South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1913-07-29
TAKE OFF FLESH
IN SUMMER TIME
Plump Folks Suffer Most in Hot
Weather-WayS to Reduce
Burden.

Those who are overburdened with
superfiuous flesh suffer most in the
summer, and now is just about as
good time as any to reduce this use
less weight. Physicians have long dis
cussed the question as TO why we real
ly take on flesh, but they have arrived
at no definite conclusions
in many cases, those who do the
most eating and eat the richest and
best of foods are the slender and an
gular ones, while she who partakeS
of her food sparingly must suffer with
many extra pounds of flesh This
flesh does not always mean health, in
some instance quite the reverse, and
1t surely is a burden and worry during
the very warm weather.
In some cases weight is inherited,
and probably thirty percent of the
women who have too much flesh can
account for their trouble in this man
ner. Instances of this kind have been
traced back for several generations,
and yet there is no reason why one
| should be made TO suffer.
Exercises Will Reduce.
Even if the physicians have reach->
ed no conclusion as to what causes
too much flesh, they are unanimous
in declaring that exercises are the
| best for reduction. But they also
assert that the exercises must be kept
up for a considerable length of time,
| in fave never really ignored after they
have once been taken up. 1t is we'll
to moderate the eating, regulate the
sleeping hours and adopt the best
means of exercising.
In most instances the predisposition
to grow unduly fieshy is not appar-
ent until between the ages of thirty
and forty years, and ii would not then
if the same activity was continued as
in former years and the same eXer-
cises were INDUCED in. OF course, in
most homes the duties and cares are
such that they do not allow these,
but there is no reason why some sort
of exercises cannot be taken, especial
ly when they usually mean so much.
Diet Not Necessary.
1t is not absolutely necessary to
take up a system of dieting. This is
for those who have been eating i'm
properly. Usually one can eat in
moderation anything that the appe
tite Graves providing that they are in
the best of health. Otherwise they
must restrict themselves according to
their physicians orders and the de-
mands of their physical conditions.
At certain ages in a woman's life,
fat on the face makes her appear
much older than she really is. Diet
ing and exercising will, of course, re-
lieve this condition to a certain eX-
tent, but to hasten the reduction, the
fat can be ironed off. practically an
easy operation.
Secure two small sad irons, like
those played with by children, and
provide a basin of hot water. Place
one of the irons in the hot water until
IL has become as warm as the face can
stand il. Then put the other iron in
the water and begin ironing the
muscles of the face upward, those of
the neck downward, and the double
chin from the point of the chin back
to the ear. BY having an iron warm
all the time, the operation can con-
tinue without interruption. and it will
surely be found beneficial. And the 1
irons will smooth out wrinkles on
either a fat or slender face.
Apply Healing Lotion.
A healing lotion should be applied
after the ironing is completed, and
under no condition should be treat
ment be tried with a large iron, as it
is too heavy and its size prevents get
ing ii into the little corners where the
small one does the best work.
Where there is a tendency 10 grow
fleshy, or in case flesh is an inherit
ance, one should partake sparingly Of
fatty foods, as well as those contain
ing sugars, Starchy food and white
bread. Many authorities bring up the
claim that white bread made from the
flour of our modern mills, is one of
the causes OF too much flesh. While /
whole wheat and corn bread are eX-
cellent substitutes. claim these same /
authorities, and they say that the for
mer is far better than all the modern
products In a very few cases of SUI
perfiuous flesh it is necessary TO diet, !
but when this is ordered, it should be |
rightly adhered TO. And the eXer-
cises should never be forgotten.
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