The Coolidge examiner., 1937-10-28

WIlCH WOulQ mean
DIR. Barton having to breathe
oftener.
Perhaps also, you find your heart
beating rapidly, perhaps at a rate of
"a to 80 instead of the usual 72 beats
to minute. If you are under any
tension or strain, or have just eaten
hearty meal, it is normal or nat
ural for the heart rate to increase.
Your Doctor Can Tell.
However, the thought is not that
you should ignore or tell yourself
to forget" the pain in the chest or
under breast bone, the getting out
of breath easily or the rapid beat
of the heart. The very fact that
you have these symptoms and they
'get on your nerves" should cause
you to say to yourself, II either
have heart disease or I haven't, and
I'm going to find out about it"
Fortunately your family physician
can tell you in very few minutes
whether or not your heart is sound.
And if he finds it sound then you
can give the pain, shortneSs of
breath, and the rapidity, even some
irregularity, no more thought. And
even if he finds some actual heart
trouble, does this mean that you are
doomed to the life of an invalid till
you pass away?
By simple tests-exercise, holding
the breath, and others-or by means
of the electrocardiograph and fuor-
oscope, your doctor is able to esti-
mate just what your heart can do
safely" He will give you some
simple instructions as to rest, exer-
else, and food; (medicine is some
times given to steady the heart,
and also to a great extent to steady
the upset mind.
BY following this simple advice
faithfully there is no reason why
you should not live your allotted
span of life.
So, don't worry about your heart.
1t is sound or it isn't. Even if not
sound, all you need to do is to fol-
low the doctors advice, and so live
safely"
Food Supply in Body Fat.
When an overweight individual de-
cides that he or she is going to
reduce weight for health or appear
ance's sake the first and longest
step toward attaining the normal
figure and weight has been taken.
The second step is to get thor
ough examination by the family
physician, particularly heart, blood
vessels and kidneys. There have
been cases of collapse and death
following a strict reducing diet
which could have been avoided had
the overweight undergone examina-
tion and taken six months to year
to reduce instead of three or four
weeks.
If the physician considers it safe
to reduce and supervises the amount
and kinds of foods that will be eaten
during the reducing period, then
there will be no going back to the
full diet on the first sign of little
weakness or faintness. This is when
so many overweights give up the
struggle and if they are not under
a physicians supervision they are
wise to give up and get a fresh
start.
The third step or point to remem-
Der is that whether the overweight
eats a large or a small quantity of
food, his body is going to require
just a certain amount. If he eats
more than this the extra food will
accumulate as fat in and on his
body; if he eats less than this re-
quired amount of food, the body is
going to get that extra food needed
from some place. And the place
the body gets the extra food it needs
is from the overweight's own body
his excess of stored fat.
From the standpoint of nutrition
the increased fat deposits or fat de-
pots of the body represent so much
excess energy; consequently in re-
ducing the weight an attempt is
made to call forth these fat deposits.
This is done by supplying a diet
which has less than the amount
needed to maintain the body struc-
ture and supply it with the energy
needed for its daily work. This
compels the body to draw on its
reserve energy-the fat depots."
If in addition to this the body is
required to do more work or exer-
else, then an even greater call is
made on these fat depots to supply
this extra energy. This is the rea-
son that less food and more exercise
will always be the ideal method of
reducing weight. This method builds
muscle strength of body and re-