Ratio Between Repair and Demand

The time of tissue repair is about the same with all men under allconditions. It is the rate of repair that varies with the demand thathas been put upon the body.

Again, look at the same subject from the standpoint of food supply. Onwhat you now eat and drink you have a certain average weight. Eat,digest and assimilate a larger quantity of food and your weight willincrease. This increase will be greatest at the start and willgradually slow up until you shall have reached the point beyond whichyou can gain no more. Given the same hygienic conditions that you havebeen accustomed to, you will maintain yourself at the increased weighton the increased supply of food.
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