Word: diets
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...fact is that the drinking man's diet will work in some cases, but not for many of the reasons given by its advocates. A bon vivant executive who is ordered to take off 20 or 30 Ibs. is made instantly miserable and tense by being denied most of his drinks and rich meats. Told that he can go on drinking, he stays relaxed, which reduces the temptation to nibble between meals. Also, despite a popular misconception, two or more cocktails actually depress the appetite. The drinking man feels satisfied after a filet mignon, and the little...
Water Balance. The main thing is that a man who sticks to the drinker's diet will cut down drastically on his calorie intake by avoiding not only bread, potatoes and even innocent strawberries but, far more important, the butter and cream or sour cream that usually go with them. If he loses weight, it is because of a reduced calorie intake...
Says Dr. Philip L. White, the A.M.A.'s top nutrition expert: "The drinking man's diet is utter nonsense, has no scientific basis, and is chock-full of errors. Some individuals on these low-carbohydrate diets may at first undergo a change in water balance, which might account for a loss of a few pounds. Even the authors of the book make the interesting admission that if a man eats and drinks heavily, he is going to gain weight and get drunk...
...other twelve, both surface infection and systemic infection (blood poisoning)-major causes of death in burns-were for all practical purposes eliminated. Equally important from the doctors' viewpoint, the patients lost only a negligible amount of body fluids or weight and did not need special diet supplements or plasma...
Pepsi has shown lots of sparkle in the 17 months it has been bossed by Kendall, a onetime fountain-syrup salesman. Last spring he introduced Diet Pepsi, which has since captured more than one-quarter of the low-calorie-cola market. He also bought a West Virginia firm that makes Mountain Dew, sugar-rich citrus soda whose slogan is "It tickles yore innards." Mountain Dew sales are up 150% since September...