It was during that period of which I have spoken, and of which I am
ashamed; for I had my M.D. degree then and should have known better. But
you know we have good authority that it is easier to teach twenty what
were good to be done than to be one of twenty to follow our own
teaching.


_Third Order_


[Sidenote: _You Are Down to Business_]

[Sidenote: _And Maybe Diabetes_]

Now you will have to reckon on the amount of food or number of calories
you need per day. Review the rule I have given. You find for your age
and _normal weight_ that you will need, let us say for example, 2200
calories. You have probably been consuming twice that amount and either
storing it away as fat or as disease. (It is surprising how small an
excess will gradually add up pounds of fat. For instance, three pats of
butter or three medium chocolate creams a day, if over the maintenance
limit, would add approximately _27 pounds a year_ to your weight!)

Now you are to reduce your maintenance diet--the 2200 calories we are
taking for example--to 1200 calories--quite a comfortable lot, you will
find.

You will be surprised how much 1200 calories will be if the food is
judiciously selected.