q
blister, and he became so blosted thst he
hsd to be tapped. Some times as much
as two gallons Of water were taken from
him at stime.
t'You have noticed" continued the pro-
fessor, with what frequency the Ger
mans commit suicide. AS q race they
drink great deal of beer. The deposit
Of fat is not confined to the body, but the
brain is clOgged with it. The increasing
pressure of this deposit causes the drinker
to have the blues, to become depressed,
snd in S fl of unsual wretchedness he
kills himself. Beer causes more insanity
than any other drink. and they're all OF
them bad enough"
chow shall a man who has become too
fat from beer drink get rid of all this
sdipose tissue?" was asked of DR.. A. 81.
Van Cleve, the superintendent of the Y.
NJ. Z. A. gymnasium.
81 only know OF two ways" said the
doctor, land they ought to be worked in
conjunction. First, exercise to get rid OF
the surplus snd then diet to prevent accu-
mulating any more. Take q man who
weighs thirty pounds more than he ought
to weigh when in perfect health. II he
pursues the proper course he can reduce
his flesh about pound day and in q
month he will be in the best condition he
ever WAS in his life II he'll do Whist say
and not do any more. Sweating in
Turkish baths won't do him any
good if he wants to get rid OF
the fat, for sweating only takes
the water out of the system, and
that can be attained great deal better by
exercise. People have notion that by
increasing parts of their bodies which
they think are too plump in flannel they
can reduce the fist quicker there than
elsewhere. They think they'll sweat out
there sooner. That's all nonsense, fol
the blood circulates 50 rapidly that one
part does not hSve chance to get warmer
than another. II that gentleman really
wants to get rid OF his unhealthy fat he
should Join gymnasium and begin exer'
cising systematically. He ought to rur
good deal, use light dumb bells with
all sorts OF quick body motions
pull pulley-weights, spar a great deal
and take such quick and live exercise az
viii call for very much increased use o.
MS lungs. So muca more oxygen being
introduced Will consume the carbon II
MS blood, and that in turn will break III