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# An old Russian book explains why stout people are less healthy than thin ones
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/otchego-tolstye-liudi-ne-tak-zdorovy-kak-sukhie/
- Published: 2023-11-20T10:47:29.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-02T18:38:56.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: Books, Science, Humour

Why are stout people not so healthy as lean ones?

Because in a stout body the pores (passages) are all stopped up by the coldness of the phlegmatic spirits, and the excess of fatty humours, unable to escape from the body through the pores, is forced to return back into the body.