Can excessive fat be removed by means of massage?

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Massage not an Efficient Remedy for Obesity

Q. Can excessive fat be removed by means of massage?

A. No. Massage is purely mechanical in its effects. It does not increase to any considerable extent the bodily activities by means of which alone fat can be consumed. Careful experi­ments made by Zuntz, an eminent German in­vestigator, and others showed that massage does not increase metabolism and hence cannot be relied upon as a means of reducing fat. Many persons have wasted an enormous amount of time and money in an attempt to reduce their weight by treatment at the hands of manipulators who claim to be able to accomplish a cure by massage and various special manipulations, but do not make good their claims. Work is necessary for the reduction of fat, and work by the patient himself, no matter how distasteful. The obese patient must make up his mind that he must work out his own salvation.

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