Word: diet
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...year-old. A specialist should find out just where old age has got in its worst licks. The examination should include a search for damaged organs, and a psychological study of the patient's worries and hopes. Then the doctor should recommend "antiaging" devices. For instance, diet: at 60 most men need more protein, calcium, iron than men of 30, but fewer fats and carbohydrates...
...diabetic has no easy time of it. If he follows the orthodox treatment, he lives on a strict diet and takes daily injections of insulin. He must be on constant guard to avoid upsetting the delicate balance of a shored-up metabolism. The Kaadt Diabetic Clinic at South Whitley, Ind. offered an easier, more pleasant...
...April, the brothers were haled before a federal court at Fort Wayne and charged with introducing mislabeled medicine into interstate commerce. Experts testified that there was no effective treatment for diabetes except insulin and diet, and that in any case the magic medicine (essentially vinegar and saltpeter) could do no possible good...
...year, 40 Yale freshmen had been put on an academic diet. They were given no choice of courses, only the nutritious table d'hóte (mathematics, literature, philosophy, science and a language) that Yale picked out for them. Last week Yale announced that the 40 freshmen had done three points better than their expected grades (based on prep-school marks and scholastic aptitude tests), while the rest of the class, choosing cafeteria-style whatever electives they wanted, had done only what was expected of them...
Result: more Yale freshmen and sophomores will probably be put on the diet next fall...