Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...A.M.A.'s concerns is the treatment offered by Simeons Weight Clinics, a chain of "fat clubs" with branches throughout the U.S. The A.M.A. notes that Simeons clients are placed on a diet of 500 calories a day for 42 to 60 days. They are also given injections of a substance called human chorionic gonadotropin (HCG), which is extracted from the urine of pregnant women. The regimen's proponents claim that HCG helps patients stick to their diets and burn up fats better...
...weight loss, the Journal states, is a result of the near-starvation diet, which can lead to a substantial and possibly hazardous protein loss...
...theory - so far unconfirmed - that there are "obesity nerve endings" in the ear. Doctors who practice the art place surgical staples in their patients' ears and instruct them to wiggle the metal clips with their fingers whenever they feel like cheating on the 400-calorie-per-day diet that accompanies the treatment...
Deficient Diet. Dr. Robert Moser, editor of the A.M.A. Journal, does not doubt that staplepuncture patients are able to shed some poundage. But he rejects the idea that beyond serving as a reminder to those who are already well-motivated to reduce, the staples play a part in the loss. Instead, he attributes any reduction in weight to what he considers a dangerously deficient diet. But he admits that the staples do have at least one observable medical effect on some patients. They often cause ear infections...
...premier Fidel Castro, conducted last July by Frank Mankiewicz and Kirby Jones, McGovern's presidential campaign manager and press secretary, respectively. The article opens up with a ridiculous description of Castro as having "the build of a cornerback, or maybe an Ivy League tackle," and proceeds to detail his diet, smoking habits, and insane driving abilities, concluding with Castro remarking on Peter Benchley's novel, Jaws. All of this seems kind of a superficial approach to interviewing a revolutionary leader, but then maybe Castro wasn't aware of the kind of magazine he would be appearing in. The interview itself...