Nogales international., 1929-08-02
PUBLIC HEALTH
SERVICE WARNS
OF lS-DAY DIET
Popular Reducing Fad
May Prove Harmful
Consult Physician

Washington, Aug. 1. (U.PD-
Harm may result from the indis-
criminate use by young girls and
others of special diets without con-
sulting a physician, the U. S. Pub
lie Health Service said today in
commenting of the current 18-day
diet fad.
1.-The best way to reduce" the
service said, is to eat less of your
regular diet without leaving out
any of the essential items of body
building food. A simple reduction
in the amount person consumes
will have effective results and can
do no harm.
I'm special dieting systems where
certain essential foods are elimin-
ated from the menu for certain
period, harm may result to persons
who are not robust or who need q
well balanced and wholesome diet.
Special diets should not be adopted
without consulting physician"
The origin of the ubiquitous "18-
Day Diet" is in doubt. It has been
claimed without any app .ent JUS
tification that the regime was or
iginated in Hollywood by a special
iSt called in to remove tonnage
from a movie queen. There were
other reports, later denied vehem-
emily, that the diet was sponsored
by Ethel Barrymore by the cele-
brated Mayor Clinic, by a promin-
ent Viennese physician.
There is suspicion, too, that
the diet is the work of an acute
press agent for citrus growers
organization. The frequency with
which grapefruit and oranges ap-
pear accounts for this theory.
AT any rate the results of the
diet are at variance. Some dieters
have lost as much as a pound a
day; others have gained weight.
The general average, however,
seems to be a loss of nine or ten
pounds. Deleterious effects of the
diet noticed in some cases include
acidosis and an attack of boilS.
Several Versions
BY now there are several. ver-
sions of the diet, although all are
basically the same. That spon-
sored by a local hotel seeking to
catch the trade of the overplump
follows:
BREAKFASTS ALL ALIKE-h
grapefruit, l slice toast; coffee, lit
tie milk and sugar. Tea or coffee
with all meals.
FIRST DAY-Lunch; " Grape
fruit, / egg, anyway but fried,
slices cucumber. slice toast. DIN
NER-2 eggs, tomato, II head
lettuce, u grapefruit.
SECOND DAY-Lunch; l orange
egg, II head lettuce, l slice toast
DINNER-Broiled steak, II heac
lettuce, / tomato, " grapefruit.
/ THIRD DAY-Lunch; II grape
i fruit, egg, u head lettuce, slices
cucumber. DINNER-1a grapefruit
lamb chop, egg, " head lettuce
IL olives.
y FOURTH DAY-Lunch; II grape.
u fruit,pot cheese, l tomato, l slice
Il toast. DINNER-broiled steak, wa.
q tercreSs, u grapefruit.
u FIFTH DAY-Lunch; l orange
! lamb chop, II head lettuce. DIN
1 NER-k grapefruit, u head let
tuce, l tomato, 2 eggs.
SIXTH DAY-Lunch; 1 orange
, lDINNER-2 poached eggs, l slic'
toast, l orange.
el SEVENTH DAY-Lunch; Y
grapefruit, 2 eggs, u head lettuce
! tomato, 2 olives. DINNER
grapefruit, 2 lamb chops, 6 slice
u cucumber, 2 olives, l tomato, \
head lettuce.
EIGHTH DAY-Lunch; II grape
: : fruit, broiled lamb chop, u hea,
: : lettuce. DINNER-1a grapefruit,
: eggs, asparagus, plain spinach, slic
: of toast.
NINTH DAY-Lunch; u grape
fruit, egg, l tomato, meat salac
DINNER-Same as lunch.
TENTH DAY-Lunch; Cinnamo
toast. DINNER-Broiled steak, Gel
!. cry, 2 olives, l tomato.
n ELEVENTH DAY-Lunch;
b grapefruit, i lamb chop, u hea
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