No Lunch

　　There's a physician who is still working as the administrative director of St. Luke's International Hospital at the advanced age of 101! The majority of Japanese people would know about him. Not only his achievements but also his way of life interests a lot of people. I'm one of his fans. He is great as a human being and as a physician. A few years ago, a TV program featured him and I learned about his diet; one slice of bread with jam and a cup of coffee for breakfast, two cookies and a cup of milk for lunch, and a normal portion of dinner. He can seemingly work energetically on such a small diet. When I saw him on TV, I thought that metabolism differs with age. However, I wanted to experience his diet and decided to cut back on total calorie in-take by skipping lunch which I started doing on Mar. 13th.
　　Two and a half months has passed since then. I'll write about the differences I've noticed. I feel hungry for a short time in the afternoon, but I have noticed some favorable points. My body weight has decreased by approximately 2 kg, though it is still far from my ideal weight. I now have additional time at noon which was previously used for lunch, and furthermore, the drowsiness after lunch has disappeared. This diet might be suitable for me. I'm going to continue it for at least another 6 months.

(Vocabulary)
learn 　(フォーマル) [他]〈情報・知らせなど〉を知る, 聞く
learn of/about sth  ＜…＞を知る
diet [C,U] 日常の食物, 食生活, 食事
intake 《常に単数形で》(飲食物などの) 摂取量
Try to reduce your intake of fat.  脂肪の摂取量を減らす努力をしなさい．