The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1936-06-25

= . ~ the sinewS (tendons OF
muscles which attach
the muscles to the
bones), the Iigaments that hold bones
together at the Joints. the blood cannot
deposit fat. There is simply no room
for it. The drops of fat flow into one
another like tiny balls of mercury, IN
til they form one big ball Gradually
the cells of the connective tissue are
filed out until fatty tissue is formed"
I am quoting DR.. Eduard Rhein in
Die Koralle, Berlin.
The first point is that putting on fat
is in a sense sign of health, as the
body seems able to get along or do its
work with a part of the food eaten,
and then stores a part Of the food
away for "a rainy day." meaning that
should no food, or certain foods not be
eaten for a certain time, the body can
use some of this stored fat in order to
carry on its work.
Gain in Corpulency
However with most fat people there
are no "rainy" days as rule, in that
they are always able to get enough
food. This means that nature never
gets a chance to use up any Of Its
stored fat and so the fat individual
remains fat or gets fatter.
The second point is that where the
tissues are firm the blood cannot de-
post fat" AS a matter of fact the
places where fat is deposited-chest,
abdomen, upper arms and thighs-were
not meant to be soft spots. These
spots were meant to be firm because
the huge muscles on these parts were
meant to be used or worked-the chest
muscles to carry the arms in front with
whatever the arms might hold, the
abdominal muscles TO bend the body
and keep the abdominal organs in their
proper position instead of letting them
sag, and the upper thighs and arms to
propel or carry the body.
Instead of doing these various jobs
our modern civilization, with its labor
saving devices, allows these parts
which should be firm to become soft
spots and hence fat simply flows to
these soft spots.
This is the reason that exercise is
the ideal method of preventing the &C
emulation of fat in the body, and of
removing fat which has already
formed.
Exercise heats the body, and hence
burns up fat; it develops the muscles
which thus do not allow fat to form
either in or about their cells.
And the ideal exercise, when the in
dividual is able to do it, is games.
Games Aid Physique
In games there is always running,
which means raising the body off the
ground, hence not only developing
| thigh muscles and preventing fat hips
and upper thighs, but is the best known
means to develop heart and lungs. All
athletes-boxers, football players and
others-do road work, which is SIM
ply slow running.
However, many overweights cannot
play games for whom bending ex-
ercises and walking are effective.
Bending exercises are: Touching
toes, or trying to touch the toes
with knees straight; lying on the
floor and with knees straight, rails
ing the legs to a right angle, with but
tocks not raised from the floor; stand
ing with knees straight and bending
slowly from side to side, and forwards
and backwards.
Walking a quarter to half a mile,
and gradually increasing it to two or
more miles should prevent fat forma-
| ton on the thighs. and strengthen
heart and lungs.
Naturally there should be no In
crease in the amount of food or water
taken, if fat is to be removed.
Removing Thyroid Gland
The removal of the entire thyroid
gland, while not considered as danger
ous an operation as it was q few years
ago. nevertheless has the dangers
which attend any operation, injury to
important nerves in the throat, lung
complications, infection, bleeding, and
suffocation.
DIR. G. a. Pratt, New York, In the
American Journal of Surgery, reports
that failures to get results from this
operation are, in his opinion due to
failure to remove the whole thyroid
gland. Where a portion of the gland
il not removed this portion, however
small. grows rapidly again and the
symptoms-rapid heart-return.
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