CHEW SLOWLY

Evening Post, Volume CXVII, Issue 76, 31 March 1934, Page 6

CHEW SLOWLY

HEALTHY SLIMMING

A novel method of slimming is, clcscnbed by Di. W. G Andcison, aa Ameucan diet specialist, undci the unusual title of "How to Reduce br Si.iting," in the cuncut issue oi tlu> "Medical Times." The leal seeiot of slimming, ateoid ing to Df. Aiuleison, may bo summed up in two words—oat *>lowh In tins way food is thoioughly bioko.i up into small pai tides by tho teotli, and, as a rosult, tho tasting elements aie (nought much more completely into contact with the mjnads o± tiny nerveendings in the mouth which aic called "taste-buds " Thus the sensation of taste is satisfied much moie quickly and by a much smaller amount of food than -when meals kre,eaten rapidly, while digestiou is 'cbnsideiably b'ene, iited. • Di. Anderson cites the case oi" a man of 49 .whoso average weight foi ,tho last'ls yeais was Isst." ■ After three months' systematic application to this principle of eating, the man's weight lemained stationary at list 91b, and his chest and "waist measurements approximate now to those of an athlete of tho same age. D>. Andei4on reduced himself 131b in 12 weeks, and Ins waist measuiemcnt by 4in His ago is 71, and he siijs th.it he is> in fine condition. Host people who \\ ish to bo bhni hg s.ijs, do'iiot know-the con'ect -nay to, cxci ciso,'and the canying out of "certain muscular movements without knowing the physical c6nUitien oi thcii, bodies lms caused peimanent haim' to a number of his pationts. , . The simple daily 'excicises' he advo cates aio — ' ' J. ptanS oi pet, holding tho head as high^s possible. - ' 2. Aich tho body <o the limit. H P? a.co tllc sn<»']tloi' blades flat agrfmst the' back. ,! 4-':Dia' nr m abddminal muscles, as iai Us ppssiblo. s. 'Breathe deeply and lcpeat this as ofton as dcsnablc. Thbsc, he says, 'involve the use of all the puneipal niusclcs which "he balance and, poise to the body. They should bo ca^icd out 30 oi 40 times a Do W attempt to lose weight qU itk weel Bc' s>ai;isfu;rl to lose 71b'to lib a