knowledge of the qualities also. No
scientifically educated individual has ever thought otherwise.

The chief objection to following the advice of the numerous laymen who
write eat-and-grow-thin menus is that they advise the elimination of all
fats, sugars and starches. They lose sight of the fact, or they do not
know, that the obese individual--I dislike that term--will have to have
a balanced diet even while reducing if he is to maintain his health. One
will lose weight on these menus, but as very many can testify they lose
their health also. One cannot live on an unbalanced diet for any length
of time without becoming unbalanced also. And furthermore the
over-weighter will always have to diet more or less, and will have to
have menus which he can continue to use. After normal weight is reached
he will not have to be nearly so abstemious, _but_ the same dietetic
errors which produced overweight in the first place will produce it
again. So he must know something of dietetics and he must have a
balanced diet.

Now I shall make out some balanced menus, 1200 C's a day, being careful
to include a large amount of the leafy vegetables and some milk or its
products, the foods that McCollom calls PROTECTIVE FOODS because they
contain in a large measure the essential mineral salts, and those vital
elements he has called "Fat soluble A" and "Water soluble B"--others
call vitamines--which he has proved to be so vital and necessary for
growth in the young and the maintenance of health in the adult. I shall
also include 200-300 C's of protein.

The leafy vegetables, cabbage, cauliflower, celery tops, lettuce, onion,
Swiss chard, turnip tops, and other leaves employed as greens, water
cress, etc., not only contain these vital elements, but they also exert
a favourable influence on sluggish bowels and kidneys. They are low in
caloric value, hence are low in fat-producing properties, and can be
consumed with indiscretion, properly masticated.

It is better while you are reducing to stay away from the dining table
when you do not expect to eat. If you are rooming, get a tiny sterno
outfit, some substitute or coffee, some canned or dry milk, some sugar
if you use it, and you can make a hot drink in your room and be
independent for your breakfast and your evening meal, when you decide
some day to go without that. Do not take more than 100 calories for your
breakfast. That leaves you 1100 calories to be divided during the day if
you