The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-04-15
Your Health By Dr. William Brady

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 pSYCHOLOGY OF REDUCTION
 Many overweight individuals, even those rated as of normal or above normal I. O., are as gulible as six" vear-oId children about reducing. That. I think, is the only way to account for their propensity TOY following freak diets or trick meth' ods that purport to achieve tn purpose in a matter of days. IneSS wonderful systems may work anna. ingly" well in the back pages Of movie magazines and the pubs, nuC somehow they never quite fult1u the promise in the flesh.
 In the booklet "Rules for Reduc- ing" (for copy send 25 cents ana f-addreSsed stamped envelope) l endeavor to explain why many stout or corpulent persons, whom the, casual observer regards as or even better than ordinary good health, are actually anemic and, far from having ''too thick or too rich or too much blood or high blood pressure are likely to have low blod pressure. These mdivtd~ uals suffer from malnutrition, they are flabby, have poor circulations low or slow metabolsm (sub- oxidation, too slow combustion rate).
 For the first year or two the overweight individual carries the handicap-twenty, thirty or, let US hope, only ten or fifteen pounds he or she may notice nothing more seroius than the discomfort or embarrassment that any one might feel if forced to carry at all times that much lead in his pockets. The heart is usually capa- ble of enlarging, expanding, and working harder to carry the burden imposed by the handicap, at least for while. But as the individuals combustion rate, metaboliSn1, oxi- dation process, scale of activity continues at lowered level the nu- triton of the heart, the constant supply of oxygen and fuel the hard working heart demands, inevitably fails, and then the overweight individual begins to realize he is short -winded, unableto participate in physical activities he or she for- merly enjoyed, in short the FOOT soul is ten years olde- than his age.
 From the newer knowledge of nutrition, and notably the role of vitamin B in carbohydrate metab- olism ("poor mans insulinD, the concept that many individuals overeat from an instinctive need to satisfy the body's demands for vita minS, and minerals, seems sound and psychological. In actual prac- tice reducing diets based on this concept have proved most satisfac- tory-to physician and patient.
 This otherwise inexplicable crav- ing or unreasonable or abnormal hunger for such things as starch, candy potato, ice cream, or sweet ened beverages is of course not satisfied at all by these freely avail able, easy to eat, refined foods. But the delectable carbohydrates are highly nutritious so far as calories are concerned, and since the body of the individual doing ts little physical work, active play or exer- else as possible cannot burn so much fuel, the excess is stored here and there about the body as fat