European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 11, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 18 the stars and stripes wednesday May 11, 1977 modern Medicine by Michael halber8tam, the first living creatures crawled Shore to evolve into land dwelling animal Sand eventually into Man. They brought a lasting reminder of their aquatic origins the need for water. Sixty to As per cent of the average adult body is comprised of water. Nothing Hap pens in the body whether circulation breathing or digestion without the participation of body also needs water to maintain an even temperature. A Marathon runner for example would develop High fever unless his body could eliminate excess heat through sweat. Two million sweat glands constantly push out water which evaporates and provides Man with his Only Means of keeping As recently As world War ii Man s water needs were not Well understood. One army commander decided his troops could do better during desert training if they were limited to one quart of water daily. His Deci Sion killed eight men but led to research that proved human water requirements must not be curtailed especially during athletics and other strenuous activities. More recently it was recognized that depriving athletes of water can cause heat stroke sudden collapse and in a number of cases death. The american medical association has condemned such of Man s water level up to 3 per cent of total body weight causes impaired performance of to 10 per cent causes heatstroke and Over 10 per cent causes death. Stated another Way. Man can live 30 to 40days without food because lie Eta convert stored fat and protein into Energy. But Pecan live Only five to eight Day and possibly fewer without water because he canno manufacture it himself. By drinking and. To a lesser extent eating Man most replace the water he loses through the kidneys. Sun. Lungs and bowels. Prisoners who go on hunger strikes rarely deprive themselves of fluids As average sedentary person should lose 1.5 liners a Little Over a quart of water Aday. About 90 per cent of it through urine to maintain healthy kidneys and rid the body of waste products. Normally a person loses about half a Lite Rof water through skin evaporation daily. In hot weather an athlete or labourer May sweat More than 2 liners per hour and up to is liners a Day. In desert climates where sweat evaporates before it is even noticed dehydration is a great Hazard. Mountain climbers face the additional risk of losing several liners of water daily through breath ing rarefied air rapidly to meet their bodies oxygen can occur in More unexpected places. While the humidity of the Sahara desert and death Valley is around 25 per cent that of the average heated Home i about 13 per cent. This atmosphere can keep inhabitants in constant need of liquid replenishment though they Are not in danger of be . As dehydration pm ogres ses it removes water from the blood and causes the heart to work harder to Pumpa diminished blood impaired blood circulation to the brain. Intern causes inefficiency lassitude restlessness insomnia fatigue and loss of Appe Tite. Eventually delirium deafness and death can avoid dehydration drink Small amounts of Cool not cold water throughout the Day especially during periods of exer Tion. The body cannot absorb Large amount Sand passes them through As urine. Certain diets Low to fats and carbohydrates and High in Prole to can cause dehydration because water is necessary for metabolism of proteins to the body. If you insist on such diets and there Are far belter ways to lose weight you should in crease fluid intake to ensure that you Are passing at least a quart of urine daily. There is some evidence that chronic Low Grade deprivation of fluid tends to increase be incidence of both Gall bladder an kidney stones to people who live in arid finally do not rely on thirst As a Yard stick of water need since thirst sensations Are too weak to make a person crave All the water lost through sweating and other pro ciktwvootim.1 Art Buchwald a Why is there an Energy shortage a because not enough dinosaurs died so they could rot and make Oil to last As beyond the year 2040. Q Why Don t we raise More dinosaurs and kill them and Bury them in the ground of they will rot and provide Oil for us a because the environmentalists won t let us kill dinosaurs. They Are a protected what about foliage and other fossils Why can t we Bury them so we can have More Oil a it takes a billion years for vegetation and fossils to rot and turn into Oil. Most people Don t want to wait that what happened to the Oil we were supposed to get from Alaska hat would make us Independent of toe Middle East a that Oil is going to be shipped to Japan and we will get the Oil that Japan would ordinarily buy from the Middle East. A won t that make us More dependent on Middle East Oil than we were before a no comment. Q what docs president Carter propose to do to solve the Energy crisis a by taxing people who use gasoline. He expects to raise the Price of gasoline by five cents per gallon until people use less of it. A won t that be a Burden on people who need their automobiles to go to work a they will get rebates providing they Don t have Gas guzzling cars. A will the Oil companies Benefit from the president s plan a Only to the extent that the Price they will receive for their new Oil will be competitive with what we Are now paying the Ope nations. A what is a Gas guzzler a a Gas guzzler is any car that get less Miles to the gallon than the car you own at the present. Q the supreme court just ruled that you could spank children in school. Does president Carter plan to spank people who drive Gas guzzlers a not at the moment. But the department of Energy As a standby plan in Case its goals on the Purchase of Small cars Are not met. The would set up a government spanking Bureau and before you would be permitted to buy a big car you could have to go there and get 20whacks on your backside. Q there Are some people who like to be spanked and who might buy a big car just to get beaten what will you do about them a the government has their names to a computer and if it finds out they bought a big car just to get spanked they will be refused the privilege and will be asked to pay an excise spanking tax instead. across 1 obstacle 4 blizzard. 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Of sure you la hear from dozens of fantasizing females telling you about the husband they might have had but among them there Are very few serious proposals. Mostly they Are ego trips products of the imagination. Births Are about equal be tween the sexes but those to Power Are the males. They make the decisions about big Money jobs wan Etc. They also choose their brides As Well As the younger second wife and later on the mistresses. Your poll smells Ann and no like Coffee. Average Amy dear a i agree that the Oneson whom the gods have smiled kindly often gel better Breaks but this goes for females As Well As apologize for second goes sing our founding fathers but i just in t True that All men Are created Aroma of the poll May not have been fragrant Honey but twas certainly an Eye opener. Dear Ann i m 26. Attractive and a top notch Secretary. This is the fourth time i be fallen to love with a Man i can t have. Three of my romances hav been with mento the corporation All married and nearly twice my age. I had High Hopes the last one would divorce his wife but i was do i keep running into Blind alleys and dead end streets do i need a wigs Cher or a Swift kick in the caboose a do dear a do some women who become involved with men who Are unobtainable Don t want to get married. They subconsciously protect themselves by going after what they can t have. Therapy might reveal a Side of your self you Don t know. Since you repeatedly set yourself up for misery it might help to find out Why so you can Stop it dear Ann a Divorcee about30 lives to this apartment build ing. She has a five year old daughter. Our 17-year-old son practically lives at her varnishes her floors paints her Kitchen and runs her errands. Hell could freeze Over before he d do anything for me.1 got mad at him last night be cause he was still up there at 11p.m. 1 walked to without Knock ing my husband says i should t have done it but i was boing Well. I caught the with their arms around each other. They said they were danc we. Re i a t jmok.,t should i do now fit to be Tedder fit either Yon or your to Jand should have Fra Anuswith Junior and make sure he Taew the fact of lift. All of us. Tell Law hint to slay away from the woman wont work. In fact it would probably make uneven More determined to see her. Forbidden fruit you know
