Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 191, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 August 1918 — Diet for Weight Reduction. [ARTICLE]

Diet for Weight Reduction.

■' Fuel is the main food requirement of the body. A certain amount of fuel keeps the engines of the body working normally and produces energy. The surplus of fuel derived from the food forms layers of fat. So it is evident that the matter of keeping the body weight where you'wish to have it is merely a matter of arithmetic, says Popular Science Monthly. Certain foods have an enormqus fuel value in comparison with others. For instance, it would require $9 worth of lettuce and tomato salad to furnish the amount of energy that 30 cents’ worth of butter or 10 cents’ worth of sugar would supply. No one would think of feeding exclusively on any of these foods, but it is easy to see that the limitation of butter and sugar and the introduction of such foods as lettuce,' tomatoes, celery, carrots, spinach and fruits, all of which have low fuel value, instea'd of fats, milk, cream and oil, pastry and sweets, would enormously reduce the fat-forming elements in the diet and yet fill the stomach and satisfy hunger.