DOCTOR KEEPS FIT

Auckland Star, Volume LXXVI, Issue 254, 26 October 1945, Page 9

DOCTOR KEEPS FIT

FASTS FOR 28 DAYS TABLETS AND LIQUID DIET LONDON. A doctor has discovered how to overcome the clothing coupon shortage which, will face many who find that their pre-war civilian clothes no longer fit them. His solution is—dieting and fasting. "Recently certain causes prompted me to consider adopting my own regimen for myself," he said. "They were: Shortage of clothing coupons, excessive strain on various supporting buttons, and a hopeless prospect of ever insinuating my person into my pre-war civilian clothes. "I accordingly started dieting, but, being impatient, I exercised more strict control and lost weight at an increased pace. "The diet included one fast day a week; as on this day I felt so very well, I decided to extend it, which I have done indefinitely, with remarkable results."

The doctor said that for 28 days he has eaten no food but has taken copious non-alcoholic fluids, some of them sweetened.

-He has been dosing himself daily with vitamins A, 81, 82, C and D in tablet form, taken no alcohol, and swallowed an alkali mixture - three times a day. . . He has not been fasting in bed; throughout the 28 days he maintained a full working day, had long drives in a car, aeroplane trips, and took plenty of exercise, including tennis and long walks. During the 28 days his weight was dropped by 301b, and .he feels extremely fit. Impressed with the results of his experiment the doctor has written to the British Medical Association Journal about it. For "sartorial and g&stronomical reasons," he does not sign his name.