In fasting for relief of obesity, how much may the diet be reduced?

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Fasting to Relieve Obesity

Q. In fasting for relief of obesity, how much may the diet be reduced?

A. In an attempt to get rid of surplus flesh by reducing the intake of food, it is highly im­portant to avoid robbing the body of its store of protein as this must result in wasting of the muscles, weakening the heart, depreciating the blood and generally injuring the vital machin­ery. Carefully conducted experiments by Mag­nus-Levy, Beinstein, and others, have shown that if the dietary is not reduced much below two-thirds of the actual requirement, that is, not more than one-third below the energy out­put, the protein of the tissues will not be attacked while the fat will be progressively con­sumed. It is especially important also to note in arranging the dietary for a fat patient that the protein may be protected by making the diet consist almost exclusively of carbohydrates. That is, fats should be almost withdrawn from the diet. The protein intake may be kept at the minimum, but the carbohydrates should constitute the greater part of the ration.

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