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HEALTH Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. Fluids cause swelling By Lawrence E. Lamb, M.D. DEAR DR. LAMB-I am a student and in a year I will be a registered nurse. I am also a mother and am 33 years old. I have a problem with edema. Under normal cir cumstances this doesn’t happen. But when I diet — I am going to Weight Watchers for the second time in my life — after about the third week on the diet I start waking up all puffy. My eyes are puffy. My fingers are like overstuff ed sausages. Last year this distressed me so much that I gave up the diet with only 13 pounds to go. No matter what I eat or drink it happens apparently as a result of the diet. I have tried cutting out all extra sodium but nothing works. As the diet progresses I become more and more troubled with edema every day. I also had swelling with my pregnancy but no increase in blood pressure or other problems. This problem makes me feel and look sluggish and I'd love to have it end so I can lose some weight and have done with it. Do you have any suggestions? DEAR READER - Your reaction is apparently more extreme than seen in most people, but retention of fluid while losing weight is fairly common. As the fat tissue is used for energy its breakdown liberates water and carbon dioxide. The water may be retained Such an individual may not see much change in weight on the scales because of the retention of water. Then suddenly there will be a sudden increase in elimina tion and the person may even feel washed out and will lose several pounds at once. The cycle may repeat itself again, causing the person to lose weight in plateaus. If you had persisted past the One more time for this rumor By Dick Kleiner DEAR DICK: Is it true that on Johnny Carson’s Tonight Show Farrah Fawcett-Majors stated that, yes, she was going to divorce Lee Majors and, yes, she is a lesbian? P. LARKINS, Urbancrest, Ohio This dumb rumor keeps cropping up from time to time. I have reported that it wasn’t true before. And I’ve gotten some nasty letters from readers who insisted I was wrong and said that they had actually seen that program. It’s funny what im agination will do. I checked further and the Johnny Carson people tell me that, not only didn’t Farrah say such things, but she has never even appeared on the Tonight show. DEAR DICK: I would like to know if John Travolta is taking care of the four-year-old son of Diana Hyland, his girl friend who died recently of cancer. M.S., Tucson, Ariz. No. The little boy, whose name is Zachary, has gone back to live with his father. DEAR DICK: Who are the five people who receive the most fan mail? J.G., Portage, Mich. Figures on fan mail are about as reliable as politicians’ promises. In fact, there are none worth noting. So the only way I can judge is by the number of questions I get about stars and, using that as a yardstick, I’d say the top five TV stars are David Soul and Paul Michael Glaser (Starsky and Hutch). Farrah Fawcett-Majors, Henry (Fonz) Winkler and John Travolta. And the top five movie stars are Barbra Streisand. Robert Redford, Al Pacino, Paul Newman and, at the mo ment, Sylvester Stallone. DEAR DICK: I’ve been trying to tell my father that Robert Blake, of Baretta, in the younger years of his life, played- Alfalfa in the Our Gang comedies, but he doesn’t believe me. Would you please clear up this theory? PATRICK M. BARRETT, Manchester, N.H. It’s a theory that’s partly right — you have the right show, but the wrong character. Blake was on Our Gang for five years, but he played the part of Mickey, not Alfalfa. DEAR DICK: While watching the Ali-Evangelista fight, the question arose as to whether Muhammad Ali got Howard Cosell’s job for him as a sportscaster. My Dad says Howard was a window washer before he started sportscasting. True or false? VICKI BLAS, Everton, Mo. It’s a lovely theory. As a practicing Gosellophobe, I endorse it. But it isn’t true. Howard was a lawyer before he started in sportscasting, back in ’53, and Ali had nothing to do with it. DEAR DICK: Please tell me who Meredith Baxter Birney’s mother is. M. YARWOOD, Orange, Calif. Meredith's mother is the lovely actress, Whitney Blake. WINTHROP by Dick Covalli M/z/ WHAT DIP THE MARTIAN \ ( TAKE ME TO YOUR. TT SAY T 9 THE / k BEEPER/ 7 -- iK complaints clerk? 7 J V I \\ 7Z ? ffi jrP s3f' I 'W kJ? /i\ ® /nA /Tr \yszz' jhhl jBtL ’>yy p*3= f ~ <AALU THE BORN LOSER by Art Sansom "Ta»ITSTAMP PEOPLE'. i\ AdOARF MOURCw\ ZIOU MEAN, I can ukethem 11 com \ EVEN) UKE BEIKJt? WITH J \OWM BEST QHSJ U®< ‘ -—-- —" r _ K eiiw>r«u, hmm esw.au three week period you may have had such a wash-out reaction and had a sudden weight loss. Since you seem to have an unusual amount of fluid I would suggest that you simply take a diuretic about once a week to help you rid yourself of the accumulating fluid. Don’t be upset about the fluid accumulation. It is a sign that you are losing fat and that is what you want to do. Once you have lost your weight the con dition will stop as you stabilize at your new weight. For some tips on dieting I am sending you The Health Letter number 4-7, Weight Losing Diet. Others who want this issue can send 50 cents with a long, stamped, self addressed envelope for it. Send your request to me in care of this newspaper, P.O. Box 1551, Radio City Station. New York, N.Y. 10019. DEAR DR LAMB - Is there any effective exercise or method to get rid of a dou ble chin? I’m full faced and have always had this problem. I’m 26 years old. DEAR READER — Staying lean all over helps prevent a double chin. Some people just have an extra large fat pad un der the chin. It is often a fami ly characteristic. There are more fat cells there in these people. Even after having reduced to a sensible level the fat pad stays. There is no exercise that will change it and you can't accomplish anything with chin straps or other devices. If it is really bothersome, you can have a plastic surgeon make a small incision un derneath the chin, usually along the jaw bone, and remove the fat pad. When done well the scar is hidden under the jaw bone and is barely visible. FRANK AND ERNEST by Bob Thovei { p ' I'D BE GLAD Tb STICK n<AT *9-CENT 5 —I tv* 1 ~ fI PW-e in my bar, « I XXftjFXSdfewf MA'AM — — BUT ; it's already i 4W wSol full oF «9 , <*** T • CUCUMBERS. OUR BOARDING HOUSE with Major Hoople PIKE, YOU'VE BEEN LISTEN, JELLY filVIN’ US AS MUCH J BELLY, I'M GAB AS EVER BUT \OUT OF THAT J HOW YtfJRE MR. LOCK-LIPS \ SAME ANP \ ABOUT Y AT Y ABOUT Y9UR JOB.'ARE ) INTO NEWS!J.ANCHOR J LEAST YOU THE 50NG AN' X IT'5 VASIN < PIKE PANCE /MAN AT THE Y PRESCOTT J RANKER k CAN'T NEW PRIVE-IN PIKE ? // HURT *7 PIZZA PARLOR? I AT THE j’S? 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