Method Of Weight Reduction Research Articles

REDUCING BY TOTAL FASTING.

Widespread publicity given to the method of weight reduction by total fasting is cause for some alarm. Confusion has been created in the minds of most patients and some physicians as to the significance of the very large losses reported. Most such losses are not of fat but of protein tissue and fluid. Many questions as to long-term efficacy and even safety of the procedure have yet to be answered. The author is more impressed with this method as a potential research tool than as a therapeutic measure.

The role of chorionic gonadotrophin in breast reduction

Summary The surgical advantages of operating on thin patients are well known. Simeons' method for weight reduction preceding many surgical procedures is illustrated by reduction mammaplasty in the obese. A reduction of weight in the obese simplifies the surgical task, decreases the post-operative complications, and gives the patients a much more satisfactory solution to their problems. The rapid method of weight reduction described by Simeons is a safe prelude to surgical intervention.

New Materials

Of all methods of weight reduction, the direct substitution of one material by another, lighter, material with equal strength involves the least design effort. This has always been the principal attraction of titanium. A particular example is the use of titanium alloy bolts which, while stronger than mild steel bolts and having superior fatigue properties, have only 53 per cent of the weight of steel bolts. Messrs. Guest, Keen & Nettlefolds (Midlands) Ltd., Birmingham, who have sponsored the development of titanium bolts in this country, have announced a substantial reduction in the price of these products.

A MILK AND BANANA DIET FOR THE TREATMENT OF OBESITY

During the course of certain studies on the comparative value of various carbohydrate foods, particularly cooked and uncooked fruits and vegetables, in the diet of patients with diabetes, it was observed that a diet of bananas and milk furnished a simple and effective method for weight reduction. The regimen has since been used by a considerable number of individuals suffering from simple obesity, and it is thought desirable to detail the method and the results obtained. For the patient who is willing to make reasonable sacrifices to reduce excessive weight, the advantages of a simple, easily measured diet are quite obvious, provided it is well balanced from a nutritional standpoint and sufficiently palatable. Weight reduction usually involves the breaking of a habit that is firmly entrenched. Such a habit some persons find may be easily broken by a gradual process of tapering off, as is involved in the usual curtailment

A Scientific Method of Weight Reduction

A Scientific Method of Weight Reduction