The Waterbury Democrat., 1936-02-27
REDUCTION AND VITALITY

REDUCTION AND VITALITY
 Woman fifty pounds overweight had tried many times to redudce, but had felt 50 lot down and weak after Q few days of restricted diet that she invariably broke training and gorged right back to her max mum weight. Then she took on optimal vitamia ration for c month, supplementing her regular diet, and once more attempted the reduction regimen, this time continuing tho vitamin ration 9s Q supplement to the reduction diet. She found she was able to stick to the regimen this time, and lost two or three pounds Q week without difiiculty. When she had reduced some thirty pounds she reported: T find I can do all my housework without getting 50 ex- tremely iatigued as I did before .... to my sisters delight no longer demand large quantities of coffee every day, which l formerly tAVSUS0 Nb V bvAsAdaAhb sss ASA WAV first time in many years I not only do my daily keep.fit exercises but l enjoy them .."
 What has happened to this wo. man2 I'll give you my own notion. Take 1t or leave 1t. For many years she has been trying to get along on nourishment which lacked some. thing. What, c fiarly well.to.do family subSisting on inadequate food? Yes, millions do, because up to now we knew no better. This woman had long suffered, whether she or her doctor recognized 1t or not, from moderate vtiamin short- age. Ordinarily she could worry along, grunting and complaining more or less, but alive and able to drag her weight about. But when she tried to follow 0 reduction diet, she cut her vitamin intake from Q cslight deficit to Q large deficit or almost c total deprivation, and con- sequently the symptoms of avita- m!nosis began to manifest them- selves more insistently and, of course, defeated the reduction scheme. After oil, any ono who seeks to reduce must achieve the purpose In just one way-by eating less, burning more, or both.
 I do not base this explanation on the incident mentioned, but on some thousands of similar cases obs served, not by myself, but by good physicians throughout the country How else account for the niainten- ance of good vitality on the same reduction regimen, if not from the building up of Q moderate reserve of vitamins In the body?
 Since the optimal vitarnin ration referred to is itself good food, each teaspoonful representing 30 to 4c calories, 1t may seem strange at first that e person can reduce more successfully by supplementing hii reduction diet with 1t, but exper- fence has proved this in so many instances that there can longer be any question about 1t.
 In fact think fair test of any reduction regimen is whether one following 1t feels better or worse. II you do not feel better, with irn- proved vitality, greater ambition to work and play, then your regimen is probably not suitable. If your health is not distinctly better when you have begun to reduce, your diet or other measures are not suitable
 Tn the booklet Design for Dwind- ling" (copy for ten cents coin and stamped addressed envelope). ] have outlined in sufficient detail the whole business of reduction, always with better health and vitality as the main consideration.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Taking the Air
 Please explain the air bath. Does 1t take place of tub bathing9 ...' GA. PO
 Answer-Tub bathing? An, fond memories of Saturday night, behind the clothesbars. The great draw back was carrying the water out tc water the tomato patch afterword Now an air bath is my notion of 6 nice, clean, comfortable and hy. gienic bath. Ben Franklin took one in his room every morning, fol half an hour or more. The longer you can spend ct your air batt daily the better for health.
 Ganglion
 I really have no doctor. About ( year ago I strained my wrist driving steel posts on my farm. The arm became numb for the time. Latel c lump came on the wrist below thu thumb, size of Q hazelnut. It t painful at times. Local doctor call 1 1t rupfured tendon. He advised operation, then told me to paint I with iodine .. (B. Q. O.
 Anser--So, now you have no doc tor, eh? The advice sounds good ts me. The ganglion or "weepini sinew" may disappear without op' eration, but often 1t is necessary t' remove the sac, through Q small ili' cislon made under local anesthetic | Tn any case you should really hav' a doctor even f you think h'