Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1925-12-11
FOOD AND HEALTH
BY wINIFRED STUART GIBBS.
Food Specialist.

Probably 1t is only because their
walls are louder that we hear more
of those individuals who are trying
to lose pounds than of those who are
DESTROYS of gaining them. True
fashion. in her demand for pencil
like silhouette, is partially RESPONSE.
BILE, and one hears the over-rotund
speak slightingly and with scant
sympathy of the troubles OF the thln:
Nevertheless. the thin sisterhood
and brotherhood have just as real a
problem as their chubby fellows, for
to he appreciably underweight Is to
run a definite risk of injury to the
health and general wellbeing.
To begin with the individuals VINO
are irving to put on POUNDS must
know what their maintenance diet
Is. In other words, they must have
a clear picture of what constitutes
proper meals for their relaxed mo-
merits. With this as a starting point
il is to decide on the surplus that
is to be counted on for the coveted
extra pounds.
1t is also important to take into
account any deviation from the nor
NAL, any latent tendency to disease,
tuberculosis or diabetes, or, in fact,
anv other disease that must be
treated by special diet. The tuber-
cular person, for example, must be
over. rather than under. weight, while
the one who Is suffering from any
form of heart disturbance must just
as surely be under the normal rather
than over.
These points we'll understood 1t is
time to think of planning such fatten-
ing diets as may seem advisable.
There are two main points to re-
member-first, that there must be
stored up a fair surplus of body-build-
ing food: secondly, that the fatty tbs.
sue itself must be increased. 1t is just
as important, when planning such
diets, to think of balance as when n
normal regimen is the subject In hand
In this connection think of those
who are eagerly seeking to increase
their weight by eating 'fattening
foods" straches, sweets. fats and the
like. Up to a certain point, this is as
it should be. but if scant attention is
paid to storing away extra body
building food. or protein, two things
are likely to happen--first, there will
be indigestion because of the one
sidedness of the diet. and, secondly.
the very purpose of the diet plan Will
be defeated. This is because of the
fact that when there is not sufficient
body building food supplied the sys-
tenn demurS at the task set. In other
words. the surplus of building mate
rial helps the system as whole take
up more of the extra fatty food than
it could otherwise accomplish.
And just to show how dependent
one natural process Is upon the
others. it should be pointed out that
when extra building material must
he given as for example after a
severe illness, then extra carbohydrate
or energy food-what is popularity
known as fattening food-must be
added to the dietary.
So If we are members of the
skinny" clan. let us not simply tuck
away quantities of potatoes. butter.
cream and all the other f1esh-produc-
ing foodstuffs: let us see to it that
our tissues are given material that
will build them UP to the point where
they can help our entire bodily or
ganism acquire its needed flesh.
To give detailed diets for such
campaign would be impossible. 1t is
so largely a matter of individual state
Of health, of digestive power and of
immediate demands upon the system.
Therefore, we offer instead these
principles. hoping that any one inter
ested will be spurred to stduy the
subject further for his individual up
building.