| THERE IS an old saying to the effect that a person has perfect tasteif it matches your own. In a similar vein, I believe that Fit or Fat?is the perfect book- it corroborates all my pet ideas about dietsand exercise. These weighty topics occupy an enormous segmentof the collective American consciousness. Theories abound andbooks proliferate, all promising the greatest girth control with theleast amount of effort. Covert Bailey takes a different approach. Not weight, but fatis the enemy. Not passive nutritional manipulations, but activechanges in metabolism are the solution. Bailey's theories are basedon experience as well as biochemical and nutritional analysis. Theauthor, whose slim build and gargantuan appetite were the envyof his friends for years, was shocked one day to discover that fathad crept up on him unheralded. Realizing that the insidious onsetof his problem coincided with a marked decrease in activity, heput two and two together (a simple matter for an M.I.T. graduate). Boyish figure restored, Covert Bailey went on to spread the wordaround unfit America, in lectures and with his mobile "BaileyClinic." Fit or Fat?, the resulting book, gives a lucid and enter-taining explanation of the relationship between physical activity,fat metabolism, and weight. It includes sound nutritional advicebased on these biochemical realities. One's tendency, after reading this book, is to buy a dozen copies and distribute them to friends of both the fit and the fat variety. A little caution is recommended here. Many of the pudgy will be inspired to throw away their latest diets and calorie charts and go out for long walks or jogs, thus cluttering up the running paths. And Bailey's answers may not always please the already fit. |
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