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Father's Faith. Johnny was, in fact, a straight shooter in every way. An elder in the Mormon Church, he did not smoke, drink, overeat or stay up late (and still doesn't today). His lone passion besides golf was fishing and his idea of a hot time was shooting pool with Spiro Agnew at Frank Sinatra's place in Palm Springs. "There's really nothing wrong with messing around," Johnny said, "if that's what you like. But if you don't do it, you certainly have the advantage." He insisted that...
This approach turns off some sophisticates, but it is a demonstrable success. Some 3,000,000 fatties over the past 81 years have paid to attend one or more sessions; fees now are about $4 to register and $3 for each of 16 weekly classes. Many of those attending overeat out of loneliness and find the camaraderie and understanding of the weekly classes a more important aid to dieting than the injunctions to weigh all their food. Says Mrs. Nidetch: "Compulsive eating is an emotional problem, and we use an emotional approach to its solution...
...missiles. Bouts of furious activity and 14-hour days may be followed by periods of idleness. "It's not a natural environment," complains Ray Forbes of General Electric, who visits the space center for launchings but leaves as soon as he can. "Down here you oversmoke, overeat, overdrink, overworry and undersleep...
...Cripple. Far from making a "cardiac cripple" of their patient, as so many doctors were still doing, Ike's physicians advised him to get all the exercise he could. He did not overeat, and he cut down on hard fats and sweets. This regimen kept Eisenhower's arteries working well for eight full years. Then came his second and third heart attacks, in 1965. Again, Ike recovered astonishingly well for a man then 75 years old. But more episodes were predictable...
...When you overeat, you should not open the top buttons of your trousers, and women should not unzip their dresses...