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The usual low-sodium diet calls for liquid restriction, also. The regulation reduction diet is followed, omitting practically all salt. Some salt will be in food, of course, especially if you eat in restaurants. But no extra salt must be added. Besides this, no liquids must be taken at meals. No liquids at all! Between meals, liquids may be taken, the amount depending on your own condition and your own doctor.
Vivian Blaine, the beautiful young actress, whose figure is exceptionally slender and attractive, told me that her successful weight reduction is the result of liquid restriction. She weighed 150 pounds and was told she was too fat for the stage or Hollywood. She dieted down to 130 pounds, then couldn't lose another ounce,
“The studio thought I was cheating,” she told me. “I wasn't at all. I ate what I was told. But I drank a lot of water and juices, with meals, too. Then another doctor put me on a water-restricted diet. I drink only four glasses of water a day—and not with meals. My weight is 115 pounds—which is just right for me. Of course, I'm still careful of my diet—and of the amount of liquids I consume.”
Four women prominent in public life have recently lost twenty pounds each by giving up salt—and water— at their meals.
If you are on a low-salt diet and can't enjoy your food without the flavor that salt gives it, I can recommend a number of substitutes. There are dozens of substitutes on sale at the health shops. The one I like best is “Diasal,” manufactured by E. Fourgera, and consisting of potassium chloride and glutamic acid. “Fortissimo Brand Seasoning,” made by Isrin-Oliver, “Gustamate,” made by the Arlington Chemical Company, and “Co-Salt,” made by Cassimir Funk Laboratories, are all good, too. Not nearly as good as real salt—sodium chloride—but very satisfactory for seasoning, when sodium is not indicated.
Of course you've heard of Dr. Kempner's famous rice diet. Originally introduced for high blood pressure, it has found great success among many people who are overweight. My objection to it is that it is monotonous.
My idea of a good diet is one that can be kept up indefinitely as a way of living. The Kempner diet is not that by any means. But because it is salt-free and has been discussed a great deal, I think it has a place here. The diet consists only of rice, fruit, fruit juice and sugar or honey. No water! No salt! The rice is boiled. It may be white, polished, brown or wild. The fruit may be raw, stewed, canned, dried, frozen or preserved. Nuts, dates and avocados are forbidden.
The sugar may be white, brown or honey—but no commercial syrups may be used. Vegetable juices are not included. Liquids are limited to a pint and a half or two pints of fruit juices, canned or fresh. A vitamin and iron supplement is recommended. Dr. Kempner has found that the diet results in a significant reduction in the size of greatly enlarged hearts and that water-logging, due to kidney disease, is eliminated.
A short stay on the rice diet may be of benefit to the overweight person who has water retention and high blood pressure. It should be taken only on the advice and under the supervision of a competent physician. While it was never planned just for the obese, it may be just what some fat people need. I don't recommend it as a “way of life,” or a permanent weight-reducer.
This isn't at all what I have in mind for you. It's a sort of stop by the wayside, a trip up a side street. Because the low-sodium and water-restricted diet is being discussed so much today, I felt that we should discuss it, too. Now we're on our way to thinking ourselves thin.
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