The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1916-06-03
HOME HEALTH CLUB
(Edited by pr. David H. Reeder,
 Chica gO Iu.)

l (Edited by pr. David H. Reeder | Chicago, Il1.)
 1 FAT FOLKS: When the cold facts 1 and figures of the insurance actuaries get after people they usually sit uF and take notice. Hit any big corpor- ation in the cash box and it will find out how and why the blow was given
 We have all heard the saying, Laugh and grow fat" and also the Shakes pearean philosophy regarding the safety of dealing with fat, sleek, well fed men and the danger that may arise from people with lean and hungry look, also the joke about Nobody loves a fat man." and we sometimes wonder about all these things.
 The life insurance companies, how ever, make it their business to find out the why and the wherefore l have often told you that most people that were overweight were so simply because they ate too much, do not properly masticate their food but wash it down with liquids. As rule such people are happy, good natured and do a great deal of talking while eating. One cannot well do two things at once Talking with a mouthful of food is frequently at tempted but both the talking and eating is aA failure as far as efficiency
  tainer enjoys an abundance of food and his or her friends at the same time the habit of washing down the unchewed food is soon formed.
 The life insurance companies find that long life is to the lean- "A short life, and a merry one" may sound good but after few years of the merry life the disagreeable features of obesity and the suffering of short of h become more real and actual suffer ing increases.
 The statistics show that the risk of life insurance companies, or persons overWeig ght is very greatly in excess of those that are underweight. Many companies refuse to insure such peo- pie and others will take them only at greatly increased charges. These things are all matters of simple, easily demonstrated fact, and the per son that is over-fat and stays so, is simply shutting his eyes to the fact that he is flirting with his own future discomfort as well as with disease and early death.
 The principal reason why one eats so much more when the food is not properly masticated is that the sense of taste and appetite is not satisfied. The person that eats rapidly usually
  slowly, also one that forces liquids to do the work that should be done by the teeth eats a much greater quan- tity and at the same time robs the stomach of the digestive juices that would be naturally secreted in the mouth during the process of thorough mastication.
 In Vol. l3 of my Home Health Club books have given simple and prac- ticaI method of disposing of the ex- cess fat without any impairment of strength or danger of illness that fre- quentIy follows the taking of anti fat remedies. Taking the advertised remedies for obseity is about as sensi- ble as trying to freeze pail of water by flaming it. &.
 Nature always attends to the cure whenever the cause of any discomfort or disease is overcome. One that re- moves the fat by removing the cause will remain in normal flesh and health while those that attempt the process through drugs will lose the health whether they do the fat or not.