Evening star., 1934-03-05

does not. There seems to be a foolish
pride among many persons in not "giv-
ing in" to a cold. They attempt to
stay on their feet as long as they can
unless grippe symptoms warn them
not to. Thus they no doubt dissent
nate millions of cold germs to others
and often have to stay in bed for q
longer time at the end Of their illness
than they would If they had remained
in bed at first.
If person will watch himself
closely in the matter he will be able
to detect the oncoming of cold hours
before any one else. He may look for
symptoms" in strange places. Thus
II he rides public vehicles, he may find
the trip downtown very tiresome some
morning. (This applies. of course, to
normal times) He will know that q
cold is imminent. He may find him.
self irritable for no good reason. The
"reasosTs Is an approaching cold. As
strange as 1t may seem to some who
have not studied this question, a few
small eruptions on q normally clear
face will spell "cold" very plainly il
one Is able to read such danger
signals.
The steps to be taken to avoid the
cold will depend upon the system
worked out by the individual
The real question is, were there not
steps which might have been taken
entirely prior to that?
Fat means starch and sugar, in
many cases. And surplus food. in our
sense, means more food than one
should eat.
Surplus food is stored away as fat
1t is probably true that nobody
after middle-age approaches, can eat
enough to satisfy hunger, without get
ting fat
Hunger. after all, is a deceptive
thing. Often what one regards as
hunger Is merely desire, In this case
taste. AS long as food tastes good
one continues to eat. While pleasing
enough, such policy leads to fat, and
fat to colds, If our theory is true, OF
even half way true.
II a cold is surplus-food disease,
as we believe, it may behoove MANY a
man and woman to join the ranks of
those who diet for beauty's sake.
Health. after all. is the real beauty
One has but to look at the animals to
know that.
Glandular disturbances Of various
sorts hasten and retard the deposition
OF fatty tissue. Every one knows
entire families whose members, no
matter what they eat remain thin.
other families whose members invari-
ably grow fat.
Would a reduction In weight, espe-
cially when condensed on the abdo-
men, also reduce the Susceptibility of
person to colds?
This would have to be proved. In
the individual case. but this much
would be sure, that it would not work
out happily unless the person at the
same time carried out also all the
measures which he had in the past
found helpful in such cases.
Thus 1t may be believed that sheer
reduction of fatty tissue. by itself,
would be poor way to cure the tend
ency to catch cold. A great deal more
would be necessary. If the consump-
ton Of starches and sweets lead to fat,
in such cases, the abstinence from
them might lead to a loss in weight,
but would not necessarily 60 in that
direction. A multitude of experiments,
carefully checked beyond reasona BILE
doubt, would be necessary before any
one could draw any conclusions appli-
cable to all men. And even then they
would be vastly more applicable to
individuals. A mans cold is his own,
and he ought to know more about it
than his doctor. even.