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there is a food shortage in Europe it is not because I was there; and
that I am reducing and the money that I can save will help keep a child
from starving, and that they can do the same; that for every pang of
hunger we feel we can have a double joy, that of knowing we are saving
worse pangs in some little children, and that of knowing that for every
pang we feel we lose a pound. A pang's a pound the world around we'll
say.
Every once in a while you hear that the caloric theory has been
exploded. There is no caloric "theory." Therefore none to explode.
Calories are simply units for measuring heat and energy and never will
be exploded any more than the yard or meter "theory" will be exploded.
Foods must contain essential salts and the growth and health maintaining
elements. These cannot be measured by calories. The quantity of heat or
energy production but not the quality of the foods is measured in
calories, and one must have a 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
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