Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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What to do? Dermatologist MacKenna stoutly holds that each individual case presents its own problems, but he slashes away a lot of old-fashioned injunctions. It is no use, he says, to impose such a strict diet that the victim feels forever hungry and deprived, or to prescribe special face lotions plus shampoos for the unproved relationship between dandruff and acne. Some cases can be cured, says Dr. MacKenna, by moderate restriction of sugars and starches, elimination of chocolate and cocoa in any form, from the diet, and nightly application of a paste containing 6% sulphur, 6% resorcin...
...include many of which are eminently suitable for staging at the University. Some of them have the additional advantage of not requiring grand production. Instead of these, we get imitations of Broadway--and Shakespeare. Even worse than the popular modern playwrights, Shakespeare provides the staple for Harvard's dramatic diet. While it is laudable to produce nearly any of his works, the fact remains that Shakespeare also receives frequent performances. Two or three of his works can generally be found on the board in New York. The frequency with which Shakespeare is produced at the University approaches being too much...
...first, this was put down to laboratory errors or diet infractions (one big executive temptation: the plentiful, high-calorie canapes at Washington cocktail parties)..Then it was found that in some men cholesterol and lipoprotein levels were highest during periods of great emotional stress. Investigation showed that lipoprotein levels were the first to rise when stress appeared, followed by a general rise in cholesterol level if it persisted. A check of the men turned up many cases in which stress seemed to be the only explanation for such fluctuations, and Dr. Groover believes that other cases may have gone undetected...
Among Groover's case histories was the story of Colonel M.B., who worked for an unreasonable, hostile boss. His cholesterol level was high, but diet and exercise failed to help. When the boss was taken to the hospital (with cerebral arteriosclerosis), Colonel M.B.'s cholesterol level showed a remarkable drop. Brigadier General F.R.'s cholesterol level was normal when he was assigned to Washington, but it shot up when he took over a demanding job in which he constantly had to meet deadlines; a change of duty brought him down to normal...
...potential heart attacks have been prevented. Such high levels may be a major factor contributing to the attack, "like the oily-rag-in-the-attic fire," he says, "but they aren't necessarily the cause of heart attacks." Still, Groover is sure that somewhere in the area of diet and stress, the answer will be found...