The Waterbury Democrat., 1934-09-10

rational, scientific plan not only does not weaken the patients strength or impair health or low CT resiliency in any way but actual ly improves general well being and efficiency, as we should expect to do when we correct or adjust the nutritional faults that account for the obesity.
 { say that the various reduction regimens employed in the past have failed to provide for ade- quate basal nutrition and for that reason they have given little satis- faction to patient or physician or when they have been too enthus- iastically or consistently applied they have caused actual damage to health.
 These old time regiments for re- ducing not infrequently give rise to serious acidosis in cases of in- dividuals who adhere too faithful ly to the restrictions imposed. An other commin i'll consequence of such unwisely planned regimens is sad state of flabbiness and a startling development of unsightly wrinkles in the skin. Still another grave result of restricted diet is one or another type of avitami- nosis.
 Here is an instance of avit-
 taminosis F B:
 Young woman, much over-
 weight, followed for many. |.
 weeks a meager and monot-
 onous diet. Presently she be-
 came short of breath, and
 complained of palpitation and
 developed some edematous
 (dropsicaD swelling in the
 legs. The doctors who then
 saw her thought the trouble
 was in the heart. The girl
 never had had any illness that
 might have affected the heart,
 and had always been athletic
 and in excellent health. Final
 ly an alert physician decided
 the symptoms werei similar to
 those of avitaminosis 15B and
 prescribed the proper vitamin.
 Then the young woman made
 prompt recovery.
 From our recent knowledge of the role of the various vitamins in nutrition and health we are forced to the conclusion that in all probability thousands of vic- tins of harmful reduction regimens are suffering chiefly from one or another avitaminosis (lack of vita min) and that intelligent admin istration of the necessary vitamin would quickly restore these victims of bad nutrition to health.
 The truth is that the newer knowledge of nutrition is still a closed book to many good doc tors. because the advances in this field have been made chiefly by re- search laboratory workers and it takes considerable time to trans- late their observations and deduc- tions into practice. The doctor who achieves any success in dealing with metabolic or nutritional dis orders has to grope his way for ward step by step, and the in- articulate research workers are in position to suggest tQ him the direction of further advance.
 The obscure avitaminosis F B in the case of the young woman was an incomplete or partial beri-beri of the wet type. Complete or ex- treme lack of Vitamin E in the diet produces the beri-beri (poly- neuritis) which is not uncommon in tropical countries. We almost never see it in this country. But how many cases of partial avitam- inosis 1s do we fail to recognize or label "neurasthenia" or rheu. matism or other vague conditions ! QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS Needs Something to Pin Smile On Husband is one of those healthy thin persons you call holy frights He has good appetite but cannot gain any flesh. He is a salesman and 8 good appearance is half his job. (Mrs. A. J. eJ.).
 Answer-A course of insulin in. jections will put meat on the man and make him feel more like smil. ing. Any up to date physician will give the insulin. end a stamped en- yelope bearing your husbands ad- dress and ask for monograph on Gaining Weight.