Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1922-06-24
Health Talks by Dr. Brady
'rhe weight Lost In Fasting.


Candor compcs more than discretion
dcters mo from saying that fully half OF the
loss or weight one notes In the first day or
| Two or subtly prescribed dietctic regime.
/ surh. for instance the W. X. Rarell di-
version. Is just water. Always suspected
| ;his. but have never before publicly .inowl-
edged Il.
: imam from Malta voluntarily underwent
thlr'E-one- day fast under the constant OBJ
scrration OF Professor r. q. Benedict the r.
nous nutrition authority, ami lost twenty nine
pounds In weight. n little over one NTH Of his
'o'ai weight. The most rapid loss was In the
h'ss week, the greatest loss being on the arst
Gag. asout two pounds. but after q week 1t
settled down 20 something like n pound q
"ay' fhis probably represents II fair
age II Is sad 10 contemplate. isn't It, fat
'"'ks? lust think only twenty-ninc pounds
lost In n whole month OF total fasting and
ret dear me, 30 many fat folks rearn to lose
about twenty pounds week just by eating
only what they f"ndiy imagine nrc mon
fat-producina foods whatever they may be
But there's wee bit of consolation which
am happy to offer. This professional faster
merely fhsted; he didn't try to help the reduc-
tloh OF weight by indulginE In any consider
able amount OF daily exercise. Exercise ia a
mighty poor way To reduce weight thou
sands az enthusiasts cnn toll the world: hut
exercise combined with suitable restriction Of
die; Is fairi% effective as thousands OF equally
enthusiastic kareliers can testify
Rather more than seven out uf every ten
how. In persons VIII" consume an excess OF
tho carbohydrates, particularly candy. sugar
ANA other sweets. yet do not indulge In the
considerable amount Of vigorous play
"ulhr exercise daily which is necessary to
u'iiize :" much sugar CT ali becomes Il form
OF SUGAR called Glycogcn or blood sugar
" hcn stored In the bodyo. tho amount Of
water Is even greater than 40 per cent. aud the
physical mud mental state suffers from over
h>"rRu"n-therc Is "a logy condii ion. mental
iuept'tudc. tendency TO quick muscular
fHtnuc. q sickly pale skin. peevishncs, and
| don't know what all. Older children eating
To" much Ice cream, candy cake and cereals
ar Tho lonaturi1cd class often present this
hydrcmia Sugar retains too much water in
all the ISSUES
This thirty-one-da faster declined To make
muscular effort while he fasting. 1t IS
fact that ono may fast four or i've days
with considerable comfort II ono remains com
pc'cly at rest In bed. and especially II
has some means of artificial warmth In he'd.
Eui try the samo fast. half
icns. while you keep UP and about, AMI /, Is
not 90 easy. On the thirty frs, day OF the
fast however. the man from Malta indica ted
talking md gestculatinG freely and walking
about. He eager 10 go on fasting for
forty days. but the fast broken because
the nutrition laboratory stan had become
!sausted by the tremendous amount of work In
N"lved in the many scientific observations
made Throughout the fast the
perenccd no particular discomfort and was In
now!se endangered. Yet your average
fed man or woman Is frightened at the thought
OF mere meal two skipped for hcath's
sake.