Diet and Health - With Key to the Calories by Lulu Hunt Peters
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[Sidenote: _Picture of Pink Elephant Adorned_] [Sidenote: _Woe Is Me_] Now I realize I have ruined myself. I am my own worst enemy. I have exposed my whole life before those modern vivisectionists, the army of amateur psycho-analysts. [Sidenote: _Exercise_] Third: Exercise. Great muscular exertion should be avoided, but the setting-up exercises that I advise, if begun with moderation and increased gradually, will undoubtedly stimulate the appetite and help the body functions to be better performed. [Sidenote: _Food_] Fourth: Since food is the only source of body substance, you must gradually train your stomach so that it can care for enough food to not only supply your bodily energy, but to leave a little excess to be stored as fat. [Sidenote: _Your Stomach_] If you have a small appetite--and many of you have--your stomach is undoubtedly contracted, and you must gradually add to the amount you have been eating, even though it may cause some distress, until you have disciplined it so that it can handle what you need without distress. The |
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