684 VITALITY AND EFFICIENCY WITH RESTRICTED DIET. 



resulted the following day in pain in the abdomen or diarrhea and 

 general discomfort. This tendency of the men to eat largely after 

 fast is in full conformity with statements made by Professor Pawlow 

 to the effect that more or less gross feeding usually followed Russian 

 fasts. (Seep. 203). 



Although all of the subjects were frequently told that if they desired 

 to increase their diet at the conclusion of the test, they should do so 

 slowly and carefully, and not indulge in immoderate amounts of food, 

 the over-indulgence in food was general among the men. As a result, 

 a considerable number of them suffered from abdominal pain, coUc, 

 and diarrhea. The experiment ended Sunday morning, February 3. 

 In spite of excessive eating on Sunday and digestive disturbance on 

 Monday and Tuesday, all of the men attended a banquet February 5 

 given by one of Squad A to the squad as a whole. At this banquet 

 they ate inordinately. 



The most direct evidence that we have of the excess eating following 

 the cessation of the diet is the great and rapid rise in the body-weight 

 shown in figures 57 to 68 and discussed in the section on body-weight. 

 In practically every instance the weight prior to the beginning of the 

 experiment was reached almost immediately and was usually materially 



Table 201. — Increases in hody-weight after resumption of normal diet — Sqvuxd A. 



exceeded. This is shown in table 201, in which are given the initial 

 weight of the members of Squad A prior to the experiment, the weight 

 at the end of the experiment, the date on which the initial weight was 

 regained, with the number of days required for this, and the subse- 

 quent maximum weight, with the date upon w'hich it was recorded. 



No evidence was obtained that these men, with the possible excep- 

 tion of Moy and Bro, acquired new dietetic habits or adjusted them- 



