The Coolidge examiner., 1937-04-29

Dr Rarton haps 2 or in every
100-the body proc
esses in overweights were not work
ing any slower than in those of
normal weight.
DR.. c.. Hetenyi, in German Ar
chives of Clinical Medicine, thinks
that there is something wrong with
the collection and distribution of fat
in the bodies of those who are over
weight. He investigated the mobil-
ization or gathering together of the
fat at the depotS or storage places
in overWeights and in normal in
dividuals. when both types were eat
ing insufficient food for their needs.
He found that there was something
wrong or different with the way
fat was gathered and stored in the
bodies of overweights.
Then he studied the way the fat
and the normal individuals handled
the blood rich in fat from food,
and observed that the tissues of
overWeights have great avidity-
eagerness or desire-for fats that
enter the blood stream. In other
words as the blood rich in fat passed
through the tissues of fat individ-
uals, these tissues were hungry"
for fat and so a great amount of
the fat in the blood was taken from
the blood and stored in the fat It's
sues. On the other hand in those
of normal weight, their tissues
did not seem so hungry for fat and
so the fat laden blood passed
through without leaving much if
any fat.
What an Investigator Learned.
DR.. Hetenyi also studied the rela-
ton between fever and fat mobili-
zation from the deposits of fat, the
action of dehydration (cutting down
on iquids) on the fat in the blood,
and finally the resorption into the
blood of fat put under the skin by
hypodermic needle or syringe.
He found out that the increase in
the blood fat (fat taken from the
fat depots) was slight in over
weights, was less than in those of
normal weight. This means then
that during an illness when there
is an increase in the temperature
of the body, the tissues of over
weights did not give up as much
fat to the blood proportionately
as did those of normal weight.
And finally the blood in over
weights did not take into itself as
much of the fat that was placed
in the body by the hypodermic nee
die as did the blood in those of
normal weight. 1t practically left
this extra fat stay where it was.
The conclusions drawn from the
above experiments are that the mo-
bilization or collection of fat from
it's storage depots-the skin, the liv-
er, in and about the abdominal or
gans-is reduced in overweights,
whereas their absorption of fat from
the blood passing through their It's
sues is greatly increased.
In other words, fat individuals
take more fat from the blood When
fat is being eaten, and less from
their depots when no fat is being
eaten than do the tissues of those
of normal weight.
Overweight-obesity-is therefore
a disease of fat mobilization-the
way fat is gathered and distributed.
Now while this knowledge that
their tissues are different in the
way fat is handled in the body
whether the fat is due to eating
starch or fat foods-may make ov-
erweights feel a little less respon-
sible for their increased bulk, new
ertheless there is no reason why
they should not reduce their weight.
Gall Bladder Disorders.
It has been definitely proven that
two of every three individuals have
more or less disturbance in the gall
bladder and yet the number of
cases that actually require drain
ing or removal of the gall bladder
is very small.
DR.. R. f. Carter, New York City,
in Annals of Surgery, says that dur
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