The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1909-10-23
ARE YOU SKINNY?
DRINK ONE QUART
Just Put Away All the Water
You Can Every Meal
You Tackle.
WATCH YOURSELF EXPAND
UNIVERSITY EXPERT SAYS IT'S
THE REAL THING, DESPITE
MANY DEEP.RooTED OPINIONS
TO THE CONTRARY.

Chicago, Oct. 23.-Add at least a
quart Of water to the amount custo
marily taken at each meal, If you wish
to derive the maximum efficiency
from your food. If you are thin, OF
betwixt and between, and wish to gain
weight, you cannot find a more ideal
regime than Of drinking water in
abundance at meals.
However, ii you are inclined toward
embonpoint-well, draw your own con.
illusions.
The water-drinking edict has gone
forth al the result OF the tests recently
conducted by C. C. Fowler and p. B
Hawk, professors of Physiological
Chemistry at the University of Illinois.
The results these investigators have
obtained were reported a short time
ago before the American Medical asso
citation at its annual meeting in Al.
lantic City, and still more recently be.
fore the American Chemical society.
The unanimous opinion of the med
ical profession has been strongly an
tagonistic to the taking of water at
meal time. The argument of the ply.
sicians is that water taken in this way
dilutes the digestive juices, and there
fore lowers the efficiency of those flu
ids. The University of Illinois exper-
iments, however, apparently overthrow
the .deep-rooted idea OF many doctors.
Experimental on Young Man.
In a detailed statement given out by
the university authorities today, 1t was
pertinent was a young man % years Of
age, who was normal in all respects
and who weighed 157 pounds when the
investigation was inaugurated.
"The experimental tfme," the state
ment continues, was divided into three
periods, a preliminary period Of six
days, during which the same normal
diet was continued and in addition over
q quart of water vas taken with each
Of the three daily meals; and, last, a
final period which was eight days in
length.
1.-The reason for dividing the expert.
ment into these three periods is as fol-
lows:
I'm all accurate nutrition work it Is
necessary to get the subject in a con
dition known Is nitrogen equilibrium
before the effect of any unknown fac
tor can be satisfactorily studied. In
the experiments reported this condition
wal reached on the sixth day, and
therefore, on the seventh day the large
amount Of water already mentioned
wal added to the diet each day for a
period Of five days and the effect not
ed.
Deterr inc the After Effect.
Following this experimental period,
1t is customary to conduct a final Pc
Rod during which the subject is under
the same conditions as those maintain
ed before the unknown factor was in
vestigated, in order to determine what.
II any, has been the after effect of this
factor.
FINALLY, az q result of the above fac
tors. the body weight Of the water
drinker was increased two pounds dur
ing the five days of water drinking. a
gain which was not subsequently lost,
but, on the contrary, a constant. grad
ud1 luCECdSP III UOuy WCA6nI 10 oIlll 6O-
ing on upon q diet containing mor
water than in the ordinary diet above
mentioned, but, at the same time, COM
pairing in 10 way as to volume with
the quantity of water taken with meals
during the water period of the expert
ment.
''Dr. Hawk in reporting the results
1T the Investigation. was careful to call
attention to the fact that the expert
ments included tests upon but a sin
gle subject. and claims that further
studies must be made of other individ-
uals before we can lay down hard and
last rules as to copious water drink
Ing.
However, the experiments up to
date indicate that the drinking of large
amounts OF water with meals is most
beneficial from the standpoint of
health. Other Investigations along
similar lines are under way"