In case of an excess of uric acid in thin persons, such proteins food as meat and eggs may be eliminated and the diet consist almost wholly of carbohydrates and fats.
The diet is the same as that given above for Gout.
Obesity
All diets for obesity must be prescribed for the individual condition. A large number of the obese are afflicted with rheumatism, sluggish livers, sluggish action of the intestines and weak nerves, and the diet must be governed accordingly.[12]
The regulation of food for reduction of flesh must, also, be governed by age, sex, by the manner of breathing and by the amount of daily exercise.
Exercise, breathing and diet are the scientific means of reduction, the food must be regulated in accordance with the quantity of carbohydrates and fats daily consumed in heat and energy.
Leanness
No definite diet can be given for flesh building, because a lack of sufficient fat to round out the figure is due to faulty digestion or assimilation and the cause must first be eliminated.