Dear Ann Landers,
have a friend who is fat as a cow. She says she loves to eat more than anything in the world and she will not give up this pleasure. She also would like to have a nice figure, which is very hard to do considering that she is constantly stuffing herself with candy, cake, cookies, caramel com, and everything fattening you can think of. Last week my friend told me she has hit on a system that will allow her to eat whatever she pleases and not put on weight. She packs in the rich food and then she goes to the bathroom and forces herself to throw up. She claims if the food is not in her it will not make her gain weight. Is this true or false?-The Asker

Dear Asker,
It is false, foolish, and dangerous. When your friend throws up the food, she also loses the gastric juices which are essential to good health. The girl sounds cuckoo to me and I hope she will see a doctor and get on a sensible diet before she wrecks her health.