Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...person gets an ulcer here, it's because of his diet and drinking, not worry," says Ben Barry, 48, who has lived on Majuro since 1969. "This is an alcoholic's paradise. Where else can you get Black Label for 800 and listen to good jazz while you drink...
...week in the presence of "God Sir" can be had for well under $100, including a gourmet vegetarian diet. Typically the Poona seekers are in their late 20s, or older, searching frantically for spiritual answers. Ma Prem Ida, who dropped out after 15 years as a Las Vegas waitress, then tried est, says, "I want to get out of myself, have fun with myself, do what my feelings tell me." A 35-year-old psychotherapist named Tim who practices in the Midwest found his techniques running dry and is searching for what he calls "radical autonomy." America, he says...
...began fasting. During that time he ate nothing but one or two large cans of V-8 juice. As if starving himself wasn't enough, he also ran several miles a day. "I needed the exercise. I had to lose those calories, man." The thought of varying his diet of water and fruit juice did occur to him, but calories scared him off. "Maybe I could have eaten soybeans, they're practically all protein. But even protein has calories." While other dieters counted 2000 calories a day, he counted...
...physical was postponed a month. "I had a date in November and I was down to 132 for it. When I found out that they had changed the date, I gained all my weight back in a week." Larry wasn't sure whether he could go through his rigorous diet again...
Normal blood pressure, he figured, ranges from 120 to 140. Young people most frequently fall in the bottom half of this range. But Dave had a history of high blood pressure, and his diet had made it worse. "The day before the physical, my blood pressure was 160. Then, just before I went, I took a No-Doz tablet to make them think I was dying." The draft board held Dave for 24 hours, a drug-detection measure he hadn't anticipated; but fortunately for him, his blood pressure remained high...