The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-07-30
EASY TASK 70 GET THIN
BEST SEASON OF THE YEAR TO
TRY TT WHEN FORBIDDEN
ARTICLES ARE FEW
ONLY SPRING VEGETABLES
A New York Doctor Who Has Made
Himself Famous as a Flesh Re-
Queer Gives Some Advice
on the Subject.

| New York doctor who has made himself
more famous In this particular field than
| any other American physician. For
one reason, there are fewer prlvations
| which the patient Is compelled to endure
| now. Very few of the things that are
| delicacies at this time Of the year are
| prohibited by q course Of diet intended
/ to reduce ones flesh. AS a matter OF
| fact, the forbidden articles are very few
| indeed-so surprisingly few that I have
always wondered why people look upon a
course of bandng as a hardship. Prac-
| tically the only spring vegetables which
should not be eaten are potatoes, beets
and peas, and no fruits are on the pro-
| scribed list.
Now there Is no great privation for
| nybody in that. It Is a particularly
| mild course of treatment when one re-
allies what good will come from follow
| ing it carefully for six weeks or SO. 1t
| is absolutely infallible. Nobody, man or
| woman, can follow a careful mode of diet
for two months without being materially
| reduced in weight by it. OF course, one
man may lose more than another in this
| period, but that depends largely on the
solidity of the flesh. Strong and muscu-
/ Lar men and women naturally inclined to
| be stout are going to lose very much less
| flesh than those who have grown puffy
| or bloated from overindulgence, but care
] full observance of this diet Is always
| bound to produce its results eventually.
patients who come to me receive one
| invariable prescription. All fat comes
| from the same natural cause and can be
made to disappear in the same way.
never give any medicine beyond what Is
needed to put the patient In state Oh
good natural health After l have &C
| complished that the reduction begins by
| following a method so publicly known
| that there is no reason why should hesl-
| tate to reveal its use in my own case. 1t
| is wrong to say that only by a regimen
| of eating can a persons flesh be reduced.
What is drunk has quite as much to do
with the result.
at begin by refusing to allow my pa
tents to eat anything containing either
| starch or sugar. Bread must first Of all
be given up There is enough fat-making
material in one breakfast roll to counter
| act the effects of mineral water treatment
taken for months. Bread must absolutely
| be kept off the bill Of fare OF any one
who wants to get thin. Sometimes very
! dry toast may be eaten in very small
quantities, but nowadays there are excel
| lent substitutes for bread provided, and
these are quite as toothsome if a person
can only break himself for a while of
the feeling that he must accompany every
meal abundantly with rolls or crackers
as the case may be. The new breads
made without any starch are, Of course,
admissible, because if they are what they
pretend to be there can be no fatten1ng
substance in them.
1.-The bread out Of the way, one great
step has been accomplished. Sugar must
! follow, and the substitutes for that are
so nearly the same in effect that nobody
should mind taking saccharine in coffee
instead Of several Jumps of sugar. It is
in buildings, pies and other similar combi-
nations of flour and sugar that these two
substances are most missed; but all
| pastry, buildings and desserts of any kind
in which sugar is employed are forbidden.
Sugar and starch must be left alone And
! this includes all corn bread and similar
bread foods made of -four, cornmeal and
similar substances.
With practically no other foods forbid
| den, it is possible for a person to lose
as much as five pounds a week by fol-
| lowing the rules outlined. have known
thirty pounds to be lost in six weeks on
| this sort of regimen. All meats, all
kinds of fish, except salmon, and all vege-
! tables, except beets, peas, Lima beans
and potatoes, can be enjoyed Liquor
must, in nearly every form, be left en-
| ttrely alone. Beer is, of course, so fat
| tening that no one withSany idea of re-
ducing his weight would ever touch 1t.
| and some other alcoholic drinks are very
nearly as bad. Whisky is very fattening.
and SO is champagne. Such concoctions
as cocktails, all kinds of punches and
other mixed drinks put on more fat than
years Of diet could take off. There ia
no hope in reduction diet for the per-
son who continues to take alcohol. Can
dies, OF course, and sweets should never
be touched, while ice cream and similar
eololes are just as high up on the for
hidden list.
1T, This practically completes the entire
Cure. One need only observe carefully
1nese rules of diet to lose flesh certainly
aug qulckly: More than that, such Sc
4 te. OF food would improve the pa
| tlent general health. Abstinence from
starch and sugar is known to cure MANY
PAD cases of indigestion, and l don't be-
neve there ever was a person following
| sucn a course that did not feel better for
! IT. Wine in small quantities and nsna1-
~ white in color and rather dry in ouei-
Ivy may be taken with a meal, but wa
| yer should under no circumstances be
crank during the meal nor until half an
nouf afterWard. l have seen persons
VINO Halter themselves that they are TAX
ing Ihe REDUCTION cure sit at the table and
drink half dozen glasses of water in
RAPID succession: They not only ruin
their digestion, but they increase thar
SIZE 81 e. Drinking water with meals is one
OF the most potent causes of fatness that
know OF. Not until half an hour after
a meal should water be drunk; after that
the more one drinks between meals the
ae water needs to be avoided only
as an accompaniment to dinner. The
quantity of food eaten genere1iv hno
very little effect on a persoras size a
man may. eat all the roast beef and %
paragus ne :. wants without being any
| stouter for 1t, whereas two POTATOES on5
| q, piece of pie would accumulate Fat for
| MIN with every bite. III
| another reason why I saw that tbis
season OF the year is the best adanta5
LOT REDUCTION cure is the quantity of
m sST truiss ana vegetables now in the
marker. A person may eat fruit to anv
e1Ient that he wants to while making the
Teducuon cure and he will NOT he AZ
ieasI OH the worse for 1t. Strawberries
ore Ine least wholesome fruit of anv for
ara perso 1ll on diet. Then the vegeta bles
ma variety enough without longine foU
Inc forbidden potatoes and their 1ii,
opiIlach, string beans, all sorts or eaIad.
ana melons are at their best in the SIM
hnaI ana one Is not compelled to fail
| Ddck on macaroni and such dicod
vantageous foods as substitute ss Gu.
fresh vegetables LOT
Inc amount of exercise which T shou15
recommend during a period of red7,ctin,,
| oepenus largely On the amount to which
qWays adY1se patients to take d1,rine
| that period Just little w. uuIlns