Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-27
IAoa,.i. 4alno ~ Dr. Drau,


| Advantages, Temperate Eut,na.
| III sou wou.u conceive nov mar.l truth
there is In the assertion that ",uvst meant,
eat too much you have only to look abuu,
| you ana observe how man, OF The huiuuu
FAMILY al, overweight. If u mans horse 20 "
or aos grows too fat people laugh at him
i"f ms iEhorancc OF animal nutritIoni it The
| man himself grows too fat people cay IL mus,
run In the Iamny--and 1t does, uverea,,ns, ii
your father thought hearty appetite was
| the surest sign and promise ~ health you
too, hre likely TO harbor some such notion.
! JUST as you go 10 The same church hnd vote
the same ticket father did
Same scientific observations were mads by
Professor r. u. benedict. tho notod nutrition
authority. on squad of Springfield. Y. NJ.
g. n. college students who volunteered to
undergo restrictions In diet amounting to
about half the ordinary fare, for period OF
elk months. These mon. whoss average ase
was 20 years had been subsistng on n daily
ration Of about 3.20o tn 5000 calorles. and tho
diet was cut down to about hhlt ms many
cnlories. Some az tn" interesting observations
made by Professor Bcnodic: md his nsnociats %
were:
l. Gradual reduction In weigh, occurred In
IN" Hrs; six weeks. unit, n lors Of nhou, 2
per cen; az ~" body weight was recorded
From that point onward 81 required hbou:
1880 cal"rics to maintain this weigh. ~ atm
iioun-v point;
. 'Th" rulsc ratio was artorishirxly low
crci--7o I" 40 IS fnlr normal average. mud
many ~ tho men showed rulso rnt"- OF a. 81
or cv"r lower. obviously temperate eating
WI r's; II tired heart
TIL" blood pressure distinctly low
cred
!. Tn skin surfac" temperature waa
lower than normal. though the internal or
body temperature remained practically nor
NAL. rh!s suggests tina; people on restricted
diet %" fast need more clothing for comfort
II is we'll known that people who suffer with
IN" heat OF summer are usually too hearty
eaters
. Twelve mon from the regular studen:
BODY were p!t.cd again twelve OF the "starva-
TO" squad III gymnasium tests such MS hold
ing ont tn" arms until fatigue compelled then,
:" drop The starvation squad" listed as long
as the follows OH fun diet, seven Of them.
as against eight Of tn" other fellows. sim
holding their arms ont ut tho end OF an hour
tho arms held extended. palms down. level
with shoulders
. since holding ON; tho arms Is no, s,ch
ro"d test as walking, tho mon were asked
!" walk milo CON a tread mill within tho
respiration chamhcr) and tho amour, OF oxy-
gen absorbed and tn" amount Of carbon diox!,ie
produced w"r" carefully measured. This tos,
showed tAat IN" men who had lost weight on
tn" restricted dict actually had n sliuh,Iv
greater "ncI"ncy than other students who had
taken the usual fun diet
Most "i tho men found /, more dii,irult
10 ko'r comfortably warm while taking re-
sirjctod dict
= contrary 70 warning. they celebrated the
c'"Sc "i The six months short ration test By
n"n!EinE In an especially fine snrnad and nil
twelve men consequently suffered coljc for
day two.
> They reclaimed their former normal
weights In week or two after rcsu,ninp
ordinary DICT;