Exceprt from book: THERE is nothing new about the Mahdah method of destroying corpulency. It is as old as Galen. It was known to Avicenna and to Ficinus, as it is known to the youngest doctor sitting on the tail-board of an ambulance. One may put it in a word or two: Eat the right kind of food. There is no need of starving to get one's weight down to the proper standard of beauty and efficiency. One may dine and dine well if one will but dine wisely. One may indulge one self in the exquisite pleasures of a perfectly composed dinner—so long as it be scientifically composed. One may lead a life of perfect gustatorial satisfaction—without ascetic restrictions. Even the round-faced girl—for whom the hideous phantom of obesity lies in wait at the cross-roads of middle life— need not shun the pleasant table-joys; she may eat if only she will wisely eat. Certain foods make for fat; and it is upon these carbonaceous foods— starches and sugars and oils—that fat humanity unwisely feeds.
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