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Newspaper
Dillon Tribune
Location
Dillon, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1938
Page
7
C H Goudiss advises readers to shun pills powders and devices promising fast weight loss without dieting or exercise. He stresses carbohydrates are essential for fat metabolism and warns that extreme low carbohydrate plans can cause harmful acetone type acidosis over three months.
The piece condemns drugging and self treatment for women, warning that reducing medicines without physician supervision can harm health and even cause permanent blindness. It also criticizes excessive purging and fasting, noting women face greater danger from these practices than men.
A careful diet can maintain normal weight and force the body to use fat as fuel. Many women, eager to lose weight, attempt self prescribed diets with dangerous outcomes. Some omit calcium rich foods risking dental health and other nutritional gaps.
Send for C. Houston Goudiss in New York City for the new Vitamin Primer. The pamphlet offers simple charts explaining vitamin functions and provides a foods list to help homemakers supply their families with adequate amounts of each vitamin.
The text promotes a caloric deficit driven weight reduction method. It offers a reducing bulletin with a food caloric chart and a week of sample menus. It claims a safe loss of one to two pounds weekly and warns against faster results, noting potential loss of about twenty four pounds in a month is not advisable.
Pattern 1669 from The Sewing Circle offers directions and illustrations to crochet three doily sizes using heavy material for a lacey look. Send 15 cents to The Sewing Circle Needlecraft Dept at 82 Eighth Ave New York with name address pattern number.
Hollywood stars use strict weight control methods with clauses canceling roles if weight exceeds certain limits. Yet actors' health remains a priority due to the demanding nature of film work.
Hollywood readers are invited to count calories as a game for health and appearance. The article suggests motivation comes from watching weight drop each time they weigh in.
A 1938 advisory from Houston Goudss argues the normal weight for height at age thirty is the ideal. It urges adults over thirty who are overweight to request the Calorie Chart and Reducing Bulletin to safely count calories and regain a normal weight, promising a sense of freedom as pounds decline.
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