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...Thomas Kirk Cureton is a man of 49 who says he feels 35. It is no idle boast. He can prove it with physical-fitness tests in which he ranks consistently next to Track Stars Gil Dodds, 32, and Craig Dixon...
...Cureton, director of the Physical Fitness Research Laboratory at the University of Illinois, has spent the last five years testing the physical condition of 2,000 "middleaged" men (26 to 60, by his classification) from a dozen or more professions and trades. He has put more than 500 of them through a physical build-up course, and retested them at the end of it for signs of improved breathing, heart action, muscular flexibility, strength, hardness, endurance. His conclusion: cardio-vascular ailments among the middle-aged would be negligible if such people would just exercise more, eat right...
Reduced to its simplest terms, the Cureton cure consists of 1) regular, rhythmic exercise (e.g., a half-hour swim or a twomile walk each day), to strengthen the body's big muscles and promote the flow of blood back to the heart; 2) a diet of more green and yellow vegetables, no excess fats, starches or sugars, and "not too much of anything." Dr. Cureton stresses the fact that this is not a reducing regimen, nor is it for sick men. The purpose is to tone up the cardio-vascular system, strengthen the heart, improve the digestion, clear...
...Cureton workout, he had a life expectancy of 21 years...
...sworn in by Chief Justice Cureton of the State Supreme Court, Governor O'Daniel made a grave face. Said the showman Governor: "I pray that glamor and color will be eliminated from our legislative session and that seriousness and dignity will reign supreme...