Air Force Diet

Hi,
Here is some "food for thought."

While looking through some old stuff, I found a small booklet called
the Air Force Diet that was published in 1965 and cost 35 cents. It
is a low-carbohydrate diet and includes a carbohydrate chart of foods.
It is fairly interesting and here are some extracts from the book.

(Remember, this was published in 1965)

For the purpose of meaningful discussion let us divide people into two
large classes; those who gain weight quickly - the ADDWATES and those
who stay slim - the LOWATES.

Forget the fable that you are fat because you're a "big eater." It
may be true in some cases, but "it ain't necessarily so." If you are
an ADDWATE type, you can gain weight quickly, and with very little of
the wrong kind of food. This type of person is so because of their
body's inaptitude to metabolize carbohydrates properly.

Fat people blame themselves for their fatness. It is no more a
blameable matter than either baldness or cross-eyes, and is more
easily remedied that either. Besides metabolic deficiencies, many
cases of overweight are due to your heredity. Again, you did not
choose your ancestors; if you come from a short, chunky breed, you
have basic limits that you cannot transcend.

Therefore, discard the theory that fat people are all big or
gluttonous eaters. They are usually either genetically inclined to
stoutness or have a constitutional inability to properly metabolize
carbohydrates. The LOWATE people can manage almost any combination of
foods and have their weight remain constant. But the fatties of the
world, the ADDWATES, cannot. Their bodies seem unable to manage
carbohydrates. But they do not need many carbohydrates as their
bodies manufacture its own. For these unfortunates many, fats and
protein are easily used up, but carbohydrates are not. And what makes
the fat person fat is not his calorie intake, but rather his
carbohydrate intake. Fat is caused by storing up carbohydrates that
have turned to fat and which are stored up and not used in the normal
metabolic process. If the fat person limits his intake of
carbohydrates to a minimum, and lives primarily on fats and proteins,
he must lose weight. Even with the same amount of calories he will
lose weight, if they are fat and protein calories instead of
carbohydrate calories.

In England, Prof. Kekwich of the Middlesex Hospital tried an
experiment on this basis. He found that using the same number of
calories, his subjects gained wights on a high carbohydrate diet, and
lost weight on a high fat diet....(discription of diet). It is high
sugar and starches which are basically carbohydrates that give you the
"beer belly" paunch and the triple decker chins.

(Then in all-caps the book continues....)
EAT A MINIMUM OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN CARBOHYDRATES, AND TRY TO MAINTAIN
A LEVEL OF NOT MORE THAN 55 CARBOHYDRATE GRAMS PER DAY. REMEMBER
ABOUT FOUR TABLESPOONS OF SUGAR CONTAIN ALL THE CARBOHYDRATES YOU NEED
IN A DAY. EAT PLENTY OF MEAT, BOTH FATTY AND LEAN, AVOID LIKE POISON,
GRAIN PRODUCTS SUCH AS EVERYTHING MADE FROM FLOUR, DESSERTS, POTATOES,
AND ROOT VEGETABLES SUCH AS BEETS. TAKE A DRINK WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT
BUT DON'T DRINK BEER, ALE, SWEET WINE OR LIQUEURS. DON'T LOOK AT THE
SCALE DAILY, BUT CHECK ONCE A WEEK AS YOUR CARBOHYDRATES GO DOWN SO
WILL THE POUNDS.

Loss of weight should result in a lowering of cholesterol level in the
blood. Still, it has not be conclusively proven that a heavy
concentration of cholesterol leads to coronary thrombosis. In fact,
many people with low blood cholesterol counts get coronaries. What
does this mean in relation to the saturated versus unsaturated fat
controversy? By definition, saturated fats are fats derived from
meat, and when cold tend to become hard. Unsaturated fats are usually
of vegetable origin, and tend to stay liquid unless frozen. Recent
medical research has shown that Norwegians, who have a diet heavy in
saturated fats, have far fewer coronaries than the New Zealanders, who
eat little saturated fat. Medical history does not support the theory
that peoples who subsist primarily on vegetables and grains are in
anyway more healthy than others. On the contrary, it is the grain and
cereal eaters, the high carbohydrate eaters who usually suffer from
the most pernicious malnutritional diseases.

(The book goes on to explain several other misconceptions about this
diet, which I won't go into here. But it covers, the cost of the
diet, that is sufficiently balanced, ketosis, etc.)

And, once again, this book was written in 1965.

Interesting. My grandfather used to say that bread and potatoes made you
fat. He also drank his coffee black and he was always thin. You'd figure
that after years of nutritional studies, we would have it all ironed out by
now. Today, I'm eating just like my grandfather said we should. I wonder
what happened along the way to make everyone change their thinking.

Tom
210/189/180


"john" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Here is some "food for thought."

While looking through some old stuff, I found a small booklet called
the Air Force Diet that was published in 1965 and cost 35 cents. It
is a low-carbohydrate diet and includes a carbohydrate chart of foods.
It is fairly interesting and here are some extracts from the book.

(Remember, this was published in 1965)

For the purpose of meaningful discussion let us divide people into two
large classes; those who gain weight quickly - the ADDWATES and those
who stay slim - the LOWATES.

Forget the fable that you are fat because you're a "big eater." It
may be true in some cases, but "it ain't necessarily so." If you are
an ADDWATE type, you can gain weight quickly, and with very little of
the wrong kind of food. This type of person is so because of their
body's inaptitude to metabolize carbohydrates properly.

Fat people blame themselves for their fatness. It is no more a
blameable matter than either baldness or cross-eyes, and is more
easily remedied that either. Besides metabolic deficiencies, many
cases of overweight are due to your heredity. Again, you did not
choose your ancestors; if you come from a short, chunky breed, you
have basic limits that you cannot transcend.

Therefore, discard the theory that fat people are all big or
gluttonous eaters. They are usually either genetically inclined to
stoutness or have a constitutional inability to properly metabolize
carbohydrates. The LOWATE people can manage almost any combination of
foods and have their weight remain constant. But the fatties of the
world, the ADDWATES, cannot. Their bodies seem unable to manage
carbohydrates. But they do not need many carbohydrates as their
bodies manufacture its own. For these unfortunates many, fats and
protein are easily used up, but carbohydrates are not. And what makes
the fat person fat is not his calorie intake, but rather his
carbohydrate intake. Fat is caused by storing up carbohydrates that
have turned to fat and which are stored up and not used in the normal
metabolic process. If the fat person limits his intake of
carbohydrates to a minimum, and lives primarily on fats and proteins,
he must lose weight. Even with the same amount of calories he will
lose weight, if they are fat and protein calories instead of
carbohydrate calories.

In England, Prof. Kekwich of the Middlesex Hospital tried an
experiment on this basis. He found that using the same number of
calories, his subjects gained wights on a high carbohydrate diet, and
lost weight on a high fat diet....(discription of diet). It is high
sugar and starches which are basically carbohydrates that give you the
"beer belly" paunch and the triple decker chins.

(Then in all-caps the book continues....)
EAT A MINIMUM OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN CARBOHYDRATES, AND TRY TO MAINTAIN
A LEVEL OF NOT MORE THAN 55 CARBOHYDRATE GRAMS PER DAY. REMEMBER
ABOUT FOUR TABLESPOONS OF SUGAR CONTAIN ALL THE CARBOHYDRATES YOU NEED
IN A DAY. EAT PLENTY OF MEAT, BOTH FATTY AND LEAN, AVOID LIKE POISON,
GRAIN PRODUCTS SUCH AS EVERYTHING MADE FROM FLOUR, DESSERTS, POTATOES,
AND ROOT VEGETABLES SUCH AS BEETS. TAKE A DRINK WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT
BUT DON'T DRINK BEER, ALE, SWEET WINE OR LIQUEURS. DON'T LOOK AT THE
SCALE DAILY, BUT CHECK ONCE A WEEK AS YOUR CARBOHYDRATES GO DOWN SO
WILL THE POUNDS.

Loss of weight should result in a lowering of cholesterol level in the
blood. Still, it has not be conclusively proven that a heavy
concentration of cholesterol leads to coronary thrombosis. In fact,
many people with low blood cholesterol counts get coronaries. What
does this mean in relation to the saturated versus unsaturated fat
controversy? By definition, saturated fats are fats derived from
meat, and when cold tend to become hard. Unsaturated fats are usually
of vegetable origin, and tend to stay liquid unless frozen. Recent
medical research has shown that Norwegians, who have a diet heavy in
saturated fats, have far fewer coronaries than the New Zealanders, who
eat little saturated fat. Medical history does not support the theory
that peoples who subsist primarily on vegetables and grains are in
anyway more healthy than others. On the contrary, it is the grain and
cereal eaters, the high carbohydrate eaters who usually suffer from
the most pernicious malnutritional diseases.

(The book goes on to explain several other misconceptions about this
diet, which I won't go into here. But it covers, the cost of the
diet, that is sufficiently balanced, ketosis, etc.)

And, once again, this book was written in 1965.

"john" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Here is some "food for thought."

While looking through some old stuff, I found a small booklet called
the Air Force Diet that was published in 1965 and cost 35 cents. It
is a low-carbohydrate diet and includes a carbohydrate chart of foods.
It is fairly interesting and here are some extracts from the book.


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has?
--
Bill from Holland
320/310/170 (metric) 6'1"
Low carb since 15 Feb 2004

Totally excellent post!

--
JC

Eat less, exercise more.

--
"john" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Here is some "food for thought."

While looking through some old stuff, I found a small booklet called
the Air Force Diet that was published in 1965 and cost 35 cents. It
is a low-carbohydrate diet and includes a carbohydrate chart of foods.
It is fairly interesting and here are some extracts from the book.

(Remember, this was published in 1965)

For the purpose of meaningful discussion let us divide people into two
large classes; those who gain weight quickly - the ADDWATES and those
who stay slim - the LOWATES.

Forget the fable that you are fat because you're a "big eater." It
may be true in some cases, but "it ain't necessarily so." If you are
an ADDWATE type, you can gain weight quickly, and with very little of
the wrong kind of food. This type of person is so because of their
body's inaptitude to metabolize carbohydrates properly.

Fat people blame themselves for their fatness. It is no more a
blameable matter than either baldness or cross-eyes, and is more
easily remedied that either. Besides metabolic deficiencies, many
cases of overweight are due to your heredity. Again, you did not
choose your ancestors; if you come from a short, chunky breed, you
have basic limits that you cannot transcend.

Therefore, discard the theory that fat people are all big or
gluttonous eaters. They are usually either genetically inclined to
stoutness or have a constitutional inability to properly metabolize
carbohydrates. The LOWATE people can manage almost any combination of
foods and have their weight remain constant. But the fatties of the
world, the ADDWATES, cannot. Their bodies seem unable to manage
carbohydrates. But they do not need many carbohydrates as their
bodies manufacture its own. For these unfortunates many, fats and
protein are easily used up, but carbohydrates are not. And what makes
the fat person fat is not his calorie intake, but rather his
carbohydrate intake. Fat is caused by storing up carbohydrates that
have turned to fat and which are stored up and not used in the normal
metabolic process. If the fat person limits his intake of
carbohydrates to a minimum, and lives primarily on fats and proteins,
he must lose weight. Even with the same amount of calories he will
lose weight, if they are fat and protein calories instead of
carbohydrate calories.

In England, Prof. Kekwich of the Middlesex Hospital tried an
experiment on this basis. He found that using the same number of
calories, his subjects gained wights on a high carbohydrate diet, and
lost weight on a high fat diet....(discription of diet). It is high
sugar and starches which are basically carbohydrates that give you the
"beer belly" paunch and the triple decker chins.

(Then in all-caps the book continues....)
EAT A MINIMUM OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN CARBOHYDRATES, AND TRY TO MAINTAIN
A LEVEL OF NOT MORE THAN 55 CARBOHYDRATE GRAMS PER DAY. REMEMBER
ABOUT FOUR TABLESPOONS OF SUGAR CONTAIN ALL THE CARBOHYDRATES YOU NEED
IN A DAY. EAT PLENTY OF MEAT, BOTH FATTY AND LEAN, AVOID LIKE POISON,
GRAIN PRODUCTS SUCH AS EVERYTHING MADE FROM FLOUR, DESSERTS, POTATOES,
AND ROOT VEGETABLES SUCH AS BEETS. TAKE A DRINK WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT
BUT DON'T DRINK BEER, ALE, SWEET WINE OR LIQUEURS. DON'T LOOK AT THE
SCALE DAILY, BUT CHECK ONCE A WEEK AS YOUR CARBOHYDRATES GO DOWN SO
WILL THE POUNDS.

Loss of weight should result in a lowering of cholesterol level in the
blood. Still, it has not be conclusively proven that a heavy
concentration of cholesterol leads to coronary thrombosis. In fact,
many people with low blood cholesterol counts get coronaries. What
does this mean in relation to the saturated versus unsaturated fat
controversy? By definition, saturated fats are fats derived from
meat, and when cold tend to become hard. Unsaturated fats are usually
of vegetable origin, and tend to stay liquid unless frozen. Recent
medical research has shown that Norwegians, who have a diet heavy in
saturated fats, have far fewer coronaries than the New Zealanders, who
eat little saturated fat. Medical history does not support the theory
that peoples who subsist primarily on vegetables and grains are in
anyway more healthy than others. On the contrary, it is the grain and
cereal eaters, the high carbohydrate eaters who usually suffer from
the most pernicious malnutritional diseases.

(The book goes on to explain several other misconceptions about this
diet, which I won't go into here. But it covers, the cost of the
diet, that is sufficiently balanced, ketosis, etc.)

And, once again, this book was written in 1965.

"Tom" wrote in message
newsnRZb.583857$X%5.527020@pd7tw2no...
Interesting. My grandfather used to say that bread and potatoes made you
fat. He also drank his coffee black and he was always thin. You'd figure
that after years of nutritional studies, we would have it all ironed out
by
now. Today, I'm eating just like my grandfather said we should. I wonder
what happened along the way to make everyone change their thinking.

The carb peddlers became too powerful.

"Tom" wrote:

Interesting. My grandfather used to say that bread and potatoes made you
fat. He also drank his coffee black and he was always thin. You'd figure
that after years of nutritional studies, we would have it all ironed out by
now. Today, I'm eating just like my grandfather said we should. I wonder
what happened along the way to make everyone change their thinking.

Tom
210/189/180

The standard advice for losing weight in the 60s ('ceptin' for drugs)
was to cut out "starches" and exercise. Everything old is new again.

John,

The Air Force Diet book you found was actually a later version of a
bestselling diet published in the earlier 60s which I did when I was in high
school. It was called, strangely enough, "the Drinking Man's Diet" but was
mainly a low carb diet that called for 60 grams a day. You could eat them
all at once, but once they were eaten, that was that.

I didn't have the actual diet book, but I bought the little pocket-sized
carb counter that went with the diet and explained the principles, and I
carried it around for a couple months until I'd learned all the carb counts.
There was no nutritional info on food back then so it was quite hard to know
what you were eating. The little counter book didn't have a lot of the
stuff that you'd run into.

Even so, the diet worked, and whenever I needed to take off weight for the
next 30 years I always cut out the bread, potatoes and sugary stuff. That
very simple approach with no counting worked too until I became diabetic. .
..

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Low carb facts and figures, my weight-loss photos, tips, recipes,
strategies for dealing with diabetes and more at
http://www.geocities.com/jenny_the_bean/

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Visit http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org/...0Diagnosed.htm



"john" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Here is some "food for thought."

While looking through some old stuff, I found a small booklet called
the Air Force Diet that was published in 1965 and cost 35 cents. It
is a low-carbohydrate diet and includes a carbohydrate chart of foods.
It is fairly interesting and here are some extracts from the book.

(Remember, this was published in 1965)

For the purpose of meaningful discussion let us divide people into two
large classes; those who gain weight quickly - the ADDWATES and those
who stay slim - the LOWATES.

Forget the fable that you are fat because you're a "big eater." It
may be true in some cases, but "it ain't necessarily so." If you are
an ADDWATE type, you can gain weight quickly, and with very little of
the wrong kind of food. This type of person is so because of their
body's inaptitude to metabolize carbohydrates properly.

Fat people blame themselves for their fatness. It is no more a
blameable matter than either baldness or cross-eyes, and is more
easily remedied that either. Besides metabolic deficiencies, many
cases of overweight are due to your heredity. Again, you did not
choose your ancestors; if you come from a short, chunky breed, you
have basic limits that you cannot transcend.

Therefore, discard the theory that fat people are all big or
gluttonous eaters. They are usually either genetically inclined to
stoutness or have a constitutional inability to properly metabolize
carbohydrates. The LOWATE people can manage almost any combination of
foods and have their weight remain constant. But the fatties of the
world, the ADDWATES, cannot. Their bodies seem unable to manage
carbohydrates. But they do not need many carbohydrates as their
bodies manufacture its own. For these unfortunates many, fats and
protein are easily used up, but carbohydrates are not. And what makes
the fat person fat is not his calorie intake, but rather his
carbohydrate intake. Fat is caused by storing up carbohydrates that
have turned to fat and which are stored up and not used in the normal
metabolic process. If the fat person limits his intake of
carbohydrates to a minimum, and lives primarily on fats and proteins,
he must lose weight. Even with the same amount of calories he will
lose weight, if they are fat and protein calories instead of
carbohydrate calories.

In England, Prof. Kekwich of the Middlesex Hospital tried an
experiment on this basis. He found that using the same number of
calories, his subjects gained wights on a high carbohydrate diet, and
lost weight on a high fat diet....(discription of diet). It is high
sugar and starches which are basically carbohydrates that give you the
"beer belly" paunch and the triple decker chins.

(Then in all-caps the book continues....)
EAT A MINIMUM OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN CARBOHYDRATES, AND TRY TO MAINTAIN
A LEVEL OF NOT MORE THAN 55 CARBOHYDRATE GRAMS PER DAY. REMEMBER
ABOUT FOUR TABLESPOONS OF SUGAR CONTAIN ALL THE CARBOHYDRATES YOU NEED
IN A DAY. EAT PLENTY OF MEAT, BOTH FATTY AND LEAN, AVOID LIKE POISON,
GRAIN PRODUCTS SUCH AS EVERYTHING MADE FROM FLOUR, DESSERTS, POTATOES,
AND ROOT VEGETABLES SUCH AS BEETS. TAKE A DRINK WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT
BUT DON'T DRINK BEER, ALE, SWEET WINE OR LIQUEURS. DON'T LOOK AT THE
SCALE DAILY, BUT CHECK ONCE A WEEK AS YOUR CARBOHYDRATES GO DOWN SO
WILL THE POUNDS.

Loss of weight should result in a lowering of cholesterol level in the
blood. Still, it has not be conclusively proven that a heavy
concentration of cholesterol leads to coronary thrombosis. In fact,
many people with low blood cholesterol counts get coronaries. What
does this mean in relation to the saturated versus unsaturated fat
controversy? By definition, saturated fats are fats derived from
meat, and when cold tend to become hard. Unsaturated fats are usually
of vegetable origin, and tend to stay liquid unless frozen. Recent
medical research has shown that Norwegians, who have a diet heavy in
saturated fats, have far fewer coronaries than the New Zealanders, who
eat little saturated fat. Medical history does not support the theory
that peoples who subsist primarily on vegetables and grains are in
anyway more healthy than others. On the contrary, it is the grain and
cereal eaters, the high carbohydrate eaters who usually suffer from
the most pernicious malnutritional diseases.

(The book goes on to explain several other misconceptions about this
diet, which I won't go into here. But it covers, the cost of the
diet, that is sufficiently balanced, ketosis, etc.)

And, once again, this book was written in 1965.

-- Jenny - Low Carbing for 4 years. At goal for weight. Type 2 diabetes,
hba1c 5.2.
Cut the carbs to respond to my email address!

Jenny - Great site and great before and after photos. Now that you are much
much thinner, have you ever thought about having a breast reduction and
something done about the cellulite? It would so compliment your new figure and
new weight loss!

Congratulations Jenny!

WOW

"john" wrote in message
...
Hi,
Here is some "food for thought."

While looking through some old stuff, I found a small booklet called
the Air Force Diet that was published in 1965 and cost 35 cents. It
is a low-carbohydrate diet and includes a carbohydrate chart of foods.
It is fairly interesting and here are some extracts from the book.

(Remember, this was published in 1965)

For the purpose of meaningful discussion let us divide people into two
large classes; those who gain weight quickly - the ADDWATES and those
who stay slim - the LOWATES.

Forget the fable that you are fat because you're a "big eater." It
may be true in some cases, but "it ain't necessarily so." If you are
an ADDWATE type, you can gain weight quickly, and with very little of
the wrong kind of food. This type of person is so because of their
body's inaptitude to metabolize carbohydrates properly.

Fat people blame themselves for their fatness. It is no more a
blameable matter than either baldness or cross-eyes, and is more
easily remedied that either. Besides metabolic deficiencies, many
cases of overweight are due to your heredity. Again, you did not
choose your ancestors; if you come from a short, chunky breed, you
have basic limits that you cannot transcend.

Therefore, discard the theory that fat people are all big or
gluttonous eaters. They are usually either genetically inclined to
stoutness or have a constitutional inability to properly metabolize
carbohydrates. The LOWATE people can manage almost any combination of
foods and have their weight remain constant. But the fatties of the
world, the ADDWATES, cannot. Their bodies seem unable to manage
carbohydrates. But they do not need many carbohydrates as their
bodies manufacture its own. For these unfortunates many, fats and
protein are easily used up, but carbohydrates are not. And what makes
the fat person fat is not his calorie intake, but rather his
carbohydrate intake. Fat is caused by storing up carbohydrates that
have turned to fat and which are stored up and not used in the normal
metabolic process. If the fat person limits his intake of
carbohydrates to a minimum, and lives primarily on fats and proteins,
he must lose weight. Even with the same amount of calories he will
lose weight, if they are fat and protein calories instead of
carbohydrate calories.

In England, Prof. Kekwich of the Middlesex Hospital tried an
experiment on this basis. He found that using the same number of
calories, his subjects gained wights on a high carbohydrate diet, and
lost weight on a high fat diet....(discription of diet). It is high
sugar and starches which are basically carbohydrates that give you the
"beer belly" paunch and the triple decker chins.

(Then in all-caps the book continues....)
EAT A MINIMUM OF FOODS THAT CONTAIN CARBOHYDRATES, AND TRY TO MAINTAIN
A LEVEL OF NOT MORE THAN 55 CARBOHYDRATE GRAMS PER DAY. REMEMBER
ABOUT FOUR TABLESPOONS OF SUGAR CONTAIN ALL THE CARBOHYDRATES YOU NEED
IN A DAY. EAT PLENTY OF MEAT, BOTH FATTY AND LEAN, AVOID LIKE POISON,
GRAIN PRODUCTS SUCH AS EVERYTHING MADE FROM FLOUR, DESSERTS, POTATOES,
AND ROOT VEGETABLES SUCH AS BEETS. TAKE A DRINK WHEN YOU FEEL LIKE IT
BUT DON'T DRINK BEER, ALE, SWEET WINE OR LIQUEURS. DON'T LOOK AT THE
SCALE DAILY, BUT CHECK ONCE A WEEK AS YOUR CARBOHYDRATES GO DOWN SO
WILL THE POUNDS.

Loss of weight should result in a lowering of cholesterol level in the
blood. Still, it has not be conclusively proven that a heavy
concentration of cholesterol leads to coronary thrombosis. In fact,
many people with low blood cholesterol counts get coronaries. What
does this mean in relation to the saturated versus unsaturated fat
controversy? By definition, saturated fats are fats derived from
meat, and when cold tend to become hard. Unsaturated fats are usually
of vegetable origin, and tend to stay liquid unless frozen. Recent
medical research has shown that Norwegians, who have a diet heavy in
saturated fats, have far fewer coronaries than the New Zealanders, who
eat little saturated fat. Medical history does not support the theory
that peoples who subsist primarily on vegetables and grains are in
anyway more healthy than others. On the contrary, it is the grain and
cereal eaters, the high carbohydrate eaters who usually suffer from
the most pernicious malnutritional diseases.

(The book goes on to explain several other misconceptions about this
diet, which I won't go into here. But it covers, the cost of the
diet, that is sufficiently balanced, ketosis, etc.)

And, once again, this book was written in 1965.

Jenny wrote:

John,

The Air Force Diet book you found was actually a later version of a
bestselling diet published in the earlier 60s which I did when I was in high
school. It was called, strangely enough, "the Drinking Man's Diet"

Hey, that was a song by Allan Sherman!

http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/so...mansdiet.shtml