TheNewGluttonorEpicure. Horace Fletcher.

34 ~ 4 3 2 \
T HE NEW
GL U T T O N O R EP I C U RE
H OR AC E F LE TC H E R S '
WO R ! S
TH E A B - Z . . . OF OUR OWN NU
T RIT IO N i ud .
4 50 pp .
Ju s t ss e .
T H E N E W M E N T IC U L T U R E ; o n ,
T A B C
HE T
- - L F ti o r RU E IV IN G . or
eth th d 3 pp
o u san . 10 .
T H E N E W G LU T T O N O R E P I
CUR E ; E ON O M N T T O N
O R, C IC U RI I .
34 4 pp Ju t i u d
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H A PP IN E SS A F m S F O U N D IN
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o az m o u c

MIN U S F A T G T T th th u
E R HOU H . en o
sand s pp. z I .
T H A T L A S T W A IF ; R S A O , OCI L
! A AN T N
U R 7 pp I E . 2 0 .
THE
N E W G L U TTO N
OR
E P IC U R E
BY
H O R AC E F L E TC H E R
N E W YO R !
FRE D ERIC ! A ST O ! ES CO M PAN Y
.
1 9 05
COP Y R G I HT , 1 8 99, 1903
BY H O R AC E F L E TC H ER
P ubli h d
s e No v brem e ,
1
90 3
TH E N I R I TY
U V E S P RE SS
C A M B R I D G E U . S . A
.
P R E F AC E

The o rigi nal G l utton or E picure

h as bee n completely revi sed an d m uch

e n la rged i nc l ud i n g c o n si derabl e n e w
,
matter adde d i n th e form of testimony

by competen t i nvestigators wh ich con ,
rm s the original claims O f the book

an d supple me nts the m wi th i mportan t
suggestions .

The N ew G lutto n or E picure is

now i ssued as a companio n vol u me to

the A B Z o f O ur O wn N u trition i n

. .
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.
,

the A B C . . . is i ntended to
broa d e n th e ill ustratio n Of th e necessity
of dietetic eco nomy i n th e p ursui t of an
easy way to successful l ivi ng i n a man ,
ner calculated to appeal to a varie ty Of

readers ; and wherei n i t may suggest th e
scrappi ness and extravagance Of a n i n
temperate screed the author j oi n s i n ,
vi PRE FACE
the cri ticism Of the purists and Off ers i n
apology th e excuse that s o -cal led screeds
sometimes attract atte ntion where more
sobe r state me nt fails to be heard .
E special atte ntio n i s i nvi ted to th e

E xplanation of the A B C Series at
. . .

,
the back of this v olum e as showi ng the

,
desirability of regard for enviro nmen t i n

all its phases ; and al so to the section ,
Tell -tale E xcre ta on page 1 4 2 an

, ,
evidence of righ t or faul ty feedi ng per

s i s te n tl y neglec ted heretofore but Of ,
u tm ost i mportance i n a broad study O f

the n utri tion problem .
The professional appro val Of D rs Van .
S omeren H iggins Kellogg and Dewey

, , , ,
representi ng wide di fferenc es of points

O f V iew and opportuni ty of application ,
are most val uable con tri butions to th e

subj ec t
. T he conrmatio n Of h igh
physiol ogical authori ty stre ngthens this
professional endorsem e nt .The testi
m ony of lay colleagues given is equally
val uabl e and comes from wi d ely sepa
rated experiences and from observers
,
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whose evi d e nce ca r rie s great weigh t .
T he co mman d ante of a battleship cruis

i ng i n foreign wate rs and represe nting
the n ation al desce nt Of L uigi C ornaro ;
a general m a nage r o f o n e of the l argest
i nsu rance compan ies Of the world ; a
cosmopol itan artist of American farm
birth an d Fre nc h matri mo nial choice
an d reside nce ; an d a disti nguished o n
vi z/a n t each with a worl d O f expe rience
, ,
test ifyi ng i n thei r own manne r of expres

sion is appreciate d as most val uabl e
,
assistance to th e cause of econom ic

d ie tetic reform .
D uring the origi nal experi me n ts i n

C hicago and i n Dayton O h io the origi
, , ,
n ator was m uch i n d ebte d to J ames H .
L acey E squi re o f N ew O rl eans L a

, , , .
,
a nd C edar R api d s for helpful s u gge s

,
tions wh ic h h is early trai n ing as a

,
pharmaceutical chem ist re ndere d him

able to give .
T here are al so n ume rous altruistic ,
self-sa cr i ci n g wome n w h o h ave bee n

,
active colleagues o f th e author i n testing

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the vi rtues o f an eco n omic n utrition and ,
who have greatly assisted in m aking

the economy an add ed new pleasure of
life i nstea d Of being a restrai nt or a de
,
privation This is accomplishe d e asily

.
by a change of attitude towards th e ques

tion and i n such reform women m ust
,
h ave an important part to play To .
their kindly mean t but hygienically n u

,
wise aggressive hospital i ty i n beggi ng

, ,
frien d s to eat an d d rink m ore than they

wan t j ust to satisfy thei r o wn generous
,
i mpulses i s due m uch of the m ilde r

,
gl uttony that is prevalen t .
I mposition upon th e bo d y Of any

excess o f food or dri nk i s o n e Of the
most d angerous and far-reach i ng Of self
abuses ; because w hatever the body has
n o need Of at the momen t m us t be gotten
rid of at th e expen se O f m uch val uabl e
e nergy take n away from brain service -
.
H ence i t is that whe n the re is i ntesti nal

constipation th e energy rese rve is low
-
ered e normously and even where the re

,
i s no painful Obstruction the mere pas

,
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sage o f waste through some twenty to
twe nty ve fee t of convol uted i n testinal
-
canal is a great tax upo n avail able mental

and physical power ; an d th is disabili ty
i s O fte n imposed o n i n n oc en t me n by
wel l -meani ng wom en i n the exerci se o f
a too aggressive hospi tali ty .
Menti on of constipatio n suggests an

oth er refere nce to o n e of th e specially
new featu res o f this d iscussion i nsisted
,
upon by a trul y econom ic and aesthetic

n utritio n an d h erei n lifte d o u t o f th e
,
depth s o f a m orb i d prej udice to testify

to the necessity o f care i n the m anne r
o f taking food for th e m ainte nance o f
a respec tabl e sel f respect

- . S o rmly
roote d is th e fallacy that a daily gener
o u s de f ecatio n is necessa ry to h ealth
that less freque n t period ici ty is looked

u pon with alarm whereas a norm ally
,
economic n utritio n is p r aw n by greate r

i nfrequen cy accompan ied by a n en ti re
,
absence o f di f culty i n d efecating an d by

esca pe fro m the usual putridity d ue to
th e n ec essi ty of bacteri al d ecomposition.
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T o illustrate th e prevailing ignorance
relative to this m ost important necessity
o f sel f-c are an d al so a traditional p r ej u
,
d ice eve n among p hysi cians the follow

, ,
ing extract from a lette r j ust received is

given : You ask me to de ne more
exactly what I mean by c onstipati on ;
th is is n o t at all di f cul t ; I m ean ski p
pi ng a day i n having a c al l to stool .
There was no troubl e about i t and the ,
quanti ty was not l arge b u t whe n I m en

,
ti o n e d i t to my doctor h e advised me to
stop chewi ng if it i nte rfered wi th the
regular daily stools I m ust confess that
.
I neve r f el t so well as wh ile I was chew

i ng a n d sippi ng i nstead o f th e hasty
,
bol ti ng a n d gulpi n g which o n e is apt to

do o n though tless o r busy occasions but ,
I don t thi nk it i s worth wh il e for a ch ap

to m onkey with h i s hygienic departmen t

whe n he is e mployi ng a profession al
regularly to tell h im the latest ki nk

about heal th . To th i s surprisi ng state

o f th e evide nce of prof essionals

l ike Van Someren Kellogg H iggi ns

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an d D ewey as wel l as that of th e great
,
me n o f physiol ogy who h ave spoken

h erei n an d i n the A B -Z o f O ur O wn
, . . .

N utriti on gives hopeful answer but
, ,
sugges ts a warni ng .
The auth or has notice d that imme

d i a te l y fol k begi n to give attentio n to
'
any n e w r g zm e rel ative to diet exercise , ,
me ntal discipl i ne or whatever el se they, ,
begi n to charge all u n usual happe ni ngs

to the ch ange of habi t wh ereas before ,
th e same th ings we re comm on b ut n u

notice d E ven am o ng me n o f sc ientic
.
h abit o f though t un d uly con stipate d by

,
s tal e co nse rvatism the o l d o l d corpse o f

, ,
trad i tion T h e acc um ul ate d expe rie nce

,

o f the wh ol e race m ust be correc t is ,
revive d an d used i n argume n t co n te n

ti o u s l y ; but to th is relapse i nto non
s ci e n ti c re asoni ng comes the reply :
I f the accu m ulate d expe rience of the

h u man race is evi d e nce that c rime and
diseas e are natural then disease and ,
crim e are good thi ngs an d shoul d not

be d isc o u rage d .
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There are many sorts o f constipatio n ,
th e worst of wh ich are constipation of

affection o f appreciation of grati tude
, , ,
and of all the constructive vi rtues wh ich

constitute true al truism L et us avoid .
si nn ing i n this regard ! I n p ursu it of

th is th ough t the following is apr op o s
S P EC I A L R E C O G N I T I O N
The au th or wishes h ere also to ex , ,
press gratitude to many who have n ot

gured by n ame i n th e A B or
. .
elsewhere herei n but whose assistance, ,
e ncouragem en t cri ticism and exampl e

, ,
h ave helped th e cause along i n o n e way

o r another O f these many friends a
.
few are qu ickly recalled but not n ece s ,
s a r i l y i n the order o f thei r frie n dly ser
vice To J oh n H P atterson E squi re of

. .
, ,
Dayton O h io ; C ol James F O S h au gh
,
. .

nessy of N ew York ; S tewart C hish ol m

, ,
E squ ire o f C leveland O hio ; Fred E

, ,
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W adsworth E squire of Detroit Michi

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gan ; and H enry C Butche r E squire of .

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P hil adelph ia are due m uch f or e n co u r

,
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age m e n i n purs uing th e i nvestigation
t
at cri tical m omen ts of the struggle ; as
wel l as to H on W ill iam Van P atten.
,
o f Burli ngton Vermo n t whose i n terest , ,
i n the S eries began with Me n
ti cu l tu r e an d h as contin ued u nabated .
I n Dr S wan M B urnett o f W ash ing

. .
,
ton D C h as bee n e nj oyed a m entor

,
. .
,
with great scie ntic discrimi nati o n an d

a sympathy i n the renements of art and
sentime nt as expresse d i n J apanese aes
,
t heti c c ivil isation wh ich has been ex ,
tr e m e l y encou raging and m ost i nspi ri ng

i n relati on to th e whol e A B C i d ea . . . .
From G ervais Kerr E squire of Ve n , ,
ice came o ne of th e i mportant s u gge s

,
tions incorporate d i n the A B -Z P ri me r ; . . .
and the yo ung Venetian artist E C , . .
L eo n Boeh m rendered great se rvice i n

,
stu d ying habits of die tetics among the

peoples of th e Balkan P en i nsular i n ,
T urkey along th e D al matian C oast an d

, ,
i n C roatia .
P ro f W ill iam J ames of H arvard

.
,
U niversi ty i n h is G i ff o r d L ec tures at
,
xiv PRE FACE
the U n iversi ty of E di nburg Scotland , ,
publ ishe d u nder the ti tle o f T h e V a

r i e ti es o f R eligious E xpe rience gave ,
the practical reform atory e ffort o f the

S eries a great i mpetus by
quoting approvi ngly from Me n ti cu l

ture and H appi ness C om ing fro m
.
a teach er of ph ilosophy and psychology ,
with a physiological training and a n

M D degree to support th e approval
. .
,
recogn itio n is m uch apprec iated ; bu t ,
i n addi tio n to h is publ ished u tterances ,
D r J ames has fol lowed the psych o

.
physiological studies o f th e move me n t

wi th i nterest and has give n m uch val ue d
,
e ncourageme n t .
T h is does not begi n to compl ete the

l ist o f those to whom the author o wes a
debt o f especial gratitude The argus .
eye d vigilance O f the c ollec tors and

doctors of worl d news who m ould publ ic
-
,
O pi n ion i n a great m easure has brough t ,
to the cause of d ietetic reform estab

l i s h e d upo n an aesthe tic basis thei r
ki ndly assistance but as usual they
, , ,
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p refe r to remai n zm og I n this s ecl u .
sio n howeve r R al ph D Bl umenfeld

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,
E squ i r e o f L o n d on an d R oswel l Marti n

, ,
Field E s qu ire o f C hicago can not be i n

, , ,
cl u d ed ; ne i th er can C harle s J ay T ayl or ,
the originator of the T aylo r M aid gi rl

- .
J am es P R eill y E squi re o f N ew York

.
, , ,
has l igh tened the l abours of th e i nvesti

gator an d has stre ngth ened h is arm i n
,
m any ways ; as h ave also Messrs B F . . .
S teve ns and Brown o f L o ndon not , ,
al one as m ost e fcie n t age nts b u t as ,
friends i n te reste d i n th e cause i n hand .
I n the various books o f the series o ppo r

tu n i ty has occu rre d to express app r e ci a
t ion o f many sympathetic friendships ,
an d i n heart and m emory they h old per

p e tu al carn ival T o. Maj or T h omas E .
D avis of the N ew Or l ea n s P i cay u n e is

, ,
d ue m ore th an mere express io n o f grati

tude for excellen t editorial s o n o u r sub
j ec t ; an d across th e ocean S i r Thomas ,
Barlo w the p rivate physici an o f K i n g

,
E d ward V I I D r L eonard H uxl ey P rof

,
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, .
Alfred Marshal l o f C am bridge U nive r

,
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an d R eginald Barratt E squ ire of
s i ty , , ,
L ondon have bee n m ost sympathetic

,
and assistful O n both sides of the

.
waters W illiam Dana O rc utt E squire

, , ,
of T he U n iversity P ress C ambridge , ,
M assach usetts and Frederick A Stokes

, .
,
E squire o f N ew York have added friend

, ,
sh ip for th e cause to m uch appreciated

practical assistance .
These an d many oth ers are preferred

c reditors of gratitude i n addition to ,
th ose wh ose m en tion is e mbodied el se

w here i n th e various boo ks of th e

Series .
As attempted to be sh own i n the

AB . . under th e caption Bunch ing

H i ts a n d P e rs o n al U m p i r i n g t h i s ,
study of men ticul tu re from th e bas is of

econom ic and ep i c urean n utriti on i n ,
conn ection wi th a puried exterior an d

i nteri or e nvi ronmen t is team -work as , ,
i n football c ricke t or baseb al l and a

, , ,
laudable e nthusias m is a n importan t

feature of th e gam e ; h ence to concl ude , ,
th is especial book being a personal co n

,
P R E F AC E
TO 1
9 0 6 E D ITIO N S
fo rm e r i n tr o d u c t i o n s w e re wr i tte n
S I N CE th e
m u c h s u c c e ss h as b e e n a tt a i n e d i n fu r t h e r a d
v a n ci n
g th e r e fo rm s a d vo c a te d i n th e A B C . . .
L if e S er i es Pro fe ss o r Ch i tte n d e n h as p u b
.
l i s h e d h i s re p o rt o n th e Ya l e e x p e r i m e n t s i n
b o o k fo rm i n b o th Am e ri c a an d E n g l a n d
1
,
a n d h i s r e s u l t s h av e b e e n a c c e p te d i n s c i e n t i c
c i r c l e s th e w o r l d o ve r as a u th o r i tat i ve l y co n
e l u s i ve .
At th e p re s e n t w r i t i n g th e m o s t i m p o rta n t
H e al th o ard s o f u ro p e a r e p l a n n i n g to p u t th e
B E 3
n e w s t a n d ar d s o f d i e t a r y e c o n o m y i n t o p r a c t i c a l
u s e a m o n g p u b l i c c h ar g e s i n a m a n n e r t h a t can
o n ly r e s u l t i n b e n e t to th e w a r d s o f th e n a t i o n s
as w e ll a s m ak e a n i m p o r ta n t s av i n g to th e ta x
p ay e r s I n th e m o s t i m p o rta n t o f th e s e fo r e ig n
.
p u b l i c h e al th d e p a r t m e n ts th e H e al t h O f c e r o f
th e B o a rd h as h i m s e lf p ra c ti s e d th e n e w ly e s
tabl i s h e d e c o n o m y fo r tw o y e ar s a n d h i s p l a n s ,
Ph y i l gi l E
1 y in N utri t i n Th Fr d r i k A
s o o ca co n o m o e e e c .
S t k C p y N w Y rk
o es o m an , e o .
Willi H 2 am L dn e r n e m an n : o n o
u th r i s t y t p r i tt d t p ubli h th p rti ul rs
.
Th 3
e a o n o e e m e o s e a c a
of th r f r i pr
e se e o b t h
m h
s f i l i f r
n ti
o ce s s , u e as o c a n o m a o n
r g rd i n g t h
e a d i i fu ll y p t h y w i t h t h
em an s n s m a em .
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ar e fo rm u l ate d o n p e rs o n a l e x p e ri e n c e w h i ch
fu lly c o n rm s P ro fe ss o r C h i tte n d e n s r e p o rt an d
th at o f th e a u t h o r a s h e re i n r e l at e d .
At a m i ss i o n ary a gr i c u l t u r al c o ll e g e s i t u ate d ,
n e ar N a shv i ll e Te n n
,
.w h e re th e s t u d e n ts e arn
,
t h e i r t u i t i o n a n d th e i r b o ard w h i l e p u r s u i n g
'
t h e i r s tu di e s a s i x m o n t hs te s t o f w h at i s t e r m e d
,
Fl e tch e r i s m re s u l te d i n a s avi n g o f ab o u t o n e
h alf o f th e d rafts o n th e c o m m i ss ary i m m u n i ty ,
fr o m i ll n e ss i n c re a s e d e n e rgy s tre n gth an d e n

, ,
d u r a n c e an d g e n e ra l a d o p ti o n o f th e s u gg e s ti o n s
,
p u b l i sh e d i n th e s ev e ra l b o o k s o f th e a u th o r i n
c l u d e d i n th e A B C s e S er i es
. . . .
I n th e var i o u s d e p artm e n ts an d b ra n ch e s o f
th e B a ttl e Cr e e k S a n i t ar i u m i n Am e r i c a an d ,
w id e ly s c a tt e re d o ve r th e w o r l d s o m e e ig h t
,
h u n d re d e m p l o y e e s a n d th o u s an d s o f p at i e n ts
h ave b e e n a c c u m u l at i n g e vid e n c e o f th e e f c a c y
o f F l e t ch e ri s m fo r m o r e t h a n t h r e e y e ar s a n d ,
s c ar c e a m o n th p as s e s w i t h o u t a l e tte r fr o m D r .
! e ll o gg to th e a u t h o r c o n t a i n i n g n e w t e s ti m o ny
c o n rm i n g th e A B C s e l e ct i o n s an d s u g
. . .
g e s ti o n s
.
Th e a u t h o r h as re c e i v e d w i th i n th e p a s t two
y e ar s m o re t h an a th o u s a n d l e tte r s b e a ri n g th e
a pp r o v a l O f th e w r i te r s w i th r e p o r t O f b e n e ts
re c e i ve d w h i ch s e e m al m o s t m i ra c u l o u s an d ,
t h e s e i n c l u d e th e l e ad e r s i n m a ny b ra n ch e s
O f h u m a n o c c u p at i o n p h y s i o l o gi s ts s u rg e o n s
, ,
PRE F ACE xx i
m e d i c al p ra c t i t i o n e rs art i s ts b u s i n e ss m e n l i t
, , ,
e r a r y w o rk e r s a th l e te s w o r k i n g m e n a n d w o m e n
, , ,
a n d a l m o s t e ve ry d e g re e o f m e n ta l an d p h y s i ca l
a c t i v i ty
.
O n e o f th e m e di c a l a d v i s e r s o f ! i n g E d w ar d ,
o f w h o m th e ! i n g o n c e s a id : H e i s a s p l e n di d
d o c t o r b u t a p o o r c o u rt i e r fo ll o w s th e s u gge s
,

ti o n s o f th e s e b o o ks i n p re s cr ibi n g to h i s
s u m p t u o u s cl i e n t s
.
C O N TE N TS
PACE
P R E FACE
SPE CIAL RE COGNITION xh
TH E N E W GLUTION E PICUR E

OR
TH E P E RSONAL C ASE AN D E ND ORSE M E NT OF

D R E RNE ST VAN SO ME R E N
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E xpE RIMENTs UPO N H U M AN N UTR ITI O N N OTE .
E V SIR M I CHAE L F OS TE R ! C B M P , . . .
, . .
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F R S. . . 1 8
PROF E SSOR CH IIT E ND E N S RE P OR T ON TH E
AUTH O R 25
VARs r r V-C R E W E X E RCISES U ND E R D R WIL .
LIAM G AND E RSON O F YALE UNIV E RSITY

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TH E ATWATE R -B E NE DI CT C ALO R IM E TE R -M E A S
M I LITA RY SCI E NTI FI C C OOPE RATION

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D R ! E LLOGG S APPRE CIATI ON

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E XTRACTS FROM D R E DWARD H OO! E R D E WE Y

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AN AG RE E AB LE E ND URANCE TE ST
E DWARD W RE D FIE LD S E VIDE N CE
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G E N E RAL O BSE RVATI ONS IO I
O UR N ATURAL G UARD IANS 1 06

xxiv CON TE N TS
P AG E
O BJ E CTIONS C ONSIDE R E D 1 1 7
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SCI E NTI FI C O BSE RVATI ON OF A LITE RARY TE ST

SUBJ E CT I4 7
WH AT SE NSE ? TASTE 1 51
D R M ON! S BOSTON ; AND PRO F ME TCH NI
.
, .
KOFF PAR IS ; E LONGATE D I NTESTINE S

, 76
1
AUTH OR S P E RSONAL E XPE RI E NCE

18 8
SO M E PE RTINE NT ! UE RI ES I
9S
I MPO RTAN T CO N FI RM ATI ON :
C OMMANDANTE C E SARE AGNE LLI 2 06
C LAR E NCE F Lo w ES! UI RE

.
, 2 1 1
A F IV E YE ARS LAY E XP E RIE NCE

:
BARON RANDOLP H N ATILI

D R H U BE RT H I GG INS CASE AN D C OMM E NT
.

226
2 36
G IV E TH E BAB IES A C HANCE 26

5
M UN CHIN G P ARTIE S AN D TH E

C HE WIN G
F AD 2 70
SPE CIME N E CONOMI C D INNE R 28
3
D IE T IN TH E YALE EXAM INATI ON OF TH E AH
TH OR 296
I NFLU E NCE OF SU GGESTION 30 0

F LE TCHE RISIN G COMP LE TE M EANIN G
:

30 8
E XP LAN ATION OF TH E A B C SERIE S . . .
31 5
2 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPIC URE
requirements i n o u r o w n nutri tion i t i s ,
perh aps bette r put than the same author

could now d o ; th at is if i ntended for
,
th e e nlightenme n t o f pe rsons whose c uri

o s i t has n ot yet bee n exci ted or whose
y ,
i nterest i n thei r n u tri tive wel fare is still

you ng and inexpe rie nced .
W i th regard to th e stateme n t that
whatever has no taste is not n utri

tious copied fro m a high e ducati onal
,
authority correction certainly m ust be

,
m ade . P ure proteid has n o perceptible

taste as measured by taste -bud appr e
ci ati o n any more than pure water has
,
speci c taste and ye t who m ay not say

,

that water tastes good whe n o n e is

real ly thi rsty Taste i s a very subtle

.
sense an d is closely alli ed to feeli ng .
T hi ngs are o fte n sai d to taste good

because th ey feel good i n the mouth o r
to the th roat as they descend to th e
stomach .
R egarding also the a d vice to remove

from the m outh refractory substance that
the tee th an d sal iva can n ot re d uce to a
TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE 3
c on d itio n to excite the S wall owing Im

pulse T he re is th eoretical an d ac tual
.
n utri me n t i n th e cotto ny bre of tough

l obste r o r poor sh or lean pork and
, , ,
there is goo d reason to bel ieve that a

s trong digestive apparatus ca n take care
'
o f such to ugh substance af ter a
f as /i zo n
an d ge t n utri me nt o u t of i t I n the
.
sam e way the h ard woody bre o f Ol d

,
n uts i s th e ide ntical mate rial that was

rich i n j uicy oils and proteid whe n th e
n uts were fresh but i f swallowe d i n th e
,
tough ene d condition that age bri ngs to

n uts i t is bu t sl owly red uced i n the
,
sto mach and in testi nes an d o nly at eno r

m ous expense I f pu tr i facti ve bacterial
.
decomposition has to be resorted to to

get ri d o f the stu ff th e process is the n
poiso nous as well as di fficul t .
Accor d i ng to physiol ogical authori ty

which we must for th e m oment accept
, , ,
proteid is a vitally-necess ary mate rial

and we cannot a fford to waste i t O u r .
life d epends upon pro teid to replace the

waste o f muscular tissue wh ich occurs
4 TH E N EW GLUTT ON OR EPICURE
with eve ry movemen t but when even
,
good proteid is fou nd by the mouth to

be i n a form that is too refractory for
th e teeth to h andle i t is poor policy to
,
send i t on to th e toothless stomach and

i n testi nes for th e accompl ishme nt of the
red ucti on I f the mouth can n ot handle
.

what i ts guardian senses don t l ike i t ,
can spit i t out and get ri d of i t i m m e di

ately ; bu t if the s tomach or i ntesti nes
are a fflicted with somethi ng that i s
h arder than they can easily take care of ,
they h a v e to call i n th e assistance of

bacterial scavengers whose method i s
poisonous decomposi tion and whose fee
,
i s putridity o f odour pen etrating the

w hol e syste m and issu ing at every pore ,
maki ng C ol ogne wate r a l arge com

m o di ty eve n i n s o -called P ol i te S ociety .
There are d iscernibl e i n the mou th

d isti nct se nses of discrimi nation against
substance that is undesirable for the
system I f the mouth senses are per
.
m i tte d to express an opi n ion thei r a n

,
ti pa th y is easily read . I t is far safer to

S pi t out what th e natural i mpul se of

swallowi ng hesitates at o r fails to suc k ,
u p wi th avidi ty , th an i t i s to force a
swallo w i ng to ge t rid of i t simply to

satisfy a prud ish tabl e m an ner o h

j i To avoid impoli te n de m

e ct .o n co

nati on we really make hogs o f ourselves

o n the S l y and vulgar slang alone is

,
appropriate to exp ress th e shame f ul

confession .
As a matte r of fac t if o n e faithfully

,
practise m outh th oroughness i n con

n e cti o n with al l h is food for a term of a
few weeks he will nd that th e appetite

,
ceases to invi te the sort of th ings that

have to be spit out Th e appeti te grad
.
~
u al l bu t u nfail i ngly i ncl i nes to foods

y
that are protable al l the way th rough ,
and i n wh ich there i s l ittle o r n o waste .
T his revelation al one S hows a delicate

useful ness of Appeti te that h as escaped
stude nts o f th e h uman se nses .
I n the matte r of the i nsal ivatio n o f

l i qu ids evidence co nti nues to accumulate
,
to S how that i n the prese n t p revalence

6 TH E N EW GLUTTO N OR EP I CURE
o or soft foo d s l ies the great d an
f l iquid
ge r to the digesti v e econom y o f man .
Th rough them mouth work becomes

,
neglected and th e tende ncy is to force

,
th e stomac h and i ntesti nes to take o n

the work of the powe rful m outh m uscles
and gl ands i n additio n to th ei r own
work and i n the straining that ensues
,
trouble begins .
There is n o w no do ubt but th at ta s te

i s evide nce of a chem ical process goi ng
o n that S hould not be i nterrupted o r
transfe rred to th e i nte ri or of the body .
Tried upon m ilk for so l ong a period as

seven tee n days d uri ng which n oth ing
,
was take n but m ilk n ot eve n water

, ,
thorough i nsal ivation secured more than

a twenty- ve per cen t econo m y i n actual
assimilatio n ; not alon e with one subj ec t ,
but wi th no less than ve pe rsons l ivi ng

,
o n m i lk fro m the same cow and all of

,
whose strict test h istory was recorded .
I t seems also to be the o nly way i n

wh ich a practically O dou rl ess sol id ex
c reta is obtai nable a n d th is i s certai nly
,
TH E NEW GLUTTON OR E PICURE 7
evi d e nce worth considering an d a de

s i de r a tu m wo rth striving for .
W h ile i t is a n excelle nt thi ng to

give thorough mouth atte ntion to any
thi ng take n in to the bo d y to solids
,
al one eve n if l iqui d s are neglected the

, ,
best economic an d cl eanl y resul ts are

o nl y obtained wh en all substances both ,
l iqu id an d sol id are e ithe r m u nch ed o r

,
taste d o u t o f existence as i t were and

, ,
have bee n absorbed i nto a wai ti ng an d

w illi ng bo d y ; a body with a n ea r n ed
appetite .
W i th l i quids one S imply h as to d o as

the wine -tasters and th e tea-tasters d o .
S mall sips are i ntake n and the liquid i s

taste d be twee n th e top o f the tongue
( th e spoon e n d ) an d th e roof o f th e
m outh unti l al l th e taste is tasted ou t
of it and the S wallowi ng I mpul se has
,
claimed i t T h is is by n o means a d is
.
agreeable task and as soon as the u h

,
natu ral ly acquired h abi t of greed an d

i mpatie nce is conquered the reward of
,
f ol lowi ng this natural require men t i s

8 TH E NEW GLU T
T ON OR EPICURE
very great an d i ncreases with practice .
F ive years o f experie nce h as taught th e

auth or that a really keen appreciation o f
taste and its del icacy o f possible r e n e
m en t i s not known to persons o f ordinary
habits of life The pleasure which comes
.
with co nform ity with the natu ral requi re

m e nts i s truly E picurean and disregard
o f the m is as su rely gl uttonous .
The auth or still clai ms d iscovery of

a disti nc t physiological func tion which

he rst named N ature s Food Fil ter
.
Van S omeren prefe rred the name of a

N ew R eex of Degl utition I t is i n .

,

fact the N atural Swall owi ng I mpulse
,

,
i n vi ted o n ly by food m echan ically and

chem icall y pr ep a r ed for passing o n to
the i nterior call i t by whatever name
,
you like or may .
At the time this li ttle book was rst

publ ished the only note i n favour o f
,
givi ng speci al atten tion to buccal di
gestion that ha d bee n so unded was

,

,
the advice of Mr G ladstone to h is C hil .
d re n C hew your f oo d thi rty-two ti mes

,

10 TH E NEW GLU TT ON OR EPICURE
TH E P E R S O N AL CAS E
AN D
E ND O R S E ME N T
OF
D R ERNE ST
. VAN SO M EREN
AN
EN G L I S H PH YS I CI AN AN D S U R G E O N P RACTIS I N G
,
IN VE N ICE I TAL Y
,
MY D AR M R F L TC H E R
E . E :

I t would be al most ap r op o s to sen d
yo u as an e nd o r seme n t of your pri nci
,
ples the dic tum of the ragge d and d irty

,
tramp i n the advertiseme nt of P ear s
soap I wo uld h ave to am en d i t sl ightly

.
and say : I use d your years

ago ; since whe n I have used n o oth er .

I s ay a l m o s t ap r opo s advisedly for

, ,
wh il e the soap claims to keep the o ute r

man Cl ean the practice of your pri nci
,
ples j ustly claims to keep the i nner m an

sweet and Clean so lesseni ng the need ,
to cleanse th e outer man !

A well known E ngl ish surgeon ( I
-
thi nk S ir W m Mitchell Banks) r e co m .
me n d s physicians an d surgeons to t ake

TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPICURE II
a l eaf from the book of paten t med ici ne
-
ve ndors and make their patie nts testify

,
to thei r successful treatm e n t . I will

take the h i n t and give you as my ,
doctor a testim on ial of h o w pe rson

al ly I am b eneted by you r advice .

Three years ago when I rst met
,
you though u nde r thirty years of age

, ,
an d mysel f a practising physic ian and

surgeon I was su fferi ng fro m gout
, ,
and had bee n u nde r the r eg i m e of a

L ondon special is t for th e treatme nt of
that mal ady . Though v igorously ad
heri ng to the prescribed d iet I su ffered
,
fro m time to ti me My symptom s were

.
typical paroxysmal pai n i n m y righ t

great toe and i n th e last j oi nts o f both
li ttle nge rs the righ t o n e bei ng tume
,

ed wi th the wel l -known n ode Fro m
.
ti me to ti me generally once a m onth I

, ,
suffe red from i ncapacitating h eadach es .
Freque n t colds boils on the neck and

,
face chronic ecze m a of the toes an d

, ,
f reque nt aci d dyspepsia we re other

and pai nful signs that the li fe I was
12 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPICURE
l eading was not a h ealthy o n e Ye t I .
was accounted a h eal thy person by my

friends and was withal athl etic
, , I , .
fence d an h our daily took calisthe nic ,
exerci ses every morni ng forc i ng myself ,
to do them and I rowed whe n I obtaine d

,
l ei sure to do so I n S pi te o f this e xe r
.
cise and a n i nhere n t l ove Of fresh air ,
which kept al l the wi ndo ws of my house

ope n throughou t th e year I su ffe red as ,
above W orse still I was losing inter

.
,
est i n life and i n my work .

I n o ne or two conve rsations you
l aid dow n your si mple p ri nc iples of
eco nom ic n utri tion You t o ld me that .
m y food ough t to be masticated th or

oughly u ntil taste was elim i nated and
, ,
th at ( my) l iquid nou rishme n t if take n , ,
o ught to be si m i l arly treated Yo u also .
told m e that taki ng food i n th is way I

, ,
m igh t wi thout fear of consequences

, ,
gi v e free rei n to my appe tite To shorte n .
my story I ll say that i n th ree m onths

,

after the practice of these p ri nciples my

symptoms ha d disappeare d N ot only .
TH E NEW GLU TTON OR EPICURE I3
had my i n terest i n my life and work r e

turn ed bu t my whole poi n t of view had
,
changed and I fo un d a pleasure i n both

,
l ivin g and worki ng that was a constant

surp rise to me For this my dear M r , .
Fl e tche r I can neve r repay yo u My

,
.
only desi re has bee n and is to try and ,
do for othe rs i n my practice what you

did for m e .

N OW I have si nce that ti me had
occasional c ol d s h eadaches and gou ty
, ,
pai ns ; but whe reas form erly I coul d not

,
explai n thei r causes I can n ow i n var i

,
ably trace the m to carel essness i n th e

buccal digesti o n of my food and can ,
soon S hake them O ff S O m uch for m y .
testimonial N ow fo r othe r m atters

. .
I d o not know what may be the ex

te nt o i th e claim s you are advanci ng i n
regard to the be nets acc rui ng from th e
practice of yo ur pri ncipl es I f you as .
,
you i n j ustice m ay clai m eve n the wi dest

,
bene ts as surel y fol lowi ng the prac tic e

of these principles m any wil l relegate
,
these claims to the l i mbo where all such


panaceas are soon forgotten They .
will e rr greatly if they do so The seem .
i n gl y S imple procedure of i nsal ivati n g

o ne s food most carefully is not cal cu

lated to impress people with th e fac t

that great permanen t benet foll ows .
The subtlety of the ch a n ges th at occ ur

is d ue to th e greatly inc reased ac tion of
a vital process e of th e a d mixture with
,
.
,
the food stuffs o f sal iva i n such quanti

-
,
ties as to al te r the che mical reaction of

the i ni ti al stage of d igestion Th is i ni .
tial ch ange causes a conseque nt c h ange

of al l th e processes foll owing i t and a ,
change also i n the nal products of th e

e n ti re process of digestion ; the great
est Ch ange being perhaps the e l i m i , ,
nation of l ast resort digestion by the

-
i ntesti nal ora (digestion by decomposi

tion caused by bacteria ) and consequent ,
eli mi nation fro m the body of th e toxi ns ,
they produce The life of an organ ism

.
has bee n dened as the su m of al l
those i n te r actions wh ich take place b e

-
twee n the various cells con stituting the

TH E NEW GLUTT ON OR EPICURE 1 5
organism and thei r seve ral e nvi ron

m ents ( H arry C ampbell ) The nal
.

.
products o i digestion are absorbed i nto

th e bl ood stream and go to form part ,

of th e S eve ral environ me n ts o f the

cells The individ ual cell the various

.
,
groups of sp e cial ised cells s uch as the ,
brai n nerves m uscles bones etc i n

, , , , .
,
short th e whole organis m is be ne cially

,
i nuenced and m ade m ore resiste n t to

disease by th e p uri ty of a blood stream
that n o l onger con tai ns the toxi ns of
bac terially digested food .

The fu rthe r i nvestigatio n of you r
discovery by th ose com petent will I a m ,
conden t resul t i n such a si mpl icati on

,
of the rules for a h eal thy l ife that th e

m e d ical profession at prese n t forced ,
by a lack of k nowledge of the vital pro

cesses o f n utri tion to base thei r treat
me nt on the veriest em pi ricism will ,
.
the n be abl e to teach all an d sundry

h o w to l ive At pres e n t al l we can do
.
,
is to treat and percha n ce c u re for a time

certai n symptoms al lowing the patien t
,
16 TH E NEW G LUTTON OR EPICURE
to re turn afterward s to a mode o f l ife
that is really responsib l e for h is malady .

Disease is an ab norm al mode of life .
( H arry C ampbell ) T h e three factors

.
i n i ts causatio n are :
(a ) C ell struc tu re .
( 5) I nte rnal cell e nvi ron me n t .
(e) E xternal body e nvironme nt

.
H eredi ty d e termi nes to a very large ,
exten t ou r cell structure an d co n s e

, ,
quently our body structure .

Sanitary scie nce regulates ou r ex
ternal body e nviro nmen t as m uch as th e
articial and n oxi ous habits of S O-called
c ivilisatio n will all ow The me ntal and
.
physical external body e nvi ronm e n ts

have also thei r e ff ec t on th e organism .

You r d iscovery of si mple rul es for
an E co nomic N utritio n wil l co ntrol th e
i nternal cell e nvi ro nme nt I n d o i ng .
h is th e predisposition to disease i s
,
m aterially a ff ec ted Th e i nternal c ell

.
e nvi ronm ent being free from toxic

material an d th e cell i tself better n ou r
,
i s h ed the c el l s resistance to disease i s

,
vol um e e ntitled The A
, of O ur
,

. B Z
. .

O wn N utrition .

The followi ng N ote by D r P ro
.
fe s s o r S i r Michael Foste r
, MP ,
. .
,
F R S etc i s a further li nk i n the chai n

. . . .
,
of developme n t of appreci ation of the

n eed of se rious attentio n to the scie nce
o f h uman n u trition exci ted by this i n
i ti a ti ve ( D.r Foster is the P e.rmanen t

H onorary P resident of th e I ntern ational
C ongress o f P hysiologists ) .
E XP E R I ME N TS U P O N HU MAN
N U TR I TI O N
N OTE BY S IR M I C H AE L F O S TE R ,
M . P .
, F R S
. . .

I n 1 9 0 1 D r E rnest Van S omere n .
submi tted to the British Medi cal As

sociati on and afte rwards to the C on
,
gress o f P hysiol ogists at T urin an ,
accou nt o f some experi m ents i nitiated

by Mr H orace Fletcher These ex
. .
e r i m e n ts we nt to S how that the pro

p
cesses of bodily n utri tio n are very
TH E NE W GLUTTON OR EPICURE 19
profou ndly affec ted by the prel imi nary

treatmen t of the food stu ffs i n the mouth
-
and i ndicated th at great advantages

foll ow from th e adoption of certai n
m ethods i n eati ng Th e essentials of
.
these special methods stated briey an d

,
without regard to certai n i mportan t

theoretical consideration s d iscussed by
D r Van Some ren consist o f a specially
.
,
prolonged mastication which is n e ce s

s ar i l
y associated with an i nsal ivation o f
the food stu ffs m uch more th orough
-
than is obtained with ordi nary habits .
The results brough t to l ight by the

prel im i nary experime ntal trial s we n t to
S how that such treatme nt of the food
has a most importan t e ffec t upon the
economy of the body i nvolvi n g i n the
,
rst pl ace a very notable re d uc tio n i n

the amoun t of foo d and especial ly of
proteid food necessary to mai ntai n
compl ete e i ci e n cy .

I n the sec ond pl ace this treatmen t
produced i n th e expe rie nce of i ts origi
,
n ato r s an i ncrease i n the s ubj ective an d

,
20 TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE
O bjective well bei ng o f th ose wh o pr a c

tise i t and as they believe i n thei r

, , ,
power Of resistance to the i nroads of dis

ease Th ese secondary e ffects m ay i n
.
deed be al m ost assumed as a corollary

o f the rst m en tioned ; because there
can be l i ttle doubt that th e ingestion of

food and perhaps especially o f pro
te i d food i n excess of what is u nde r ,
the best cond itions su fcie nt for m ai n

,
te n an ce and activity can only be del e

,
te r i o u s to the organ ism cl ogging i t with

,
waste products wh ich m ay at ti mes be

o f a direc tly toxic nature .
I n th e autum n o f 1 9 0 1 M r Fletche r .
and Dr Van S omere n came to C am

.
bridge with the i n tention o f havi ng the

matte r m ore closely i nqu i red i n to with ,
the assistance of physi ological experts .
Th e matte r evoked considerabl e i n terest

i n C ambridge and O bservati ons we re
,
made not only upon th ose m ore i mm e

di ate l y i nte rested b ut upo n other i n
,
di vi d u al s some of whom were themselves

,
m edical men an d trained observers .

C ertai n facts were establ ished by

these O bse rvations wh ich h oweve r are
, , ,
to be l ooked upo n as still o f a p r el i m i

n ary nature The adoptio n of the habi t
.
o f th orough i nsal ivation of the food was
fou nd in a consen su s o f O pin ion to h ave

an immediate and very striking e ffect u p
o n appeti te m aki ng this more di s cr i m i n
,
ating an d l eadi ng to th e Ch oice o f a

,
s imple dietary and i n particul ar reducing

the c raving for esh food The appetite
.
,
too is beyond all question fully satised

,
with a dietary considerably less i n am ou nt

than with ordinary habits is demanded .
N ume rical data were obtai ned i n

several cases b ut i t i s not proposed to
,
deal with th ese i n detail h e re as they ,
n eed th e supplem entary study wh ich

will be sh ortly referred to .

I n two i ndividuals who p ushed th e
m eth od to its l imi ts i t was fou nd th at com
p l e te bodily efcie ncy was m a i n ta m e d
for som e weeks upon a dietary wh ich had

a total e ne rgy val ue of l ess than one half -
of th at usually taken and comprise d l ittl e

,
m ore than o ne third of the proteid con
-
sumed by th e a ve r age man .
I t may be doubted if conti n ued

e f ciency could be mai ntained wi th such
low val ues as these and very prolonged
,
obser v atio n s would be necessary to e s

tab l i s h the facts But all subj ects o f th e
.
experi m ents wh o appl ied th e principles

i ntell igently agreed i n nding a ve ry
marked reduction i n th ei r needs an d ,
expe rie nced an i ncrease i n their se n se of

wel l bei ng and an i nc rease i n thei r work
-
i ng powers .

O ne fact fully co nrm ed by th e C am
bridge obse rvations consists i n the e ffec t
O f the special h abits described upon the
waste products of the bowel These

are greatly red uced i n amou n t as m ight
,
be expec ted ; but they are also m arkedl y

changed i n characte r becomi ng O dour
,
l ess and i no ffe nsive and assum i n g a

,
conditio n wh ich suggests th at the i n

testin e is i n a h eal thier and m ore aseptic
condition th an is th e case u nder ordi nary
ci rc umstances .
Al th ough th e experim e n ts h i therto

made are as al ready stated only prel im
, ,
i n a r y i n natu re and l i mited i n scope ,
th ey establish beyond al l question that

a ful l and careful study of the matte r is
u rge ntly called for .
For th is fuller study the C ambridge

l aboratories do not posse ss at prese nt
eithe r th e necessary equipm en t o r the
funds to provi de i t For the detailed
.
study of th e physical e fcie ncy of a man

u nder varyi ng cond iti ons elaborate an d
,
expe nsi ve apparatus is re qui red ; and

the advan tages Claim ed fo r th e special
treatme nt of th e food j ust disc ussed ca n
only be fully tested by prol onged and
l aborious experimen ts call i ng for a con
s i de r ab l e staff of workers
.

I t i s of great im portance th at the
m i nd of th e lay p ubl ic S h oul d be di s
abused of th e idea that m edical sci e nce
i s possessed O f nal i nformation con
cerni ng questions of n utrition Th is is
ve ry far i ndeed from being th e case .
. H uman n utrition i nvolves h ighly com

pl ex factors an d the scienti c basis for
,
o u r knowl edge o f th e subj ect i s b u t

small ; wh ere question s of diet are con
ce rned m edical teaching no less than
, ,
popular practice i s to a great exten t

,
based upon empiricism .
B ut the scientic and social impor

tance of the questio n i s cl early i m me n se ,
and it is greatly to be desired that i ts

study shoul d be e ncouraged .

M F O S TE R
. .

Ap r il 2 6th ,
Th e i nterest excited i n P rofessor

Foster was coinciden t with that e s
o u s e d by Dr P rofessor H e n ry P icker
p .
ing Bowdi tch P rofessor o f P hysiology

,
O f H arvard Medical S chool and Dea n ,
of Americ an P hysiol ogists U nder the .
aegis o f such e ncou ragemen t th e late r
d evelopments are not at all surpri sing .
I n orde r to exte nd and verify the n d

i ngs o f D r F G owland H opki ns o f C am
. . ,
bridge U niversity E ngland as stated i n , ,

26 TH E NEW GLUTT ON OR EPICURE
years i n p ursui t of a study of th e sub
,
j e ct of h um an n utri ti on practised a cer

,
tai n degree of abstine nce i n the taking

o f food and attai ned important economy
with as h e belie v es great gai n i n bodily

, ,
an d mental vigour and with marked

improvemen t i n hi s general heal th .
U nder h is new me th od of l iving h e

nds him self possessed of a peculi ar
tness fo r work of al l ki nds and w i th
freedom from the ordi nary fatigue i n
ci de n tal to extra physical exe rtion In
.
using the word absti ne nce possi bl y a

wro ng im pression is given for the h abits
,
O f life now foll owed have resulted i n

the disappearance of the ordinary cr av
i ng for food I n other wo rds th e
.
,
gentleman i n question fully satises h is

appeti te but no l onge r desi res th e
,
amou nt of food cons umed by m ost

i ndivi dual s .

For a period of th i rtee n days i n ,
J an uary h e was u nder Observatio n i n

,
the wr i ter s laboratory h is exc retion s

bei n g analyse d daily with a V i ew to asce r

TH E NEW GLUTTON OR E P I CURE 27
tai ni ng th e exact amount of proteid con

sumed The results S howed that the
.
average daily amou n t o f proteid m eta

b o l i se d was gram s th e body weigh t
,
-
( 1 65 po unds ) remai n ing practical ly

constant E spec ially note w orthy also
.
was the ve ry complete util isati on Of the

prote id food du ri ng thi s period of
obse rvation I t will be O bserved he re
.
that the daily amount of proteid food

take n was l ess than one half that of the
m i ni m u m Voit standard and it sh ould
,
also be mentioned that th is appare n t

decie ncy i n proteid food was not made
good by any large consumption O f fats
or carbohyd rates .Further there was ,
n o restriction i n diet O n the contrary

. ,
there was perfec t freed om of Ch oice and ,
th e instructions give n were to follo w

hi s usual d ietetic habits Analysis of .
the exc retions Sh owe d an outpu t o f

n i trogen equal to the breaki ng down
of gram s of proteid pe r day as ,
an ave rage the extremes bei ng

,
grams and gram s of prot eid .

I n Feb ruary a more thorough se ries
,
o f observation s was m ade i nvolvi ng a

,
careful analysis o f the daily diet to ,
gethe r with analysis of th e excreta so ,
that no t alone th e proteid con sumptio n

m igh t be ascertai ned bu t l ikewise th e
,
total in take of fats and carboh ydrates .
The di e t consum ed was qui te S imple ,
and c on sisted merely of a prepared

cereal food m il k and maple sugar
, ,
T his d iet was take n twice a day for

seven d ays and was selected by the
,

subj ec t as givi ng s u i ci e n t variety for
h is needs and qui te i n accord wi th h is
taste N o attempt was m ade to co n
.
form to any give n sta n dard of quantity ,
but the s ubj ec t took each day s uch

am o unts of the above foods as h i s ap
petite c raved E ach portion taken h ow
.
,
eve r was careful ly weighed i n th e

,
l aboratory the ch em ical compositio n of

,
the food dete rm i ned and the fuel value

,
calcul ated by th e usual me thods .
The foll owi ng table gives the daily

i ntake of proteids fats and carbohy d rates
,
for six days toge ther with the calc ulated

,
fuel val ue and al so the ni troge n i n

,
take togethe r with the nitroge n o utput

,
through the excreta M any othe r data .
we re obtained sh owi ng dim i nish ed ex

cretion of uric acid e thereal sulphates , ,
phospho ric ac id etc but they need not ,

.
,
be discussed here .
In ta k e O u tp u t o f N i t r o ge n .
ta ds
F at s .
C ar
bo h y
Cal o r
m s
o
Nitr o
Un n e . F a ce s To ta l .
. . .
ge n .
r s r s
G a m G am . G r s
am G r s r s r s r s
am . G am G am . G am .
F eb . 2 1 25 4 900
46 8 4o 4 1 69 0 7 05
38 1 . 1 74 7 5 53
2 69 o 1 71 1
2 67 0 1 7 37 7 49 7 64
30 7 3 I8 52
2 53 0 1 606 6 90

Th e m ai n th ings to be noted i n
these resul ts are rst that th e total , ,
daily co nsumption o f prote id am ou nted

on an a v erage to only 4 5 grams and ,
th at the fat an d c arbohydrate were

taken i n quan tities only su fc ie n t to
bri ng the total fuel val ue of the daily
Av r g f th f u r d ys e a e o e o a .
food up to a little m ore than large
calories I f h oweve r we eli mi nate the
.
, ,
rst day wh en for some reason the sub

,
j ec t took an un usual ly smal l amoun t of

food these gures are inc reased some
,
what but they are ridic ulously l o w

,
compared wi th the ordi narily accepted

dietary standards W he n we recal l that
.
the Vo i t standard demands at least

1 18 grams of protei d an d a total fuel
val ue o f large calories daily we ,
appreciate at o nce the full signicance

o f the abo v e gures But i t may be.
asked was th is diet at all adequate for

,
the needs of the b o dv su fcie n t for a

man weigh ing 1 6 5 pou nds ? I n reply ,
i t may be said that the appetite was

satised an d that the s ubj ect had full
freedom to take more food if h e so de
si red To gi v e a physiol ogical answer
.
,
i t m ay be said that the body weigh t re -
mai ned practi cally constant th roughou t

the seve n days period an d further i t

, ,
will be observed by com pari ng the g

u res of th e tabl e that th e nitroge n of
the i ntake and th e total ni troge n of the

output were not far apart I n other .
words the re was a close approach to

,
what the physiologis t call s n itroge nous

equilibri um I n fac t i t wil l be noted
.
,
that on seve ral days th e n i troge n out

p ut was slightly less than th e n itroge n
take n i n W e are therefore apparently
.
, ,
j ustied i n sayi ng th at th e above diet ,
si mpl e though i t was i n variety and i n ,
quan tity far below the usual ly accepted

requi reme n t was qui te adequate for th e
,
needs o f the body I n this c on n ection

.
i t m ay be asked wh at were th e ne eds o f

,

the body d uri ng th is seve n d ays period ?
Th is i s ob v i ously a very im portant
point C an a ma n o n suc h a diet eve n
.
,
though it su f ce s to keep up body

we i gh t and apparen tly al so p h ysiological
equil ibri um do work to a n y exte n t ?
,
W il l there be u n de r such cond ition a

prope r degree of tness for physical
work of any ki nd ? I n orde r to a sce r
tai n this poi n t the subj ect was i nvi ted
,
to do physical work at the Yale U n i

versity Gym nasi um and pl aced u nde r
th e guidance of th e director of th e
gym nasi um D r W illiam G Anderson
, . . .
Th e res ults of the obse rvations th ere

m ade are h ere give n take n ve rbati m
,
from D r Anderson s report to the

.

write r.
O n th e 4 th , 5 th , 6 th
and 7th of
February 1 9 0 3 I gave to M r H orace
, , .
Fle tcher the same ki nd of exerc ises we

give to th e Varsi ty C rew They are .
drastic an d fati gui ng and can not b e

d o ne by begi n ne rs without sore n ess an d
pai n resul ti ng Th e exerc ises he was
.
asked to take were of a character to tax

the heart and l ungs as well as to try the
m uscles of the l i mbs and tru nk I .
sh oul d not give these exerci ses to Fresh

m e n o u accou n t Of the i r severi ty .
M r Fletcher has taken these m ove

.
m ents with an ease that is unl ooked for .
H e gives evidence of n o sore ness o r lame

ness and the large groups o f m uscles
respon d th e second day without evide nce
M r Fle tche r h ad for several m onths past
.
take n prac ti cally no exercise other than

that i nvolved i n daily walks about town .

I n v iew of the stre n uous work i m
posed during the above four days i t i s ,
qui te evident that the body h ad need of

a certai n am oun t of nu tri tive material .
Yet the work was done without appar

e ntly drawi ng upo n any rese rve the
body may h av e possessed The die t .
,
small though it was and with only h alf

,
the accepted requirement i n fuel val ue ,
still su fced to furn ish the requisite

e nergy T he work was accomplished
.
with pe rfect ease without strain wi thou t

, ,
the usual resul tan t l am eness with out tax

,
i ng the h eart or l ungs and wi thou t loss

,
o f body weight- I n other words in M r

.
, .
Fletche r s case at l east th e body m achi n

e ry was kep t i n perfect tness with ou t

th e consumption of any such quan tities
of fuel as has ge nerally bee n considered
necessary .

J ust he re i t may be i nstructi ve to
observe that the food co n su med by M r .
Fle tcher duri ng this seve n days period
and wh ich has been sh own to be

e n ti rely adequate fo r his bodily ne eds
d uring stre nuous acti v i ty cost eleve n
cen ts daily th us m aking the total cost
,
for the seve n days seven ty seven ce nts !

-
I f we con trast this gure wi th the

am ounts generally paid for ave rage
nourish men t for a l ike period o f time ,
the re is certai n ly food for serious

though t M r Fletche r avers that he
. .
h as fol lowed h is presen t plan o f l i vi n g for

nearly ve years ; he usually takes two
meals a day ; has bee n led to a strong
l iking for sugar and c arbohyd rates i n
gen eral and away from a meat d iet ; is
always i n perfect h ealth and is co n
,
~
s ta n tl i n a co ndi tio n o f tness fo r

y
work H e prac tises thorough mastica
.
tion with more complete i nsalivatio n of

,
the food (liqui d as wel l as sol id ) than

i s usual thereby i nsuring m ore com
,
p l e te and ready digestio n an d a more

th orough utilisatio n of th e n utri tive
portions of the food .
36 TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICURE
I n view o f these resul ts are we n ot
,
j ustied i n aski ng ourselves whethe r

we have ye t attai ned a cl ear com pre
h e n s i o n of the real requirem ents o f th e
body i n th e matter of daily n utrime nt ?
W h ether we fully comprehe nd the best
and most econom ical m ethod o f mai n
tai ni ng th e body i n a state o f physi
ological tness ? Th e case o f Mr .
Fle tche r j ust desc ri bed ; the resul ts

n oted i n c on nection with certai n Asiatic
peoples ; the fru itarians an d n u tarians
i n o u r own co un try rece n tl y studied by

P rofesso r J affa of the U n iversity o f

,
C aliforn ia ; al l suggest the possibili ty

o f m uch greater physi ol ogical econ omy
than we as a race are wont to practise .
I f these are merely exceptional cases ,
we need to kn ow it but if on the other

, ,
h an d i t is poss ible for m anki nd i n

,
general to mai ntai n prope r n utri tive

c ondi tio ns on dietary s tandards far b e
l ow th ose now accepted as necessary ,
i t is time for us to ascertai n that fact .
For if our standards are n ow u n n e ce s

,
TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICURE 37
s ar i l h igh th e n surely we are n ot on ly

y ,
practisi ng an uneconomical method o f

sustaining l ife but we are subj ecting
,
ou rsel ves to cond itions the reve rse o f

physiol ogical and which m ust of n ece s
,
s i ty be i n i mical to o ur well be i ng The .
possibil i ty of more scien tic knowl edge

o f th e natural requ ireme nts of a healthy
n u triti on is m ade brighte r by the fact

that th e eco nomic results noted in co n
n ecti o n wi th our m etaboli sm exam i na
ti o n of M r Fletche r i s con rm atory of
.
sim ilar results obtained u nde r the dirc e

tio n and scrutiny of Si r Mi chael Foste r
at th e U n iversity of C ambridge E ngland , ,
d uri ng the autum n and wi nte r of l as t

year ; and by D r E rnest Van S omere n
.
,

M r Fletche r s co l /a o r a cen r i n Ve nice

.
, ,
o n subj ects o f various ages and of both
sexes some accou n t of which h as al ready

,
bee n presented to th e British Medical

Assoc iation and to th e I nter n ational
C ongress of P hysiol ogists at i ts l ast
m ee ti ng at T u ri n I taly At the sam e
, .
time emphasis must be lai d upon th e

38 TH E NE w GLUTTON OR EPICURE
fac t that no den ite an d posi tive con
e l usion s can be arrived at except as the
resul t O f careful experim e n ts and o bse r

v a ti o n s o n many i ndivi dual s coveri ng
long pe riods of time Th is h owever
.
, ,
the write r hopes to do i n th e very near

'
future with the co o peration o f a co rps
,
o f interested observers .
The proble m is far reach i n g I t i n

-
.
volves not alon e the i ndividual bu t ,
society a s a wh ole for beyond the i ndi

,
vidual lies the broader eld of th e com

m u ni ty a nd wh at proves helpful for the
,
o n e will eve ntually reac t for th e bette r
men t of society and for the improveme n t

of man ki nd i n general .
This test of work was accompli shed

o n food of the nitrogen val ue of less
than 7 grams daily whe reas the text
,
books declare that from 1 6 to 2 5 gram s

of n i troge n are necessary to h uman ex
i s te n ce. The heat val ue O f th e food
consumed during the test and wh ich ,
w as l ike i n amoun t to what had bee n

TH E NE W GLUTTON OR EPICURE 39
h abitually take n by the author fo r about

ve years previously (less than 1 600 l arge
C alories ) was only n a if tn e a m o u n t set
,
down by the maj ority o f th e presently

accepted au th orities as necessary to ru n
th e body o f a man of th e author s weigh t
an d activi ty The heat-e con om y sh ow

.
-
i ng was veri ed a week o r two l ater i n

a 32 -ho ur calorimeter m easu reme n t i n
the apparatus of P ro fessors Atwater and
Be nedict at Middletown C on n ,
.
E vide nce of even more signi can t

val ue has acc u mulated outside th e eld

of th e auth o r s own experi men ts and
tests After m ore than a year of careful
.
trial am ong some thousands of patie nts

and among som e h und reds o f earnest
employees D r James H Kellogg o f
, . .
,
the great Battle C reek Sanitarium has ,
adopted the suggestions co n tai ned i n

th is book as the rst requi re me nt of th e
treatment at the S anitarium I n l ike .
man ne r D r E dward H ooke r Dewey

, .
,
the sturdy advocate of dietary eco nom y -
fo r the past th irty years author of the ,


N o-B reakfast regime n and various,
books upo n th e subj ec t of auto -nu tri tio n

and dietary -rest bent his atten tio n upo n
,
the e ff ect of thorough bucc al digestion

presc ri bed after a period of rest from o u t
side feeding and here foll ows h is appr e
,
ci a ti o n as extrac ted from personal letters .
Before quoting from th e h igh app r e

c i a ti o n o f D r D ewey and D r Kell ogg
. .
i t may be well to state that the author

stands simply for a test subj ect factor i n -
a commonweal natu ral i nqui ry and no

p raise of the subj ec t attaches to th e
perso n o f the author W h atever th e
.
author is i n th e enj oymen t o f h ealth and

,
strength is the result of natural c auses

,
wh ich have devel oped d uri ng h i s study of

th e n atural requirements i n our n utrition .
P lease forget th e perso nal ele ment an d

consider that what is the author s gai n
i n e f c ie ncy as rel ated is the possible
,
possessi on o f th e reader as wel l and ,
w hateve r work or test th e auth or per

forms is do ne as m uch for th e reade r
as for th e author h imself .
4 2 TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE
C an non as fully related i n the A B
, . .
we n ot only get the economic r e

s u l ts but we are able to know and eve n
see some o f the reasons fo r thi ngs as

well .
I nteresti ng testi mony and c ommen t

relative to the presen t study will be
fou nd at the e nd of the vol um e i n com
m u n i ca ti o n s from C ommandan te C esare
Agnell i C l arence F L ow E squire Baron

,
.
, ,
R andol ph N atil i and one o f un usual sug

,
e s ti v e n e s s as e v ide nce o f the n eed of

g ,
further study of n utri tion from D r H u ,

.
bert H iggi ns of C ambridge E ngl and , .
M I L I TARY S C E NT
- I I FIC P
C O O E RAT O N I
W ith the e v idence and in terest j ust
outl i ned i t was no t di f cult for the
,
auth or to enlis t th e co Ope r ati o n of

S urgeo n G ene ral O Re i l l y o f the U n ited
-

A rmy and the e ndorsemen t o f G ene ral

L eonard W ood for l arger i nvestigation
o f the subj ec t These Ofcers both of
.
,
them surgeons and m edical doctors h ad ,
supported the m il itan t martyr scie ntist - -

,
D r Maj or W al te r R eed i n h is great

.
,
sani tary acc om plishm en t ; h ad fough t

yellow feve r to a nish toge ther i n C uba ;
h ad traced its spread to a specic cause ;
and were thereby encou raged to tackle
eve n s o com m o n and powerful e nem ies
as I ndigesti on and Mal -Assi milation .
The i nvestigation now i n progress at

Yale U n iversity u nde r th e direction of
,
P rofess or C hi ttenden and un der th e

foste ring auspices of th e Trustees of
the B a c/ze a a which i s administered

,
by the N ational Acade my o f S ciences ,
and o ther con tributed support is a Mil ,
i ta n t-S ci e n ti c cam paign wh ich will no t

cease un til we kn ow as mu ch abou t h u
man n utri tion at least as we know about
, ,
the n utrition of o u r d omesti c an imals .
I n th is l ittl e book howeve r is an ac

, ,
cou nt o f th e rst distress and war c ry ,
( to appropriate an expression Of th e Sal

vatio n Army) and while the workers i n
,
Scienc e m ay take a considerable time

to m ake O bse rvation s and i nvestigate

the reasons for thi ngs the un d erlying

,
claims herei n stated will i t is bel ieved , ,
ul timately be establ ished as fu n damen tal

facts of both H ygiene and P hysiol ogy .
The psychic factor i n d igesti on i s

eve n m ore important than origi n al l y
cl aim ed by th e auth or and fully ac ,
coun ts for the strength attai ned by the

C hristian Sc ie nce m ovement .
I n the A B Z o f O ur O wn N utri
. .
- .

tion are reprinted for rece nt scie ntic ,
reports i n addi ti on to the papers of Dr

,
.
Van S ome re n and P rofessor Ch i tte n

den before me ntioned articl es and lect
, ,
u res by D r P rofessor P awl ow th e great

.
,
R ussian physi ologist an d o n e of the

Bo ard of Assessors i n the I n ternation al
N utriti on I nvestigation desc ribed i n ,
the A B

.
( repri
. nted from the n e
E nglish Transl ation by D r W H . . .
Thompson Of Trin ity C ollege D ubli n ;

, ,
E ngl ish publishers G ri fn Co ; Amer , .
ican publ ishers L i pp incott , on

the me n tal inuence over the sal iva r y ,
gastri c and in testi nal sec reti ons Als o

,
.
,
nearly an h un d re d pages of m ost vi rile ,

readable and importan t O bservations

,

on Mastication by Dr H arry C am p ,

.
bell M D
,
. .o f, th e N orth
wes t L ondo n H osp ital ; rep ri nted by
co urteous perm issi on of th e author an d
of the editor of the L a n cet Also a .
,
desc ription of th e digestive process i n

'
anim al s as see n by aid of the R o n tgen ,
or X R ay ; a m ost readabl e accou n t of

-
the i nnite patience and appl ication of

D r W B C an non O f the H arvard M edi
. . .
,
cal School devote d to learni ng the

,

reasons fo r things done i n the close d
and sec re t laboratory of th e stomach
and i ntestines .
Th e above is a necessary advertise

men t of an othe r vol ume i n the A B C . . .
L ife S eries ; because the detail s of th is

partic ular attempt to reduce the ph il o s o
phy of everyd ay l ife to pro table simples
is li nked-u p i n several vol um es devel
oped i n the course of study of the sub
j ect for location of the ge rm i nal causes .

Men tic ul ture was th e rst of th e
series and rel ate s to the i n divi d ual .

H appi ness cam e next and l ocated

the chief enemy of happi ness i n F ea r
tn o u g n t the unprotable elem en t of fore
,
though t That L ast W aif treated

.

the question as related to the S ocial

W hol e C hildre n i n partic ul ar and r eco m
, ,
m ended S o ci a l ! u a r a n ti n e ; by exten
si on of infant education to the extreme
of all owing n o ch ild to escape educa
ti o n a l care This prese nt treatise deal s
.
with the rst require me n t of such i n fa n

tile care an d education right feedi ng , .
DR . ! E L L O GG S APP R E C I ATI O

N
The great Battle C reek S an i tari um ,
unde r the i nspi ration and d irection of

D r J H Kell ogg has grown to enor
. . .
,
mous proportions i n th irty seve n years - .
I t began with on e patien t i n a two

storey fram e h ouse i n a c ountry village ,
and has been largely i n uen tial i n c reat

i ng th e presen t proud di sti n c tion of
Battle C reek M ich igan wi th i ts m il
, ,
l i on s upon m ill ions Of i nveste d i ndus

tri al capi tal .

The
cure is based upon the estab
l i s h m e n t i n th e patie n t of righ t n utri
tion right fu ncti on i ng of the bodil y
,
organs an d secretion s and thereby as

,
sisti n g N ature to perform the c ure i n

a natural man ne r P ure foods and othe r
.
condition s of righ t n utri tio n h ave bee n

the particular study o f the i n stitution
sta ff and large and nely furnished
,
chemical and bacteri ol ogical laborato

ries have bee n i n stalled for the study o f
n utri tio n i n a sci en ti c man ne r
.
The Battle C reek S an i tari um i s a

purely h uman i tarian and ph ilan th ropic
i nstitution . By perpetual charte r al l
,
of the prots of the co nce rn i n all of

i ts ram ication s are dedicated to the ex
te nsion of the Americ an Medical Mi s
s i o n ar y C ause and there have bee n
,
already estab l ishe d more th an sixty

b ra nches of the paren t i nsti tution i n
di ffere n t parts o f the world principal ly
,
i n or near th e ch ief C i ties of Ame rica ,
and all are occupied with savi ng and

regenerating th e physical body of the
sick as a fou ndati on for possible moral
awakeni ng and S piri tual c ul ti v ation .
Th e work done by these h u m an i ta

rian i nsti tuti ons is most practical an d ,
the best evidence o f the practical i ty is

thei r growth P atien ts are c harged what
.
they can conve nie ntly pay bu t no ne wh o

,
need are refused atten tion B ranches .
are m ade self supporting as soon as po s

-
sibl e bu t are rst n urtured by the pare n t

,
sani tarium The re are som e h u ndreds

.
of physicians n urses an d othe r at

, ,
tach s o f the d i fferen t i nsti tutions and ,
these are e nth usiasts i n the h u m a n i ta

rian work taki ng as wages only what
,
they need for most eco nom ical support ,

a mere pittance and derivi ng thei r
,
chi ef compe nsatio n fro m satis faction

gai ned i n th e ser v ice Al l i n all i t is
.
,
an expressio n of inspirational altruism

worthy of the exampl e o f the G ood
S amaritan and a practical demonstra
tio n of th e S ermon o n the Mount .
Th e special attention of th e wri te r

was called to th e work of the Battle
sibl e e ffective S o ci a l ! u a r a n ti n e as pre

sen ted i n h is book Th at L ast W aif
,

.
Twen ty-fou r n eglected an d S ick ch il

dren of u nfortunate paren ts h ave bee n
rescued from an alm ost hopel ess condi
tion and have bee n adopted i nto the best
,
o f su rroundings an d c ultu re all promis ,
i ng to becom e splendid wealth -produc

tive citize ns and orname nts to soci ety .
For m ore than a year Dr Kell ogg .
and h is staff of earnest workers h a v e

bee n testi ng the suggestion s o ffered i n

G l utton or E picu re and i n the treatise

,
o f Dr Van Somere n and app reciation

.
,
of these suggestions and the work that

h as s ince been done to sti mulate i nte rest
i n the questio n i n high scien tic circles
will be found i n some extracts from D r .
Kellogg s letters which th e author h as

received perm ission to pri nt herewith .
B ATTL E CR K M I CH N

EE ,
6 1 90 .
, o v . 2 ,
2 .
D AR M R F L E TC H E R
E . :
I h ave your ki nd note of N ovember

2 0 th .Thank you very m uch for you r
TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE S I
appreciative words You r visit here .
was a great inspi ration to all o f us I t .
is not often we n d a m an wh o e n te rs
i nto th e thi ngs wh ich we love so heart
i ly as you h ave done The thi ng that .
i nterested us especially was the fac t th at

you are th e founder of a n e w and wonder
ful m ovement whic h i s bound to do far
,
more for th e ad vanceme n t of the princ i

ples for wh ich we are worki ng than al l
that we have d on e o r anyth ing we can
do I shall awai t with great i nterest
.
th e devel opmen t of your work and shal l

expec t to receive great l igh t from you r
e fforts W e are all in trai n ing to nd
.
ou r reexes and are expecti ng to m ake

,

a great deal out o f this .
B ATTLE C R E K M I CH D 2 9 E ,
.
, ec . 1, 1 02 .
MY D E AR F R I N D E :
I have received th e beau tiful book

which you se nt me That L ast W aif or , ,
Social ! uaranti ne I t is a charm i ng

.

vol ume I devou red i t eage rly and I

.
,
nd myself i n th e posi tion o f an eage r

d isci ple S i tting at th e feet of a maste r .
You r ideas of social rege neration stri ke

deeper than those of any other m ode rn
'
auth or and I shall be glad to co o perate
,
wi th you i n any way possible i n p r o m u l

gating these pri nciples You have made .
you r book talk i n a m ost impress i v e

way From cover to cove r i t is S impl y
.
adm i rable and m ust do a world of good .
I sh al l wri te a li ttl e n otice of it for m y

j ou rnal Go o a H ea l tn
,

.
Agai n than king you for thi s i nter

esti ng vol ume I remai n , ,
Most si ncerely an d respectful ly

yours ,

H K E LL OGG . .
B ATT L E C R E E K M I CH
,
.
, J an . 2 2 , 1 90 3 .
DE A R F R I ND E :

I h ave shamefully neglected you .
I wan t to assure you h o w m uch I a p

p r e ci a te you r e ncou ragi ng notes I .
read the m to m y colleagues and they ,
were so m uch a ffected that tears came

i nto the i r eyes I assure you we feel .
that yo u are i ndeed a brother to us

i n our work and th at G od has provi
,
de n ti al l y se nt you to be a frien d to
u s and to the pri nciples whi ch we
represe nt .
I h ad a lette r from D r H aig a few .
days ago i n wh ich h e me ntioned you

and your work an d said he was m uch ,
i nterested i n i t D r H aig you k now . .

, ,
has done a great deal i n calli ng atte n

tio n to uric ac i d i n meats a nd othe r
foods H is work has not all been ac
.
ce pte d by great l aboratory m e n but ,
D r H al l o f O we n s Medical C ollege i n
.
,

M anchester h as rece n tly rei nforced h is

,
resul ts I have at di ffe ren t ti mes r e

.
p e a te d his experim en ts with i n teresting

results .

I assu re you we S hal l be gl ad to
receive any suggestion s from any s ci e n
ti c authority wh o m ay visit us and if ,
there is any part of our work which can

be improved we shall be glad to put i t
,
there as soon as our atte n tion is called

to it .
54 TH E NE W GLUTTON OR EPICURE

Again thanking yo u for your ki ndly
i n terest i n our work I remai n ,
Most si ncerely yours ,

J H K E LL OGG

. . .
B ATTL CR K M I CH F b
E EE
9 3 , .
,
e . 22 , 1 0 .
MY D AR F R I N D
E E :

I have yours of J a n uary 2 9 th I .
am m uch interested i n what yo u wri te

about you r demo nstration at N ew H a v e n .
I want to gi v e the widest publ ic ity pos

sible to your work I nd great good
.
i n it I am talking to my patients
.
conti n uall y about i t I know from m y .
experience that yo u are righ t Fo r

.
m any years I ha v e requ i red my patien ts

to gi ve special a tte ntio n to chewi ng and ,
h ave made i t a w ritte n prescription fo r

each patie n t to chew a sauce rful o f dry
granose akes at the begin n ing of each
meal I have see n great good from th is
.
m ethod .

W ith kindest regards I remain as , ,
eve r ,
Most sincerely you rs ,

J H K E LL OGG

. . .
B ATTL CRE E K M I CH M r c h 1 6 903

E ,
.
, a ,
1 .
ED AR F R I ND E :

I am exceedi ngl y i nterested i n the
facts which yo u com m unicate especiall y ,
D r Ande rso n s report I t is quite re

.

.
m arkabl e . I am verifyi ng th e same

ideas i n my o w n pe rsonal experience .
I am conde nt you have discovered a

great an d important pri nciple and I shall
watch wi th i nte rest future de v elopmen ts .
I am goi ng to ge t o ur stude nts i n terested

i n i t I f you feel d isposed to d o so I
.
,
shall be glad to h ave you make out a

l ittle l i ne of expe riments which wil l tally
with the experime n ts wh ich you have
bee n conducti ng so th e resul ts may be
,
compared .

1 h ave i n hand a translati o n o f C or
n a t o s work which I have been th inki n g

of publ ishi ng I t occ u rred to me that

.
pe rhaps you would be able to write a

l i ttle ch apte r for th is work or an i n tro ,
d uction I am goi ng to ge t i t o u t i n
.
n ice S hape and I trust i t m ay be the

,
means of doing good i n i nclining th ose

wh o read i t toward a S i mple r life I am .
g r e a tl
y i n te r e s te d i n the ideas which yo u
presen t i n yo ur vari ous books .
I hope you will h ave a safe j ou rney

to I taly and back .
I remai n as e v e r

, ,
Ve ry si nce rely and respectful ly

yours ,

J H K E LL OGG . . .
B ATTL C R K M I C H M r c h

E EE
9 3 , .
,
a 22, 1 0 .
MY D AR M R F L TCH E R
E . E :
I h ave yours o f March l gth

I .
thank you very m uch fo r promising to

write an i n troduction for the ed ition of

L uigi Co r n a r o s l ife You are j ust the .
man to do it I propose to get the book

.
o u t i n neat tasty S hape

, S h all be glad .
to have suggestions from you on th is

poi n t Th e manager of a large de n o m i
.
national publ ishing h ouse i n C hicago is

i n terested and wants to publ ish i t wi th
us H e h as promised to help about th e
.
artistic features .
AS regards o u r me d ical college I

,
our standard h igh so that no one could
obj ect to th e reform featu res of our
work o n accoun t of i ncompete ncy O u r .
studen ts are ad mi tted to practice i n

N ew York having passed the e xa m i
,
nations o f the S tate Board O ur best

.
re ason for bel ievi ng that our dipl omas

are recognised eve rywhere is because
of stude nts from the C ollege hav i ng
passed the examinations i n nearly every
S tate O ne of ou r students rece n tly
.
graduated from the U n iversity of D ub

l in afte r h aving spen t a year th ere as ,
they requi re ve years i nstead of four

years as with us .
You r experime n ts are su rpassingl y

i nteresting You r performance wi th D r

. .
Anderson was phenomenal . I confess

you are a physiological p uzzle I f chew

.
i ng accompl ishes these wonde rful thi ngs

for you i t is certai nly worth th e wh ile
, .
I am trai ni ng m yself from day to day

to masticate m y food more and m o re
th oroughly a n d I co n fess the re i s greate r
good i n i t than I ever i magi ned .
TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPICURE 59
I am sending you a li ttl e box of foods

that I thi nk you will l ike especially the
,
p r o to s e roast
, the gl u ten biscui t and
,
the chocolates .
I woul d l ike to get h ol d of a l ist o f

your books ; I wan t to put the m i n to the
h ands o f our stude nts to read Ki n dly
.
give me a l ist o f th e names and th e

publishers and I wi ll esteem i t a favour .

I m igh t have said further i n refer
e nce to ou r C ollege th at i t i s l isted by the
N ew York Board o f R egen ts as well as
by the I ll i noi s S tate Board of H eal th .
W e are going to m ake c on side rable

im proveme nt i n o u r school th e next
year W e are tryi n g to p ut up a n e w
.
buildi ng W e need
. ve ry m uch ,
as our work has no endowme nt and i t

requ ires very great sacrice an d m ost
stre nuous e ffort to keep i t goi ng O u r .
teachers work for a mere pittance and

o u r stude nts are compelled to save an d
economise i n every way to ge t th ro u gh .
N earl y all of them have to pay thei r

way i n work of some sort .

By the way I am taking li be rty to
,
se nd you wi th th is copies of some l i ttle ,
bookle ts which I have j ust gotte n ou t

i n refere nce to our work .
I am as ever , ,
Yo ur fri end ,

J H K E L L O GG . . .
B ATTL E C R K M I CH
EE ,
.
, Ju n e 2 4 , 1 903 .
MY D AR F R I ND
E E :
I have yo ur ki nd note of J u ne 2 1 s t .
I am happy to be remem bered by yo u

tho I h ave negl ected writi n g y o u I .
w as afrai d my lette r woul d n o t nd you

o n you r j ourneys .

W e are ch ewing hard out h ere at
Battle C reek Ch ewi ng m ore eve ry day
, .
W e are continually th i nking and ta l k

ing of you and the wonde rful refo rm
you se t going W e have gotte n up a
.
l ittle chewing song whic h we sing to

the patie nts I t i s o nly doggerel bu t

.
i t h elps to keep th e idea before ou r

people W e dedicated i t to you and I
.
am goi ng to se n d you a copy of it as

TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE 6!
soo n as the pri n ters get it ready I f yo u .
feel too m uch disgraced I will take

your nam e o ff .

That l ittle book on C orn aro is n ot

out yet W e h ave bee n waiting for

.
the i ntrod uction fro m yo u W e can .
wait as m uch longer as is necessary ,
as yo u are the man to furnish th is

i n trod uc tio n
.

I h ope you wi ll com e W est some
tim e this sum me r so yo u can d rop i n
an d see us i n ou r ne w buildi ng W e .
are not qu ite i n perfec t run n ing order

yet but we S hall soon be xed i n good
,
shape and wil l be del igh ted to have

you wi th us You h a v e helped us
.
greatly i n calli ng our atte ntion to the

great im portance of chewing W e had .
known i t for a l ong ti me bu t had n ot

practised i t . You demonstrated th e
thi ng i n such a graphic way th at the
whole world is constrai ned to listen .

T hanki ng you for you r ki nd note ,
I remain very s incerely yours

, ,

J H
K E
. L L O GG
. .
B ATTL CR K M I C H Ju l y 3 9 3

E EE ,
.
, 2 ,
1 0 .
M Y D AR M R F L TC H R
E . E E :

I have your ki nd fav ou r of J uly 1 4 .
You are doi ng me al togethe r too m uc h

honour I am only a plodd i n g h umbl e
.
,
d octor and h a v e never had any o ppo r

,
tu n i ty to do any great thi ng because of ,
the l i mits of my abilities and because I ,
h ave not th e opportu nity to devote m y

e nergies to any one special thing ; bu t
h ave s o man y thi ngs to d o that I can do
noth i ng v ery well .

I remem ber D r Krauss very well . .
H e has fo r some years been assistan t

to P rof W i ntern itz the P rofessor of
.
,
N er v e D iseases i n th e Medical Depart

m e n t of the R oyal and I mperi al U ni
vers i ty of Austria H e seemed a ve r y
abl e physicia n and a del igh tful gen tle .
m an I was very glad to mee t h im

. .
I have al ready se n t you a C opy of a

l ittle bookl e t e n ti tled The B uildi n g of
a Temple of H eal th .

W e w i ll be m ost happy to h a v e a
visi t fro m you I woul d like to kno w
.
about wh at ti me you are comi ng and I ,
will e ndeavo ur to be here I have a call .
to give an address at C hautau qua N Y , . .

,
early i n August and i f I d o n ot know

,
whe n you will be h ere I migh t possibly ,
be away which I S ho ul d con sider a

,
great m isfortune .

W e h ave nothi ng h ere I am sure , ,
which will be n ew to sc ientic men ,
and I apprehe nd that they will h ave

a very di ffe re n t opi nion o f ou r work
than yo u have .
I have a l ittl e book which I th i nk I

h ave not se n t you e n ti tl ed The L ivi ng
,
Templ e .

I will send a copy to you ;
al so a copy of the C hewi ng Song
,

wh ich is now o u t I t is n oth i ng b ut a

.
cheap th i ng in te nded only fo r my own

,
li ttl e folks ; bu t it got out and several ,
peopl e wan ted i t so I have allowed i t

,
to be put i n pri n t The purpose w as .

,
of cou rse si mply to i mpress the chew

,
i ng idea O f course yo u are well as

.
,
you are apt to be wel l by chewing

well .

By the way I me t a disciple of ,
yours a day or two ago H e was .
S en ator Burrows from Kalamazoo H e ,

.
cal led with hi s wife and som e othe r

ladies and M r R ose the ch ief clerk of
, .
,
th e U S Senate to make us a li ttle

. .
,
v i sit I had a ve ry del igh tful chat with

.
them O n remarking to the S enator

.
th a t h e did n ot look any olde r than

when I s a w h i m last bu t seemed to ,
be very well he told me he was i n

,
pe rfec t heal th and he expected to li v e

,
for eve r H e had rece ntly gotte n h old

.
of so meth ing that was doi ng h i m s o

m uch good that h e belie v ed he should
neve r be sick I begged to kn ow h is.
secret and found i t was chewi ng I

,
.
asked h i m how h e discovered i t and h e ,
told me h e had l earned i t from you r

del ightful book Yo u are certai nly pro .
m o ti n
g the most i mportan t hygie n ic re
form which has been brough t forward i n

m ode rn times W he n you visi t us again
.
,
you will see i n our din i ng room of ou r -
new buildi ng m ore H orace Fletcher dis

i ng for th e new buildi ng The cost of .
p ri nting paper and bi ndi ng i s paid for

, ,
by co ntributions so al l the m oney r e ,
c e i v e d goes toward th e build ing fund
for the Sanitari um I h ope by t h is and .
other means to get the buildi ng pai d for

before I die .

I th i nk your ch ewing reform is of
m ore importance to the world than you
real ise You m ust have a great fund of
.
goo d cheer with you ; do ubtless because

you chew ! I tol d our patien ts here that
I had heard f rom you that Ki ng E d ward
was C hewi ng It i n te r e s te d and am used
.
the m ve ry greatly The idea of m unch .

i ng parties is a good o ne .
As eve r ,
Your friend ,

J H K E LL O GG . . .

B ATT L
R K M I C H Aug s t 9 3 E C EE ,
.
,
u 2 1, 1 0 .
D E AR M R F L TC H R . E E :
I have yours of August 2 o th with

the list of pe rsons to whom you desi re

to have The L ivi ng Templ e sent The

.
books are al ready sen t together with a

l ittl e note calli ng atte n tio n to th em .

Your conti n ued courtesies are pu t
ting u S unde r obl igations which we can
n ever repay .

There are a l ot of devils of di ffere nt
sorts to be cast ou t and I am su re th e
,
dyspeptic devil is about the worst and

the m ean est o f the m all .

A quarte tte sang th e C he wing

S ong j ust before my lec ture i n the par

l our last eve ni ng Th e great parlour was

.
lled to its utm ost capaci ty The people

.
cheered h eartily not at th e si nging n or

,
the song but th e senti men t I too k

, .
occasio n to tell them I th ough t M r .
H orace Fletcher i n i naugu rati ng the

,
chewing reform had done more to h elp

,
s u ffering h um an i ty than any other man

of the presen t ge n eration and th at I fel t
,
ve ry m uch m ortied that we had neg

l e cte d thi s im portan t m atter to such
an exten t here th at you h ad to come to
the San itari u m and be a m issio nary of
good heal th and u rge this i mportan t
I
matter upon ou r atten tion I feel that

we are all greatly i ndebted to you and ,
seem to be getti n g con tin ually more and

m ore i n to your debt and I d o not know,
any way to disch arge the obl igation ;

b u t if any acciden t sh ould e v er happen
to you so you get i ll i t wi ll certai nly be
,
a deligh t to us to have the opportun ity

to mi niste r to you if you will permi t us
so to do .
I am glad you have postponed you r

visi t until O ctobe r as by that ti me we
,
sh all h av e many th i ngs i n better work

i ng order and our medical cl ass will
,
be here I wa nt to h ave our medical

.
students meet you .
I to l d M r N ichols the other day you

.
we re com i n g to v isit us H e was greatly .
deligh ted to hear this H e feel s as I do .
that the work which you h ave i n a u g u

rated is the m ost i mportan t m oveme n t
wh ich h as bee n started i n m odern tim es .
I remai n as eve r
, ,
Fraternally yours ,

J H K E L L OGG

. . .
B ATTL CR E K M I C H S p t 3 903

E E ,
.
, e . 0, 1 .
D E AR F R I N D E :

I have your kin d note of th e 2 3d
i nst I am s ure th at one of my letters
.
to you h as bee n lost I wrote promptly .
telli ng you that you were at liberty to

use anything I have wri tte n yo u respect
i ng your work .
I am more an d more enth us iastic re

specting the value of thorough chewi ng .
I have read wi th great i n te rest D r H arry .
C am pbell s articl es and am rep ublish ing

i n M o der n M edi ci n e a large part of what

he has written .

I have bee n thi nking whether I
migh t dare ask permissi on from you to
publ ish you r article W hat Se nse as a
trac t P ossibly i t i s al ready pri nted i n

.
that way I would l ike to c i rculate i t

.
widely amo ng my patien ts and our n u rses ,
and doctors I am d oi ng my best to get

.
them all to chewi ng and have had great ,
be net myself fro m th orough m asticati on .
O ur Medical Sc hool h as j ust begu n

agai n and I have o ne n ice cl ass o f six
,
tee n stude n ts who are goi ng to devote
the mselves to th e study of appl ied phys
i o l o g y and all of them will experim en t
,
o n the e ffects o f thorough masticati on

i n rel ation to the quan tity of food ; also
i n relatio n to the quanti ty of proteids .
I f you would l ike th e detail s of the r e

s u l ts of th e experi ments I will give them
,
to you later .

By th e way if you h a v e any wri tten
,
o r pri nte d o utl ine of data whi ch you

thi nk i t desi rabl e to col lect I wil l be
,
glad to h ave i t as a help to us i n r e

searches o f this sort W e have prepared
.
o u r laboratory to do al m ost anyth i ng

that needs to be done and we have a ,
whole l ot of e nth usiastic young m en and

wom e n wh o wil l enter i n to th is th ing
with great ze al and we will be glad to
,
co Ope r a te wi th you tho roughly as I feel
that yo u have introduced a li ne o f r e

search and i nvestigation wh ic h i s of
i m men se i mportance I h a v e read with
.
great i nterest P ro f C hi ttende n s article

.

i n the P op u l a r S ci en ce M o n ti ly and
/ ,
TH E NE W GLUTTON OR EPICURE 7 1
I can b ut feel that yo u are a h eaven -sen t

m issionary to the worl d in this matter o f
d iet reform .
I remain

,
As eve r you r friend ,

J H K E LLO GG

. . .
P S
. .I h ave for many years give n
a good deal of atte ntio n to the matte r o f
mastication I t has been my regular
.
p resc ription for al l m y patie nts for m any

years to eat at the begin ni ng of each meal
som e G ranose Flakes Th e pu rpose o f .
this was to secu re i nc reased activity of

th e sal ivary glands and to e ncourage
,
the habi t of m astication I have foun d .
imme nse benet from this practice .
I appreciate exceedingly al l th e good

th i ngs yo u are se nding me W hat a de .
l igh tful time you m ust h ave h ad i n th e

Adirondacks ! I h ave neve r h ad such
a pleasure i n my l ife as I h ave had my ,
nose con ti n ually o n the gri n d stone at

work since I was te n years of age wi th ,
n o vacations at all I t is a rem arkable

.
spectacle that these great men these ,
learned professors and scientists and ,

'
army med ical m en sh ould be co o pera
,
t i ng so e nth usiastically with a layman to

l earn the true philosophy of life ; but i t
has always bee n so The great di s co v
.
e ries have not bee n m ade by great s ci e n

ti s ts and great doc tors but by m e n
,
whose m inds were above th e bias of

prescribed education and who we re able
,
to l earn fro m th e great book of nature ,
which i s the book of G od .
W he n you com e agai n I h ope you

will h ave time to stay wi th us a l ittl e
while so we can have som e good Chats .
I would l ike to S i t d own and go i nto th e

h eart of th i ngs with y o u when I th i nk,
we shoul d nd our ideas runni ng ve ry

cl ose together W e shall expec t to see
.
you next mo nth I have to be away for

.
a few days sometime d uri ng the month ,
so I h ope you will l et me k no w a l i ttle

wh ile be fore you com e about what ti me
to expec t yo u.
men d i t as a work o f the h ighest prae s
tical i mportance .

I have rece i ved the articl e of D r .
Van S ome ren and I wish I had scores

,
of the m to se nd to my patie n ts I h ave .
read it wi th the greatest i nte rest and ,
sh all keep i t m ost of the time i n the

mail pouches .
I n these latter times I am becom ing

m ore and m ore impressed with the
resul ts of over food e ve n wi th the -
we l l u nt i l now I feel th at the pussy

,
bel ly i s a matter so C learly attr ib u

table to gl uttony as to be a cause of
shame at least i n the physiological
, ,
sense . .
I hope you will feel i t a duty to e n

large and expand the useful ness of G l ut
to n or E picu re
The people are ripe i n
.
th is cou ntry for j ust such a book I .
feel that yo u are doing the m ost i mpor

tan t work i n physiological i nvestigation
of any l iving man and we i n th is co un ,
tr y e spec ially need all your ne w material

, ,
as an addi tion to the book .

TH E N E W GLUTT ON 0R EPICURE 75
( Tw o y rs l t r ;
ea y rs t st )
a e af et r ve ea

e .
Ju l y th 9 3 20 , 1 0 .

W hat you have done to u nfol d
physiologic mastication means m ore fo r
h uman weal than all the m ere m edical
prescri bers h a v e gi v e n the world fro m
Adam to the p resen t mome n t I have .
tested the method you advise wi th the

ail i ng as yo u coul d not have had s o
,
l arge an opportu nity to do I h ave .
been h avi ng the care of fasters for

the past twen ty six years and n ow al l
-
,
of th em when they return to thei r

,
heal th y appeti te and feedi ng have to ,
Fletc h erise eve ry m orsel J ust n o w .
a man has ended a thi rty two day fast -
u nder my care and has begu n taking

,
food agai n wi th an appeti te and a rel ish

,
that h is me mory does n ot recall h avi ng

e nj oyed befo re H e swallows n oth ing
.
that is not red uce d to th i n liqu id .
O nly occasional abstinence from food

for a tim e and such atte n tio n to masti
catio n makes h eal th possi ble wi th the
,
maj ori ty o i people te mpted by quan ti ,

ties of soft and rich foods N o other .
o n e has taugh t s o wisely how avail able

b rai n power can be saved from w a stage
i n th e stom ach as h av e yo u
,
th e val ue
i s beyo n d all estimate .
I t has be e n give n to me to become a

teacher among those wh o ha v e nei ther
time nor means to cultivate heal th ;
m i ne to teach them h ow to get all the
heal th possible withou t the use of any
,
of th e heal th arts I n dispe nsing th e

.
new ph ysiology of die tary rest I have

h ad n eed o f al l the ti me possible with ,
none left for th e experim e n ts of science ,
hence I ha v e done l ittle o r noth ing to

speak of in the experi me nt way s u g
gested i n you r letters .

I am very glad to hear fro m you
agai n and sh all be pleased to have yo u
,
i ndicate the n u mber of the P op u l a r

S ci en ce M o n tn ly i n wh ic h P rofessor
,
C h i ttenden s art i cle on your work at

Yal e appe ared so that I can send for

,
i t Thi n k of this my d ear M r Fletcher

.
,
.
,
what a conservation the re is of e nergy ,

the exceed ing good you have done m e
i n teach ing how to save e ne rgy avail
able for brain power by Fl etcherisi ng -

all foods before swallowi ng I n the .
case of dropsy I have pre v i ously writte n

,
abou t I am conde n t the sole m eans

,
of success that is bei n g acco m pl ished

n o w is due to th e Fle tcherisi ng of al l
,
m orsels Th e patien t spends never l ess

.
than an hour and a half over h is on e

meal a d ay At th e e nd of his forme r
.
fast with hi s we igh t of 2 5 0 lbs c u t

, .
down to 1 2 5 lbs he was perm i tted to .

,
take six meals a day and i n a few weeks ,
h e was nearly as bad as ever with h is ,
weigh t raised to 1 8 0 lbs U nder my .

care a n d afte r only a seventeen -days fast
,
(dietary rest ) he was reduced agai n to

,
122
% lbs There has
. si nce bee n a
m on th o f feeding on e m eal a day by
your method wi th weigh t restored to,
1 5 6 lbs and no hi nt of returni ng dro ps y

.
an d you are guil ty of th is for no oth e r ,
than th e practice of thorough masticatio n

has bee n capable of s uch curing work .

You r experie nces as detailed i n th e
,
P op u l a r S ci en ce M o n tl cly (J un e ,
were read w i th absorbing i nterest There .
i s n o m ore im portant work for man to

do than that wh ich yo u are doi ng I .
h ave not the patie nce for de tails and ,
si nce the N o Breakfast P lan has b e

come som ewhat known to the world I ,
h ave bee n too busy ; bu t the m o re I

study an d study you i n particular the
, ,
m ore I see and real ise wh at o f c ri mes
an d of evil desires are due to ove r

food to bol ting food .

N o w for some th i ng ne w ! I n an
article o n The Mystery of M igration s
i n the S a tu r day E ven i n g P o s t of August
2 2d i t i s gi v en o u t that all m i
grati ng bi rds let thei r l ast meal ge t th or
oughly digested that they m ay start o n
,
th e ir l ong igh t with empty stomachs ;

that n o powe r may be diverte d to the
d igesting mach i nery of the i r stomach .
W hat i s th e signicance of thi s i n re

lation to the N o B reakfast P lan ?

I t i s the true physiology of I nsti nct !
r esp o n s e to
( In a r eq u e s t fo r p r i ss i n
e m o to q u t
o e
h i s app r e c i at i o n ) .
S pt b r
e em e 17 th , 1 903 .
R M R F L TC H E R
DEA . E :
You may freely state my views of

th e value of th e work you have done

for human ity better th an I have done .
Know th is ; I am not able to adequately

express m y own apprec iation of i t as ,
revealed i n the room s of the ail i ng

th rough out seve ral years of experience ,
by a ny language at my comm an d H ere .
is some th i ng form al if you l ike to use ,
it .
Yo urs with admi ration and gratitude

,
E H D E WE Y
. . .

P S
T he m atte r of thorough mas
. .
ti ca ti o n as unfolded and i n sisted o n by

,
H orace Fletche r i s the greatest pra e ,
tical physiol ogy that a dyspeptic gl u t ,
tonous world ever has received The .
discove ry of i ts i mportance of m outh

work in savi ng the strai n of ove r work
,
-
i n th e stomach and i n the i n testi nes ,

8 2 TH E N EW GLUTT ON OR EPICURE
as I nd th e e ffec t of it i n th e sick room - .
T heoretical ly d igestio n m ay take place

,
far down i n the digestive tract but it is ,
prac tical ly found that wh en th is possi

bi l i ty i s resorted to by reason o f neglec t
,
o f the earl i e r buccal or gastric digestion ,
trouble soon h appe ns and we doctors ,
are call ed i n to try to e ffec t c ures by

m edici ne o r oth erwise For every one .
h orse -power of work as i t were that is

, ,
sligh ted i n the m outh it requi res per ,
h aps te n h o rse-powe r of en ergy to repai r

th e neglec t fu rthe r o n and all of th is ,
waste of energy is charged agai nst the

brai n -power pl easu re powe r reserve on
,
-
storage .
As I read the acc o un t of M r Fletch .

e r s sh owi ng o f h eat eco nom y reported
-
,
by P rofessor C hi ttende n i n h i s P op u l a r
S ci en ce M o n tn ly article and wh ich was ,
veried i n the calori me ter measure me n t

at M iddletown I see at once from m y
, ,
own observations that h alf th e heat

,
c ommonly used i n the hu man engi ne i s

occupied i n forci ng the un n ecessary
TH E NEW GLUTTON O R EPICURE 83
w aste through thi rty feet of i ntesti nal

folds and convol utio ns .
The author feel s ve ry grateful to D r .
Dewey not alon e fo r h i s e ncourageme n t

, ,
but for the service he has rendered

h uman ity by h is he roic stand for tem
p e r a n ce i n feeding
. H e is one of th e
sturdy E scul apian L uthers wh ose cry
,
o f reform c omes from the i mpulse o f an
i nborn C h ristian Al truism .
W he n i t becomes ge n erally k nown ,
as i t some day will be that ove r-eati ng

,
and wrong eati ng are th e pri me causes

-
o f temptatio n to i ntemperance i n d ri nk

i ng the m easure of D r Dewey s se rvice
, .
to the Tempe rance C ause will be bette r

appreciated .
AN AG R E E AB L E E N D U R AN C E
TEST
After th is vol ume was publ ished i n
18 98 , th e eld of experi men t was
changed from the U n ited S tates to
E urope . Th e physical exerc ise and
mental recreation of th e summe r of
1 8 9 9 consisted partly of bicycl i n g We .
landed i n H olland toured H olland

, ,
Belgi um and N orthe rn France an d

, ,
reached P aris i n the course o f about

two month s and with upwards of ve
.

h u nd red m i les wheel ing For another
.
month we bicycled lei surely aroun d

P ari s and added two o r th ree h u n dred
m iles to o u r cyclometer record D uring
.
the mon th o f J uly the author further

rode som e seve n h undred miles i n and
abou t th e Forest o f Fontai nebleau .
Th e idea o f an e ndu rance test was -
suggested to the author by th e ease

wi th wh ich h e accompl ished a ce ntury
found o n the edge of the forest borde r
i ng the S ei ne at Brolles and we we nt
,
fo r a spi n togethe r and nally returned

awheel to P aris To make a ce ntury
.

run i n a day had al ways seemed to the
author a f e at for athletes a n d expe rts
only and whe n h e fou nd that he had
,
m ade i t without any inconve nien ce and
was in n o way pai nfully c o n scious of it

next day th e ambitio n to s ee w n a t r ea l ly
,
co u l d li e do n e w a s bo rn. I t would give

practical m easure o f the improve men t
d ue to a n econom ical n utrition I t was
.
known wh at th e n e wly ambitious con

testant for a r e cord co u l d n o t do two
years b e f o re b u t it was now unce rtai n
,
what he m zjg/ct (5e m i l e to do u nder Changed

c ond i tio n of h e al th eve n wi th two years
additi o n al h andicap of age ; besides i t ,
h appen e d to be the h al f-ce ntury year o f

the autho r s l ife and a good tim e to j o t

down a record of a new s tart i n l ife .

R efere nce to econom ical n utrition

i n con nection wi th a full measure of

r ec reation needs som e explanation To
.
TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPI CURE 87
be econom ical mean s to m ost persons

p rivatio n of pleasure I t i s true that th e
.
econ omic standard attai ned by L uigi

C ornaro had bee n maintai ned wi th ease
by the author si nce the begi n n ing of
h is experim ents i n the sum mer o f 1 8 9 8 .
Th is was n ot accom pl ished by t ryin g

to em ul ate Co r n ar o s example b u t was

reached by a m ethod o f taki ng food and ,
devel oped i n the cou rse of a special

study of th e economic natu ral requi re
men ts The autho r ate j u s t w n a t l ei s
.
appe ti te ca l k d
f,or as nearly as ci rc um
stances o f s upply pe rmi tted he ate a l l
,
tn a t Iti s app eti te w o u l d a l l o w ; e nj oyed

a gustatory pleasure that da d n er/er oeen
e u a l l ed under o l d habits o f taking food
g ,
and was a disti nc t epicurean gaine r

by the econ om y learned and practised .

B ut an d i n th is but l ies the secret
the solid food had bee n munched ap
r e ci ati ve l u n ti l it was l i queed an d
p y
a strong S wallowing I mpulse compelled
i ts d egl utitio n T he sapi d an d n utri
.
tious l iquids we re tasted as th e wi n e

tasters taste wi ne as tea taste rs taste
,
tea and as all experts test or G e t

, ,

the G ood o u t o f anyth ing I nstead
, .
o f bei ng d ru nk down i n a ood like

water wh ich has no taste and n o rea
,
so n to s tay i n the regio n o f taste ,
del icious c ou ntry m ilk was sipped and

tasted wi th the e nd of th e tongue ,
wh ere the best taste buds are un til i t

-
,
disapp e ared by natural absorpti on I n .
th is way th e m il k was fully e nj oyed ,
large l y as s imil ated and as the resu l t of

, ,
almost subsisting o n bread and mil k

al one at times i n response to the cou n
, ,
try appeti te th e disproporti onately ex

,
ce s s i v e waste usually e ncou ntered whe n
pu rsui ng a m ilk diet was not e xpe

-
r i e n ce d ; the digestion ash ( solid ex

c reta) was extremely smal l and average d

only about one tenth of th e amou nt com
-
m o n l
y wasted i n th e digestiv e process
i n ordi nary habits o f taki ng b read and

m ilk hastily an d carelessl y .
I t is signi cant that while the quan

,
tity of food habi tually take n was about

p r o ach e d by di fferent meth ods of grati

cati o n T he powerful young artist
.
wh o vol u nteers the sto r y l ived i n the

ord i nary way and the aged reformer and
research -di e te ti ci a n whom the you n g ,
athlete paced treated h is food as rec

,
o m m e n de d i n this book .
E D WAR D W R E D F I E L D S
.

E VI D E N CE
( In r e spo n s e to a in v i t at i o n to r c o u n t h i s r e e
n e m m
b r an c e o f th e te s t afte r l ps e o f fo u r y rs )
a a ea .
CE N TR E BR I D G E P E NN

, .
M Y D AR M R F LE TC H R
E . E :

My reme mbrance of the trip is as
follows : O n August l o th 1 8 9 9 I w as , ,
spendi ng the summe r at Brolles on the ,
border o f the Forest o f Fon tai neblea u i n

France whe n you came to visit m e and
,
e nj oy th e forest at th e same ti me th at
you were c onducti ng some ch ewing ex

e ci s e s an d plan n i ng an e nd urance test
r
o n bicycl e o n th e ftie th an niversary of

you r birthday You were quietly l iv
.
i ng the n according to the regime n w i th

whic h your name is now connected an d
TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPICURE 9 1
I was pursu i ng th e ordin ary habits of

l ife wh ich are com mon to artists abroad .
Th e test was not o n ly to dete rm i ne th e

e ndurance of yourself bu t to furnish a
,
c ontrast wi th ordi nary condi tions o f n u

tr i ti o n W e we re eati ng at the sam e
.
table wi th the same food availabl e to

,
each and we re taki ng about th e sam e

,
am oun t of physical exercise W e turned .
i n at n ight at th e same ti me as people ,
are apt to do i n the co untry and i t was ,
my c ustom to ri se at or befo re dayligh t .
Th is h abi t of early risi ng came natural

to me from my farme r e d ucation an d
h abitual p ractice and ye t I neve r could
,
surprise you early enough to catch yo u

asleep My rst th ough t on getting out
.
was to stop u nde r your wi ndow an d

chan t the refrai n M r Fle tche r are you
, .
,

up ? i n i mitati o n o f the catch l i ne of a -
popul ar song of the year Frequently .
the cl ick of you r type-wri ter warned me

that you were al ready at work but you ,
were a l ways awake and rea d y for any

th ing doing .
9 2 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPIC URE
I was at the tim e thirty years of

, ,
age and thought mys e lf i n good c ondi

tion and strong e ve n fo r a farmer s boy ; ~

h ad previously done conside rable l ong

distance road -ridi ng i ncl uding L eague ,
o f American W heel men ru ns etc i n ,

.
,
competi tio n wi th the c racker jacks ;
a nd to be frank with you though t th e

, ,
agreemen t to pace yo u on that par ti cu

lar day a s nap and I expec ted to lose

,

you i n the woods before l o ng .
Th e day was perfec t rather warm

, ,
as I remembe r i t and wi th l i ttl e or n o

,
b reeze O ur start was made at

.
A M ( arose at
. . C ourse selected
To Fontai ne bleau and thence ac ross
country to O rleans about o ne h un dred ,
kilomete rs distan t from B roll es I con .
s i de r e d O rleans the l imi t an d fully ex
p e cte d to h ave yo u return by rail way

from there .
W e were run ni ng at the rate of

twen ty to twen ty-two kil om eters the

hour and from tim e to time I woul d
,
look back for Fletcher b ut he was al ,

94 TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICURE
condition but h ad you known at the
, ,
time h ow I w as cussing your heal thy

,
appearance and impat i ence to proceed ,
you would n t have bothered me so m uch

with your sympathy After a partial .
rec overy and the sl ow ride i nto Blois ,
six kilometers away I left you taki ng

, ,
th e trai n back to P aris yo u ha v i ng ,
dec ided to go it alone for the rest of

the day and thus complete the test .

The arri val at Bl ois was about
P M ( 1 70 kil ometers a l i ttle abo ve 1 00
. .
~
m il es) and took about nine hours i n ,
cl uding stops to accomplish The next

, .
m orni ng we recei v ed your dispa tch from

Saum ur nearly an other h u nd red m iles
,
d own th e L oire telli ng us th at th e ru n

,
to that poi nt had bee n c omple ted by

P M that night and M r Fletche r
. .
, .
returned the next day as fresh and as

strong as I h a d ever see n h i m at any
time during th e sum mer .
S tarti ng the day foll owing with wife

and daugh te r for a bicycle ride th rough
France to S w itzerland I accompanied
your party as far as G eneva and th e ,
on l y th i n g I could n t d iscover was h o w

a m an who ate so little could travel so

far and seem never to get ti red .
(S igned ) Very since rely

,

E W R E DF I E LD

. . .
S p t 7th
e . 1 ,
TE S T C O M P L E TE D
The experience of the author o n that
e ven tful ftieth birth day as registered ,
i n th e successive sen sations is worthy ,
o f reco r d .
I n starti ng out i n the cool of the

morni ng as the day was dawn ing and ,
speeding th rough the beautiful Fo rest of

F o n tai n ebleau the feeli ng o f exhil aratio n
,
was i nd escribabl e An h ou r or two

.
pas s ed before th ere was any s ense of

unpleasantness attach i ng to th e steady
gri n d o f duty wh ich l ed u s to pass re
l u cta n tl y by i nvi ti n g spots a n d scenes
wi thout stoppi ng In
. the begi nn i ng
there was th e kee nest feeli ng o f pleasure
i n the mere m ovement with out any ex
,
e r ti o n
, ove r an d among an enchanti n g
l andscape I t was wh at o ne migh t call
.
a b irdlike se nsation of freedom of m o v e

me nt which bicycl i ng and skati ng ,
among th e com mon means of l o co m o

tion alone gi v e
, .
Re d e l d d id not l e t up on the pace

and I was determi ned n ot to beg for
respite Betwee n fty a n d sixty kil o
.
me ters Of dista n ce o n ly had been m ade

w he n I fel t that th e day was not pro
pitious for an e ndura n ce test and I fully
-
,
expected to be co m pelled to return fro m

O rleans l eisurely i n the afte rnoon and
even ing by wheel with only a sligh t
addition to the century run of the pre -
c e e di n
g Fourth of J uly accomp l ished .
Before O rleans was reached however , ,
all sense of stra i n passed and second ,
wi nd and second s tre n gth h a d b e co m e

-
i n stalled for th e day W he n I l e ft Re d

.
e l d at Blois I fel t stronger th an any

time before and as eage r to k ick the
,
pedals as whe n we started i n the morn

and proceeded down the beautiful road
towards S aum ur . My ambition was
h ere raised to complete 300 kil om ete rs
and the distance to Saum ur j ust about
lled that am bition I rode lei surely for
.
a time afte r d ini ng and then grad ually

i ncreased the speed to abou t eigh teen
kilometers an h our wh ich b ro ugh t m e to
,
m y destination a little past te n with a feel

,
i ng of sl eepi ness that i nvited to a hasty

falli ng i nto bed but with su rprisi ngly
,
l ittle o r no sense of m usc ular fatigue .
My cyclome ter registered a l i ttle more

than 304 kil ometers or 1 9 0 m iles ; not
,
m uch fo r experts u nde r th e co ndition s

, ,
to be su re but a revelation of possibili ties

,
to a man of fty who had once not many ,
years before bee n de nied l ife i nsurance

,
o n accou nt of h eal th disabili ty This .
was wo rth m ore than millions of m oney

to me ; and n o one knows how m uch i t
will signify to the h u man fam ily whe n
the k n o wledge o f a truly economic n utri
tion is attai ned and establ ish ed .
I was brigh t awake at dayligh t the next

m orning and h ad the impul se to moun t

my wheel and see how t I was in con

sequence o f m y exertion of th e day before .
Th is I did and rode eigh ty kil om ete rs

,
(fty m iles ) before breaki ng my fast at

n i ne o cl ock

. I bel ieve I coul d ha v e
ridden as far that day had the condi tion s
bee n favourable My weigh t on return to
.
,
m y balances at Broll es was red uced two

,
kilogra m s ( n early ve pou nds ) bu t a ge n ,
e r o u s th i rst for a day o r two and a sl igh tly

,
i ncreased appetite put the l oss back agai n

i n side a week even wh ile ridi ng my
wheel daily o n the way to G e neva .
S i nc e reach ing I taly and abiding i n

,
Venice there h ave bee n l ong pe ri ods

,
whe n no systematic physical exerci se

has bee n i nd ulged i n O nce after .
,
n early a year of physical i nactivi ty I ,
took wi th me an atte ndan t and m ade

an ave rage of seven ty ve m iles a day
-
i n th e m ou n tai n d istric ts of southern

G e rmany for observation of i ncrease of
food requi remen t d uri ng hard work .
N either m uscular sore ness n or m uscular

,
1 00 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPICURE
fatigue except th e pe riodical weari ness
,
o f sl eepi ness ,were experie nced as the

resul t of the sudd e n change from the
m ost restful e n v i ronme n t to stre n uous
activi ty ; and herei n lies a physiological
q uestion that is far reach ing i n i ts s i g n i
-
c ance I t woul d see m tha t Appeti te in

.
,
i ts n ormal condition assisted i n i ts dis

,
c rim inatio n by careful m outh treatmen t -
o f food guards the body from excess and

,

keeps i t al ways i n trai ni ng

The later
.
expe rie n ce at Yale U ni v ersity u nder D r .
Anderson and P rofessor C h itte nde n

showed the same i mm u n ity from mus
c u l ar disability and has brough t the
,
question to good hands fo r sol ution .
The author has vol um i nous data

relati v e to h is work but i t is not a ppl i
,
cable to any othe r person E ach person

.
i s a law unto h i mself and no two sets of

conditions are al ike Treat yo ur food
.
as ad v ised h erei n and ge t surprisi ng new

experi ences for yoursel v es is the advice
,
and m oral of the story .

di rect the e ne rgy gene rated al ong all ur
i ng li nes of usefulness .
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= < ll
= = lf
= <
N ature requi res n o sacri ces and

i mposes no penal ties for obeying he r
be n e ce n t demands .
N atural L aws are easily compre

h ended if studied obj ec ti v ely .
I ll heal th i nharm ony and u nhappi

,
n ess c ome only from disobeyi ng N ature .
G od (obeyed ) is O nly G ood .
N ATU R E S TU D Y
N ature can not be p rotably studied

alone thro ugh books .
N atu re has a separate message for

e ach i ntelligence .
E ach body mach i n e has pec ul iari

ties whic h the possessor alone can
u nde rstand .
O bj ec t lessons pe rsonally e xpe r i

,
e n ce d or O bserved are the best

,
.

O nce see i ng ( or feel ing ) i s wort h

an h u ndred times tel l ing about i s a ,
wise J apanese proverb ; an d i t is true .

TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICU RE 103
As the swi nging pendul u m taugh t

G alileo an d the fall ing apple suggested
,
to S ir I saac N ewton the l aw of gravi ty

, ,
i n l ike man ne r the m odern el ec tric

power pl ant teaches us by analogies
-
, ,
suggestions useful i n the study of o ur

selves o u r own M ind P ower P lant
-
.
O LD AN D N E W
TH E O LD I D E AS
T he o l d religion condemned m an ,
even th ough u nenligh te ned to perdi ,
tion and saved hi m only th rough special

dispensati on .
Th e o l d e d ucation insisted on narrow

formulas and tri ed to cra m all m e n tal i ty
i nto prescribed m oulds .
The ol d physiol ogy presupposed d is

ease and gl oried pathology .
TH E NEW S TU D Y
The n ew religion gl o r i e s L ove ,
stimul ates Appreciatio n and preaches

only Op tim ism .
T he new pedagogy aims to discover
the useful tendency wi th wh ich each
c reature is equipped at bi rth and to
c ul ti vate th is G od -give n i ncl i nation as
designed by th e C reator .
The new physiol ogy studies H ygie ne

a nd assists N ature by sec u ri ng P reve n
tion to avoid the necessity of correction
and c ure .
S AF E H YP OTH E S E S
Assu m i ng that N atu re s i nten tion s

are o nly right ill -heal th i s unn at ural

, .
I f N ature s i nvi tations as expressed

by N ormal Appe ti te are righ tly inter

,
r e te d good h ealth m ust resul t

p , .
W he n there i s bad health N ature

has bee n disobeyed .
A RE AS O N A B LE CON C L U S I ON
I f P hysiology h as fail ed to teach
a way to mai ntai n perfec t heal th som e
o f her hypotheses m ust be wrong .
I f any o f the hypotheses o f P hysi

O U R N AT U R AL G U AR D I AN S
TH E S E N SE S
G U I DI N G S U P P O S I TI O N S
The stomach and other h idden parts
of the body have automatic functi ons i n
dependen t O f the will that perform diges
tion ; these functio ns are beyo n d the
scope of control and hence means of
,
preve nti ng ill digesti o n must be studied

-
by the aid of the exteri or sensations .
S igh t Appeti te Touch and Taste

, ,
are the senses useful in sel ec tion of

food and i n the preve nti on of i ndigestion .
Sigh t and Appeti te relate to i n vi

tati o n and selection Wh ile Touch and
,
Taste are d iscri m in ators and i ndicators

o f co nditions .
Appeti te and Taste are the sense

functions that are m ost i m portan t to
heal th and he nce th ey are the most i m
,
portant to study and u nderstand They .

are the guide i n n utri tion and the guard

o f th e body mach ine the Mi n d P owe r
P lant .
S mell also is a n importan t aid i n

sel ecti on and discrimi nation and i s an
e ffective assistan t of Appe tite .
AP P E TI TE AN D TAS TE AN ALY S E D
Appetite should be d igni ed and
recognised as a di stinc t sense .
N ormal Appeti te is N ature s mean s
o f i ndicati ng her fuel and repair r e

u i r e m e n ts for th e M ind P ower -P lan t
q .
S tudy N ormal Appetite an d heed i ts

i nvi tation I t prescri bes wisely
. Its .
mark of d istinction to di ff erentiate it

,
from False Appeti te is wateri ng of the

,

m outh for s o m e p a r ti cu l a r tn i n g .
Fal se Appetite i s a n i ndenite cr av

i ng for s o m etn i n g AN Y TH I N G ! to smothe r
,
disagreeabl e se nsations and frequently i s

expressed by the symptom of fai nt
Al l gone ness

ness or
- -
[ Vi d e
. the
A B Z of O U R O WN N
. . .
Taste i s the ch emist o f the body ;

1 08 TH E NEW GLUTT ON OR EPICURE
o f the M ind P ower P lan t More co r -
.
r ectl
y perhaps i t i s the report of a
, ,
che mical process relati ng to n utrition .
Taste is an evidence of nutrition .
W hil e taste lasts a necessary process is

goi ng on .
Taste should therefore be care fully

, ,
studied and u nderstood .
Both Taste an d Appetite d i ffer i n

d i fferen t i ndi viduals and i n the sam e
i ndividual u nder d i ffe re nt conditions of
th ought or activi ty .
Taste is also depende n t o n suppl y of

the mouth j uices usuall y called sal iva ,
and these d i ffe r material ly i n i nd i v id u al s ,
necessi tating self study sel f-understand

-
,
i ng and self care to i nsure preve ntion

,
-
of i ndigestio n and disease .
The most important part of n u trition

i s the right prep a ration of food i n th e
m outh for fu rther digestion .
The most importan t discovery i n

physiol ogy is the relation of compulsory
o r i n v ol untary swallowing to the righ t
p reparation of food for digestion .
ti on will be assured and perfect heal th
main tai ned .
>= X
N AT RE U
S F OOD F I LTE R
N ature has provided an Automatic
Food Fi lter wh ich i f righ tly used wil l
, ,
preven t the i ntrod uction of any harmful

substance i nto the stomach .
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= = = 16
At the e ntrance to the th roat there are

certai n m uscular folds or convol uti o n s ,
i ncl udi ng th e palate wh ich whe n i n re

, ,
pose form an organ that is n othi ng less

,
than a P e rfect Food Fil te r This l ter .
has also automatic quali ties wh ich c om

pel i t to empty i tself by th e process we
call I nvol un tary S wal lowi ng .

I nvol u n tary swal lowi ng is reall y com

p u l so r
y swallowing ; unless a v ol untary
e ffort to restrai n i t is se t up against i t .
Th e real S wal lowing I mpulse i s s o

strong th at it is prac tically compell i ng .
The Food Filter when rightly pe r

,
form ing i ts protecti ve functio n i s i mpe r ,
vio n s to anythi ng except pure wate r a t

TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE 1 1 I
the righ t temperature for adm issi on to
the stomac h and to n utri men t wh ich
.
has bee n p roperl y dissol ved and chem i

cally converted by salivation (m ixture
with saliva ) i n to a substance suitable fo r
further digestion .
I M P ORTAN CE OF M ASTI CATI ON

I f we masticate subm it to vigorous
j aw action everythi ng th at we take
i nto the m outh l iqu i d as well as sol id
, ,
u ntil the n utritive part of i t d isappears

i nto the stomach th ro ugh compul sory
o r i nvol u ntary swall owing and remo v e ,
from the m outh all brous i nsol ubl e and ,
tasteless remai nder we will take in to th e ,
body th ereby only th at which i s goo d

, ,
for th e body .
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= < i f! i f:
The rst th o u gh t th at will arise i n

the reader s m in d o n pe rusal of th e

above declaratio n wil l und oubtedly be ,
W h at ! masticate m ilk soups wi nes , , ,
spi ri ts and othe r l iqu i d s ; no nsense !

,

That is impossible !
I t is not howeve r i mpossibl e and
, , , ,
furthe rm ore i t is a bs o l u tely n ecess a r y to

,
r o tecti o n a a i n s t a bu se o /
p g f t ce s to m a ck
a n d p o s s i bl e di s ea se .
Liquid for adul ts for anyon e afte r

,
the eruptio n of teeth is an articial ,
an d u nnatural susten ance ; something

not taken in to consideration whe n the
h uman bo d y was plan n ed L iquid food .
(dru nk without mixing wi th sal iva ) i s

a sort o f n utritive self-abuse and the ,
o nly way to avoid the ill e ff ect is to

give i t th e same c hance to encou nte r
saliva that the consti tuen t i ngredients
would h ave had in a m ore solid state .
For the importance of th is see D r C amp .
bell s able treatise o n mastication re

pri nted from th e L ondon L a n cet i n the

A B Z of O U R O WN N U TRI TI O N

.
- .
. .
*
3
T h e only thi ngs necessary to life that

we are compel led to take i nto the body
that do not exci te the sense of taste are
pure air and pu re wate r These are .
necessary to l ife but are not what is

,
1 14 TH E NE W GLUTTON OR EPICURE
I n consideri ng th e reasonableness o f
m asticating everythi ng that h as taste
u ntil i t is absorbed by N ature s Food
Fil ter i t m ust be rem embered that the

,
only l iquid food provided for man th at

is n ot articial is mil k and the natural ,
m eans provide d for taki ng milk i nto the
stomach is by sucking wh ich is l ike ,

m astication Th e m ilk of fruits such
.
,
as c o coan ut mil k for i nstance is found , , ,
i n l iquid form only i n the unripe fruit , ,
an d remains l iquid only wh ile it is ripe n

i ng i nto pulp .
lf
= r X
= =
I nsal iva ti on d oes not seem to be com

p i ete wi th o ut j aw acti on al though sali va ,
( someti mes only m ucous ) ows freel y

i nto th e mouth wi thout i t u nder c o ndi
tions wh ich we ter m watering of th e

m outh excited by kee n ness of appe ti te .
1 B f r th r upt i n f t th i n c h i l d th r i s
e o e e e o o ee a e e n o
s c r ti n f s li v n l y uc us bu t t h r s il k i s
e e o o a a, o m o m o e

s tr n gl y l k l in
o a d h nc h
a n d f s li v t
e , an e e as n o ee o a a o
p r p r i t f d i g s t i n Al l i l k th t h
e a e or e st do . m a as

o o
o r h asb n i x d w i th w t r i s c id d r q u i r s
ee m e a e a , an e e
s al i va t g i v i t th q u l i ty f th er s i l k
o e e a o m o m .
TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE 1 15
( See P awlow s C am
pbell s,Van S om
e r e n s and othe r evidence i n AB Z

. . .
,
o f O U R O WN N U TRI TI ON

)
The n ormal pe rvi ousness o r natu ral
open i ng of the Food Fil te r for swallow
i ng food is d irectly assisted and a ffected
by movemen t of the jaws exe rcised i n
vigoro us m an ne r .
Mastication or mouth - treatmen t

, ,
therefore eve n o f l iquids that excite

,
taste seems to be a n ecessary part of

,
thoroug h insalivation .
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=< 3
ft X
= <
N atu re has a good reason for eve ry

th ing she plan s .
It is asserted by ph ys i o l o gi cal ch e m i s ts
that sal iva take n from the mouth an d
,
kept at no r m al tem perature will dissolve ,
b reads and si m ilar foods and conve rt

the starch i n th e m into m al tose gl ucose ,
o r sugar The converted form i s th at

.
which i s suitable for further digestion .
S aliva also c onverts some acids i nto

alkali and readily ne utral ises all acids .
I t is also asserte d that saliva d oes

not dissolve some th i ngs ( proteid sub
stances) nor ch em ical ly affect the m as
visibly as i t does starch and acid but , ,
eve n if th is be true it is no less esse n tial

,
that the j uices pro v ided i n the mouth

should h ave an Opportuni ty th rough ,
mastication or m o v em en t abou t i n the

, ,
mouth to do what they are able to do

,
i n assisti ng digest i on .
E xperi me nt shows that if al l foods are

submi tted to th e exam ination and actio n
o f these j uices un til i nvol un tary swall ow
i n g takes place the resul ts i n aidi ng

,
su bsequen t d igestio n are impo rtan t i n

prom oti ng healthy n utri tio n .
Separati on ne utral isation al kal i n a

, ,
tion s acch ar i da ti o n of the proteid and

, ,
carbo -hydrate eleme nts of commo n

foods an d perh aps a partial e m u l s i ca
tio n o f fats are a l l possible i n the mouth
an d are m ore easily and quickly done
the re than i nside the body Much care .
i n M outh -Treatm e n t is an assurance o f

economy an d s afety i n Alimentati on .
ti on provided by b e n e ce n t N ature ?
I n wel l selected and well cooke d foo d
there is l ittle fou n d that the j uices o f
the mouth i n con nection wi th the teeth
can not take care of and prepare so as to
be acceptabl e to N atu re s Food Fil te r

.
I f bre is found i n the food it can be

put upon th e fork i n the same mann er
that a cherry pi t is usual ly handled
and transfe rred to the plate wi th ou t
observation .
An other fancied obj ection to th o r

o ugh m asticatio n is that i t i nterferes
wi th the sociabil i ty o f a m eal .
T his i s al so a se nsel ess bugbear I t .
is true th at o ne cannot con v e rse freely

wi th large m orsels of food i n the m ou th .
I t i s also true that i t i s n oth i ng less than

a g l u tto n o u s c ustom to greedily take a
big mouthful of food and if accosted
, ,
with a q uestio n to bol t i t i n orde r to

,
an swer .
I t will be foun d easy to carry o n co n

versation Withou t disagreeable i n te rrup
tio n and yet foll ow N atu re s de mands i n

properl y m asticati ng foo d by taki ng

s mall morsels i nto the m outh I t wil l .
be fou nd al so to add to the real pleasure

o f eati ng and eve ntually will becom e a
,
h abi t by choice .
Anothe r objectio n raised by th ose

w h o are a ficted with the habi t of gl ut
tony i s th e lack o f ti me pe rm itted by
th ei r b usi ness occupation .
The tim e nee ded to appease the nat

u ral appeti te of a h earty an d active m an ,
to compensate for the daily waste an d

keep th e weigh t at n ormal is from th i rty ,
to forty - ve m i nutes for twenty four -
h ou rs 1
T his r equi res atte ntion an d i n
.
d u s tr i o u s masticatio n D ivided i nto .
three m eal s it is less th an a quarte r o f

an hou r for each m eal .
1
Th e c tu l ti r q u i r d by th u th r d u rin g
a a m e e e e a o
th e l t s t s t s cu r f u ll l i n t t i n
Ya e e o e in t in
e a m e a o , m a a
w i ght d f u ll y pp s w r k in g n s pp
e , an a ea e a o m a a e
tit e, w

fr t w n ty f u r t t w n ty s i x in u t s
as o m e -
o o e - m e ,
d i v id d in t tw
e ls f
o c h d y Th c
o m ea n or ea a . e o m m o
h b it i s t b l t f d d w s t t i
a o o ft r w rd s in
oo an a e m e a e a
t rp id in c t i v i ty w h i l l l th e n rgy i s busy in th
o a , e a e e e
s t c h d in t s t in s try ing t get rid f th e g t

o m a an e e o o r ea
e x c ss l o d d up o n th
e a e em .
E picurean h abits however incl i ne , ,
o n e away from th ree meals a day and
m ake two meal s sufcie n t for ordi n ary

activity .
O ne objector on the spu r of m ome n ,
tary discussion claimed th at i n travelling ,
by railway th e tim e allowed for eati ng

woul d not perm i t E pic urean m eth ods .
Th e author arrived at M obil e Al a , .

,

rece ntl y wi th a workingm an s appeti te
and had only twe n ty min utes i n wh ich
to get o ff the trai n o n agai n and satisfy , ,
the appeti te There is an excelle n t .
l u nch cou nter now at M obil e an d o n ,
the counter there was a tempti ng array

o f thi ngs to eat and d ri nk Appetite .
l
ch ose at once a fat rich ham sandwich , ,
a glass of c reamy m il k and a hexagon al

F i v y r s f E p i cu r n nj y n t d s t u d y f
1
e ea o ea e o m e an o
the f d in s t in c t s d f d c n i cs h v t ught
oo an o o e o om a e a
the a u th r t l i k
o o n y th ings b tt r th n sl i c s f
e m a e e a e o
d d p i g s ndw i c h d b tw n l i c s f d l i ci us b r d
ea a e e ee S e o e o ea .
V g t ri n
e e a xtr i s t d f ddi s t th u th r i s t
a e em an a e a o n o ,
bu t an tt n t i n t n t u r l l din gs in c l in s
a e o o a w y a ea e o n e a a
fr d d
o m ea t w h i c h i s b l i v d t ind uc
m ea ,
uc h e e e o e m
u ri c c id d in f v u r f t h nd f d l n t s
a , an a o o rs - a oo e em e as
fr s h fr th h rt d th b r s t f M th r N t u r
e om e ea an e ea o o e a e
122 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPI CURE
an m igrati n g mic r obes th at we r e oat
y
i ng about i n my atmosphe re looki n g for
strai n ed t i ssue or fe r me n ti n g food i n
wh ich to build thei r disease n ests .
O bservatio n proves that you d o n o t

get m uch m ore n utrime n t out of you r
food tha n s al iva p repares i n some w ay
for digestion gul p though you may bu t
, ,
you can take i n a load of disease possi

bi l i ti e s i n tryi ng to fo r ce th e food past
o r otherwise evade p r ope r sal ivatio n .
S P IT IT OU T
W hateve r does not i nsalivate easily

is su rely da n ge rous .
The re is n oth i n g more pronoun ced

o f expression by i ts i n fl ue n ce o n i ncl i n a
tion th an th e i mpulsive desi r e to S pit

out of the m outh a n yth i n g that seem s
u n pro table to th e se n ses .
IN S TIN CTIV E D IS C R IM IN AT IO N
M uscles have bee n p r ovided for th is
p u rpose (separati n g col lecti n g a n d spit
, ,
ting out anyth i ng wh ic h th e i n sti ncts

-
TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE I23
protest agai n st ) th at a re more facil e

th an th ose o f a n elepha n t s p r oboscis

an d these muscl es m ove th i n gs to and
f r o i n th e m outh o r expel th e m if they

are u n desirable .
I f you acqui re the h abi t of co n su l ti n g

th e S w all o w i n g I m pulse a n d p r ac tise
o n l y i n vol u n tary s w al l o w i n g i n eati n g yo u
w ill nd that th ese muscles a r e ve r y d is
cri mi n ati n g a n d w il l i n sti n c tively assist
i n the r ej ection of u n p r otabl e m atter .
Thei r se n se o f touch will soon dis

c r imi nate agai n st u n protable food eve n
whe n the se nse of taste is fooled by some
all u r ing sauce o r co n dime n t .
N atu r e is t r uly a m arvel of good

se nse if yo u give her a cha n ce to expres s
he r l ikes and d isl ikes with ou t rest r ai n t .
N atural Appe ti te i s th e best possibl e

j udge of what th e syste m n eeds a n d the ,
se nses wh ich N ature s Food C hem ist

empl oys i n h er wo r k a r e u n e rr i n g i n
thei r select i o n wheneve r they a r e per
m i tte d to ac t as i n tended by N atu re .
2
G IV E N AT U R E A T R IA L
Try N ature s way for a w eek o r

a m onth and you will n eve r have a

desi re to be eve n mildly gl utto n ous
agai n .
O ne week o f fai thfu l tria l without

lapses sh ould x a habi t of co n sulti n g
i n vol u n tary s w all o w i n g as a n automatic
guide i n eati n g so that atte n tio n w il l
not have to be strai ned to heed i t .
O n e week o f co n stan t atte n tion to

obeyi n g N atu r e s dema n ds i n eatin g will

so im p r ess its use ful n ess o n the stude n t

o f E picu rea n ism that a n acc ide n tal act
o f forced s w allo w i ng w ill be a sh oc k to
the se n sibili ty .
O n e week of obedience of N ature s

s i mple requi r eme n ts w il l dem onstrate

that sh e i mposes no pe n al ties fo r follo w
i n g he r n atu ral requi r em e n ts bu t only ,
fo r d isobedie n ce of he r p r otective laws .
O n e week of ea r n est ope n m i n ded ,

-
study of N atu r e s rst p r inciple of life

n utri t i on will co nvert a p i t i ab l e

ness and stre n gth of the sec r eti ons at
the tim e of t r ial .
This l iability to changed condition s

would co n sti tute a se r ious danger if i t
were n o t for the p r otective Food Filte r ,
or R eflex of Degl utitio n wh ich Van

, ,
S omeren has so w el l desc r ibed i n th e

A B Z ; and w h e never mou th -t reat

. .
m e n t of a n ythi n g to be i ngested is n eg
l e cte d a n d fo r ced s w all o w i ng hasty
,
bol ti n g of food o r gul pi n g of l iquid

food is i ndulged i n th is p r otec tion
,
is el uded and the da n ger is converted

i nto actual inter n al self -abuse .
WA R N IN G

Above all th i ngs do n t s tr a i n to be
ca r eful S trai n i n h i bi ts
. pa r alyses
all o f th e gland ul ar function s and de
ra n ges the n ervous n icety of adj ustme n t .
J ust eat slo w l y del iberately smal l m o r

, ,
sels a n d sip a n d taste small qua n tities

,
of liquids a n d obse rve what happe n s .
You w ill soon lea r n to K n ow yourself

and K now Thyse l f has be e n th e

advice of all th e sages fro m the beg i n

n i ng o f time .
G L ADS T O N E S R U L E

N umbers of m asticatio ns as related

to give n quant i ties and ki n ds o f foods
are n o guide to be relied upo n .
G ladstone s dictum C h ew each m o r

sel of food at least th irty tw o times w as -
,
of little val ue except as a ge n eral sug

gestion S om e m orsels o f food will n o t
.
r esist th irty tw o m asticatio n s wh i le oth

-
,
e rs wil l defy seve n h u n d red .
The auth or has fo u n d that one - fth

of an ou n ce of the mid w ay sectio n of the
ga r de n you ng onion someti mes called
,

challot has r equired seven h und r ed

,
a n d t w en ty -two m asticat i o n s befo r e d is
appea r i n g th r ough i n v olu n ta r y s w all o w

in g . Afte r th e tussle ho w eve r th e , ,
you n g o n ion left n o odour upo n the

b reath a n d j oi ned th e happy family i n
the stomach as i f it had bee n of corn
starch softness and co n s i ste ncy .
I t wil l be d i fcul t w ith ou t actual dem
,
o n s tr a ti o n to co n vi n c e the advocates of
,
Total Abst i n e nce that any wh isky

ca n be take n i n a seemi n gly harm les s
form but i t is t r ue that tho ro ugh i n
,
salivatio n of bee r w i n e o r spi r its u n til

, ,
disappeara n ce by i n vol u nta ry s w all o w

i n g robs the m of th ei r powe r to i n
,
toxicate pa r tly because appeti te wil l

,
to l er a te u t l i ttl e.
TEM PE RA N CE P RO M O TE D
As a matter of fact w h isky take n i n ,
th is a n alytical w ay is a su r e m ea n s of
breaki n g up desire fo r i t a n d i t is an ex ,
ce l l e n t protectio n i n d r i n ki n g as well as
eati n g Ma n y of o u r test-subj ects h ave

.
bee n s teady and some h ave bee n heavy

d r i n ke rs b ut pe rsiste n t atte n ti o n to
B uccal Tho r ough n ess has c u r ed al l o f
-
them of a n y desi r e fo r alcoh ol a n d i n

time i t s u rely leads to complete i n to l e r
a n ce of i t .
I t is also t r ue th at take n i n th e w ay ,
suggested the body refuses to tolerate

,
1 30 TH E N E W GLUTT ON OR EPICURE
the ac ute discomfort was at once allayed
eve n before the rep ai r was comp l ete .
! N O W THY S E LF

Know Thyself has been the ad
m on i tio n of sages from earl iest ti m es .
Beco me acquai nted wi th your N ormal

I n sti n cts wi th Appetite and wi th your
,
food che mist Taste and follow thei r d i

, ,

rections with i mpl ici t co n de n ce i s the ,
admon ition taught by ou r expe r ime n ts ,
for they can lead yo u to robust health

a n d greatly i n c r eased vigou r of body and
m i nd S tudy a n d heed the m patie n tly

.
for a week a n d you will follo w thei r i n

vi tati o n s and war n i n gs through life .
Thorough repai r of an i m pai red body

m ay not be e ffec ted i mmediately al ,
though wo n de r ful results al most mi

r a cu l o u s have bee n attained i n th ree

m o n ths ; but a w eek s fai thful an d atte n
tive study of the possibil i ties of E pi cu
r e an i s m ,
w ith r igh t al i mentation as its
bas i c requi reme nt i n adding to the
,
'' '
TH E NEW GLU I IO N OR EPICURE 1 31
comfort and enj oy m e nt o f l ife will r e

sul t i n r i gh t eating bei ng made philo
soph ically a n d re l igio usly habi tual and
,
will give a backbone of E picurean char

acter th at w i l l n ot eas i ly succumb to
g l uttonous i mpetuosity .
TH E M I N D P OW E R P LA N T
A U S EF UL A N A LO G Y
Al l of the fu nc ti o n s of th e body are
ope r ated by somethi n g very m uch aki n
to elect r icity me n tal e n e rgy s o that
as i de f rom the ferme ntation wh ich gl u t
to n y makes possible th e m e r e drag of
,
handl i n g of dead m ate r ial i n the body ,
that the body can not use for two o r ,
th r ee days is a w asteful d r aught o n

,
the avail abl e me n ta l capaci ty .
U s ing an elect r ic po w e r-plan t as an

al o o u s to the Mi n d P o w e r -P la n t of the
g
brai n and a t r olley r ail r oad as analogous
,
to th e machi n e ry of the body a n alo
gies wh ich are ve r y close by co n si sten t

si mila r i ty the loadi n g of th e stomach
with unprepared food as i n gl utto n y i s
, ,
l ike l oadi n g at cars with pig i ro n and

ru nni n g them a r ou n d the l i n e of th e
road i n p l ace of passenge r cars thereby ,
steam and dynamos out of w hich elec
,
tr i ci ty is evolved togethe r w i th auxiliary

,
p umps an d hoists and blo w e r s and what

n ot other devices to he l p c r eate co n trol ,
a n d economise the e ne rgy are the esse n

,
tial parts of a n electric power pla n t To- .
i n sure eco n omy a n d acc u racy these are

made as nearly au tom atic as possibl e .
A t o n e e n d o f the furn ace house th ere

is su n k i n the ceme n t floo r a large i ro n
scoop o r tray i n to which ca r tl oads of
l ump coa l are dumped This scoop .
sh aped receptacl e i s also the platform

of a weighi n g machi n e so that each
load i s weighed I n the bottom of the
.
scoop there is a t rap -door w hich bei ng

, ,
opened permi ts the coal to d r op th r o ugh

,
betwee n the teeth of a c r ushe r w he r e

the large l umps a r e reduced usually to ,
the size o f a small nut .
From th e c r ushe r the coal fall s i n to

the buckets of an e n dless chai n hoist -
a n d i s co n veyed aloft to g r eat h oppe r
shaped bins w hich occupy the e n ti r e

space u nder the roof over the furnaces .
L eadi ng back fro m each bi n to th e con

s tan tl y m ovi ng grate bars of th e fu r nace
u nde r n eath is a p ipe w h ich delive r s the

c rush ed coal to the grate bars a n d dis
tributes i t eve n ly ove r their su rface as
fast as it can be recei ved i n to the fu r nace ,
regulated of course by th e c onsumpt i on

, ,
that is goi n g o n i n side the fu rnace .
To accompl ish this autom atic feeding

each set o f grate bars i s constructed i n
h i n ged sections and forms a wid e e n d
,
less i ron be l t which revolves and carries

the coal w i thi n th e cavi ty o f th e fu r n ace .
The coal c r ush er b ucke t hoist m ov

, ,
able grate bars ash col lec to r s and S ifte rs

, ,
p umps b l o w e r s lights a n d all other uti l i

, ,
ties of the plan t as we l l as th e great

,
travell ing c r a n e wh ich can hoist and

carry m any tons weigh t a n y part o f
the eno r m ous dy n am os from place to
pl ace are ope rated by e l ectric i ty wh i ch
,
i s gene r ated i n the dynamos .
A utom atic gauges that measure and

i ndicate and sw i tch boards that regu l ate
,
-
the ene r gy created and stored i n the

1 36 TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICURE
dynamos play importan t parts i n th e
eco n omy and wo r ki n g of the pl an t and
are analogous to appeti te and taste i n
man .
AN ALO G Y ILLU S T RA TE D
The fu ll a n alogy may be best ill us
tr a te d by arrangi n g the similar fu n ctio n s
o f the tw o e n ergy c r eati n g mach i nes -
opposi te each othe r i n parall el col um n s .
E LECT R IC AN D M IN D P O W E R-P LA N T S
C O M P AR E D
E L ECT RIC P OWER P L AN T - MI D N P O WE R P LA N T -
Fu l e . Fo o d .
S l c ti
e e on o f fu e l as to S l c ti
e e f f d f
on o o o or
s te am -mki g a n an d e co n u tri ti velu ; r l va e n o m a
n o m i c qu l i ti a es . a pp ti t
e ri g
e se v n as an
e x c t gu id
a d g ug e an a e .
C ru s hi g c o al n s o as to i c ti g f d
M as t a n o o so
r d r c bu ti
en e o m s o n as th t th
a ju i c
e f th es o e
y d c pl
e as an om ete as m o u th ct
can th a on e
p i bl
o ss e . s ub t c w i th g t t
s an e r e a es
fr d ; t t b i g vi
ee om as e e n e
d c f th w rk i g f
en e o e o n o
th pro c
e es s .
TH E N E W
:
1 38 GLUTTON OR EPICURE
t
A UXILIA RY O P E R ATIN G M OTO RS

E l c tri ce t r t N r c ll o t r t
m o o s a .
e v e- e m o s a
t h d t
ac e th p r t t h d t gl d
o e se d a a e ac e o an s an
p rta s c hio r f th m a u cl c ct d w i th
n es o e m s es , on n e e
pl t c
an c ted by w ir
, on n e th br i by r b es e a n n e ve- r es
and d r w i g po w r fr a n d dr w i g th e om an a n o n e m en
th d y
e o n am t l s .r u e rgy f a or n e vo s n e o r
p wr o e .
Aut ti c w i tc h
o m a s es S i ti en s r d
ve n e ve en s
r gu l ti g th tr
e a n i e an s m s t r i
e m ti g in a c h c ll f
n n ea e o
i f p w r t th
s o n o o e o e m o th b d y d p tr ti g
e o an en e a n
t r i
o s r p n t th i r es o n se o e ea c h gl d ig ll i g an , s n a n , o n
uc tu ti g re q u ir
a nt em e n s . b i g t uc h d f p w r
e n o e ,
or o e
t o j c t di g ti
e e cr es ve se e
ti on s or o i l y ucu d m s as e
m d d by th
an e d f e n ee s o
d ig ti es l upp l y i g
on ,
a so , s n
a ut ti c p w r t
om a o e o m us
cl es p l y d i xt ri r
em o e n e e o
w rk o i o i g th
o r n m v n e
f d ub t c
oo s th r ug h
s an e on o
th pr c
e f di g ti
o ess o es o n
an d ft rw rd di p i g
a e a s os n
o f th xcr tee h de a as e s an
cli k r n it w r
e s , as Th e e. e
g gl i
an th w i tc h
o n s ar e e s
b rd f th b d y
o a s o e o .
Au t
ic d df
o m at e m an o r App e ti te , i di c ati g
n n te
f l
ue r q u ir d i th e
as e e n q u i r em en ts o f th e M i d n
pr gro f c bu ti
es s o om s on P o w er Pl - an t fo r r pl c e a e
to uppl y th w t o
s e as e r i n g th e c o n s ta n t w as te o f
TH E N EW GLUTT O N OR EPICURE 1 39
u fu l
se co n s u m pti o n o f th e i u co s um ed
t ss e n in ru n
l ct i c i ty
e e r . n i n g th e a c hi e m n .
G o d D r ug h t f rc d
o a , o e p ti i ti c T h i k i g
O m s n n ,
if ce ry
n e ssa . f rc d i f c
o e ry f i t n e es s a , or
i c ry t h l th
s n e es s a o ea .
t
a s
a it
P RO TA L E MA N A GE ME N T
FI B
I n te l l igen t E n gi n ee r In te ll i ge n S elf !
t - n o w l
in g . edg e an d S lf C r
e - a e, as
i ti g
s s n Na tur i e n h er
g dioo n te n t o n s i .
i .
4
E c on om ic s to ki gn . F e e di g o l y w h atn n is
a c tu al l y re q u ire d fo r s u s
te n an ce .
U NP R O F ITAB L E M A N A GE ME N T
O ver l o adi n g an d c h o k O v erl o ad i n g an d c h o k
i n g th e f ur a c e w i th i r ni g th e s to m ac h w i th n
regul ar a d di rty c o l
n u n as ti c ated u n so l ed
a . m , v ,
u co n ver te d a d th ere n ,
n ,
fo re i n di g e s ti b l e fo o d .
3

Ir 3
Ne gl c t f c l
e o ean n i g ,
N at ur e is n o t n e gl c t e
o i l i g d rep air
n an s . f ul ; h e d o e s w e ll d
s an
qu i ck l y al l th e l ubri c ti g a n
an d re p ai ri g o f th e n
M i d P o w e r Pl an t w h e n
n -
e ve r s tra i n i s re m o ve d
an d s h e i s g i e n th e r e v
q u ire d rest o r ti m e to ,
1 40 TH E NE W GLU TTON OR EPICURE
a cc o m pl i h
s th e w o rk be
tw e e n m ea s l .
3

i
Un ry hn e c
d e s sa as e s an c ry f r t
Un n e es s a e m en
c li k rn cu b ri g th
e s , en m e n e i g xcr t r u l ti g fr
n e e a, es n om
p l t d p i ti g d u t i
an , e o s n s n u lt r d d
n p e e an u n r e
th j ur l f th
e o n a s o e m a p r d f d d p i ti g
a e oo , e os n
c hi d
n esr q u iri g an e n p i u di t i th
o so n o s se m en n e
m uc h p w r to h d l o e an e bl d ch
oo l tr i i g an n e s , s a n n
a d re
n ve m o . th ei t ti ify i g
n es n es , o ss n
th ec rti l g y t ll i
a a es , cr s a s
i g i
n th k id y n d e n e s an
bl dd r d dr w i g x
a e an a n e
c i l y up
es s v e th il on e av a
a bl rgy o f th r u
e en e e n e vo s
c tren d th il bl
es an e av a a e
br i a n rgy f p w er to en e or o
h dl an d di c h rg e an s a e .
P RO TA LE FI B ECT IO N
D IR AN D U S E O F E N E RGY
G d w ir oo es l di g t
ea n o Credi t b l ai i lif a e m s n e .
pr t b l u
o a e s es .
G o d i u l ti
o n s a on or i so C o ce trati o n
n n o f pur
l ti
a f c i rcu i t w i r
on o es . p o se .
i !
R i e s s tan c C il
e o s . S lf C e - on t o rl . R e s e ve r
f rc
o e .
a: a
Succ es s , ev i d en ce d by Succ es s , d c d by
e vi en e
pr t o . en e rgy c r d dh p
o n se ve an a
pi n es s s e cur d e .
T E L L TA L E E X C R E TA
I t is u n fortun ate that the perpetua

tion of ea rly igno r a n t abuses of N ature s
pure i nte ntions has led to a too prudish

attitude to w ard the o n e i n fall ible evi
de n ce of heal th co n ditions as sh own by
the r efuse of repair and digestio n as ,
it i s only by the excreta that ulti m ate

i ndicatio n o f th e r esults of n ut r ition are
obse r vable They are th e rel iable r e
.
port rel ative to the most impo r ta n t

thi ng i n heal th digestio n a n d they
m ust be u n de r stood i n orde r to be read .
The r e is n o knowledge so val uabl e

i n i ts relatio n to health as that which
e n ables o n e to r ead health bul leti n s by
mea n s o f th e exc reta .
D i ffe r e n t foods co n tai n di ffe r e n t el e

me n ts of w aste mate r ial a n d to be abl e
to i de n tify o r j udge th e econom i c val ue
TH E N EW G LUTTON OR EPICURE 14 3
of food prev i ous l y consume d a k n o wl

edge o f i ts digesti on ash is esse n tial
- .
A ch ild should be taugh t th e di ffe r

e nce bet w ee n heal thy an d u nhealthy
exc reta i n o r de r to be on guard at the
r st w ar n i ng of d isorder rath er than be
,
allowed to re mai n ig n orant u n ti l disease

h as take n rm ho l d of the system The.
kno w ledge i s not complicated and can

be easily acqui red by eve n you n g
ch il d r en
.
W he n th e possibil ity o f pe rfect pro

te c ti o n i n the matte r of n ut r itio n i s
ge n eral l y kno w n one m ission of the
,
physician w ill be to teach preve n tio n

o f abuses o f feedi n g by evidence of
the exc r e ta .
The h ealthy faeces of m any w il d ani

m als i s comparatively d ry odourless
,
and cl eanly ; a n d a fa r m ba r n yard or

a dece ntly kept ci ty stable is n o t a n
o ffence to eve n p r ud ish prej udice .
N ot so the vicinage of a n ope n r e

ce tacl e for
p the waste of human i n
di gest i on .
I n a n i mal s o ffe nsive eges ta are e vi
,
de n ce of digestive disturbance ow i ng
to som e u n i ntell ige n t feeding o n the
part o f attendants ; i n h um ans the cause
an d e ffec t o f o ff en sive excreta ar e th e
sam e .
W he n a race o r work-anim al shows

digestive disturbance the l east i n te l l i
gen t owner o r keepe r knows that i t is
no t t for wo r k o r raci ng a n d ye t th is
,
sym bo l o f u n tn es s is c om m on to th e
h uman race .
O ne o f th e m ost noticeab l e a nd s i g
n i can t results o f econ om ic n ut ri tion
gai ned th r ough carefu l atte n ti o n to the

m outh treatme nt o f food o r bucc al -di
-
,
gestion is n o t o n ly th e small qua n ti ty of

, ,
waste obtai ned but i ts i noffe n s ive n ess .
U nde r best test conditio n s the ash es

-
of econom ic d igestion have bee n r e

du ce d to o n e -ten th of the average give n
as n orm al i n th e latest text books o n -
P hysio l ogy Th e eco n omi c digestio n

.
ash form s i n pill ular sh ape a n d whe n

re l eased these are massed together h av ,
the e n d of six eigh t or te n days th e , , ,
lo n ger pe riods of rest being the evide n ce

o f th e best eco n omic a n d heal th resul ts .
U nde r ord i n ary co ndi tions of careless

ness and stre nuous envi ro n me n t say an ,
excit i n g an d exac ti n g c i ty occ upatio n ,
twice a week i s as often as one should

accum ulate a dep osit of d igest i o n -ash
a n d feel sure that the st r ai n on the
system is not excess i ve a n d da n ge r ous .
You n g people seem to th r ive eve n w he n

del ive r i n g daily a la r ge qua n tity o f
smelly exc r e ta ; b ut i t is a n abuse o f
the te n h o r se rese r ve
- 1
wi th which th e
h um a n e n gi n e is supplied ; an d alo n g

i n the fo r ties o r the fties o r the

sixties the body sh ows si g n s o f pre

matu r e wear whe n i t shoul d be b ut i n
i ts p r i me .
A nother i mportan t m atte r sh ould be

me n tio n ed i n th is exch a n ge of sa n ita ry
co n de n ces W he n th e ashes o f diges
.
1
D r . i
M el tz er
s e s t m ate o f hu m an r r es e v e s t e n r gth
an d r i tan c e w h i c h
es s u m st be o ut w r
.
o n or r
o ve
s tr i d b f r d th call
a n e e o e ea s l
a s e tt e m e n t.
tion are d umped th e body shou l d assume

the sh ape o f th e lette r Z I t is th e
.
n atura l position of pri m itive m a n ( squat
ti n g o n h is heel s ) a n d th e body was

,
o r igi nally constructed o n that pla n If .
oth er w ise poised ( sitti n g e r ec t ) the de l i v

e r y of d i gesti o n -ash is pe r form ed with
the same di fc ul ty as would be e xpe r i
e n ce d whe n tryi n g to fo r ce a sem i-sol id
th rough a be nt o r a ki n ked hose .
The publication o f th e observat i on

o f Dr . h ere foll o w i ng is a b r eak
,
away from th e pru de ry of a diseased and

disgusti n g age , a protest j oin tly shared
by the scie n tic obse rver and the vo l u n
tary test-subject whose only aim i n the
,

pursu i t o f the study to a n i sh is the

ul t i mate be n et of the h uman race .
S C I E N TI F I C OB S E R V ATI O N O F A
L I TE RA R Y TE S T S U B JE CT

D uri ng hi s soj our n i n W ash ington
i n July 1 9 0 3 I saw m uc h o f M r
, , .
and i n a very i nt i mate w ay The weather

.
1 48 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR E P ICURE
at th at period was ve ry hot som et i me s ,
n ear a n d very sul t r y For te n .
days or two w ee ks i n the midst of thi s

seaso n he w as busil y e n gaged i n co n
s tructive writi n g tur n ing o u t o n an
,
average som e eight th ousa n d wo r ds o n

h i s typew r ite r daily which mean t a cl os e
,
application for te n or fourtee n hours

each day H e usually be ga n his wo r k
.
at from two to ve o cl ock i n the m o r n
i ng co nti nui n g ofte n u ntil th ree o r four

,
o cl ock i n the afte rn oo n whe n w e woul d

com mo n ly go togeth er to a ball game ,
which h e e nj oyed w ith the e n th usiasm

of a boy of twelve L ater i n the even i ng
.
h e woul d resu me his work fo r fro m o n e

to th r ee h ours retiri n g at from ten to
,
abou t mi d n igh t H i s food c o n sisted of

.
a glass o f m i l k wi th a t r ac e of co ffee ,

a n d cor n gem s fou r of wh ich h e con

,
sumed i n th e t w e ty fou r h o urs O cca

n - .
s i o n al l y he w ould add i n ve ry hot

weathe r a gl ass o f l emo n ade There .
w as at n o tim e an y evidence of m e n ta l
o r physical fatigue That such an .
1 5 0 TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICURE
stai n n o r odou r remai n i ng ei ther i n the ,
rectum o r upon th e hand The ex .

1
c r eta we r e i n the fo r m o f nea rl y r ou n d
bal ls varyi ng i n size f r om a small marble

,
to a pl um These we r e gree n ish b r own

.
i n colour o f r m co n siste n ce an d co v
, ,
e r ed o v e r wi th a thi n laye r of m ucus ;

u t t/zer e w a s n o m o r e o do u r to i t Mam
Mer e i s to a Izo t 62seu zt
'
The whole mass w eighed 5 6 g r am s

.
T he n ext day there w as a fu r ther deposi t

o f th e same ki n d o f d r y waste maki n g -
,
I 35 g r ams ( about 4 ou n ces for the ni n e

% )
days .I t seems to m e the re could be n o
mo r e co n cl usive evi de nce of complete
digestion a n d assi m il atio n tha n this .
The existe n ce of perfect n utri t i on i s

i n dicated by h is abil ity to co n ti n ue with ,
o u t fatigue a n d u n de r tryi n g co n diti ons ,
w ork w h ich co ul d only be accomplished

i n a n idea l co n ditio n of health .
WA S H IN GTO N D C Ju l y 3 , . .
,
1,
S i il r p ci
1 m a f di g ti
s e h h
m en s b o es o n -as av e e en
k p t f y r w i th u t c h g th r th d ryi g
e o r ve ea s o an e o e an n
t du t
o s .
W H A T S EN S E ?
TA S T E 1
The S e n se o f Taste h as a val ue i n

relation to n utri tio n that has not fully
bee n app r e ciated .
Taste has bee n co n side red the low

est i n use f ul ness o f al l the se n ses
, , .
O n the c o n t r a r y if p r ope r ly u n de r ,
stood taste is o n e o f the m ost i mportan t

,
o f al l th e fac ulties man possesses .
Taste h as lacked apprec iat i o n for ,
th e reas o n that i t has bee n supposed

that i t cate red to se n suali ty i n the vul ,
a r sense and pe r fo r med the fu n ctio n of

g ,
devilish temptatio n rathe r than that of

natural i n vitatio n a n d p r otec tio n .
1G l u tt E p i cur w
on o r ri gi ll y c p de as o n a o m o se
of tw o ll r b k l t
sm a e ti tl d oo N tur F d
e s en e a e s

oo
Fil t r ; o W h t d W h t S w ll w
e r, a an d Wh t
en o a o

an

a
S ?
en s e Ec o r,i c N u tri ti ; b u d t g th r
o n o m on o n o e e .
I th i re i i
n s th rd r h b r t i d wi th o e
v s o n e o e as een e a n e s m
r p ti ti o n s b t w i th diff r t pp li c atio s
e e , u e en a n .
U po n a n exam i n atio n th at a n y o n e ,
ca n make fo r h i msel f howeve r i t is , ,
revealed th at taste i s the faithful se r

va n t of appetite ; th e senti ne l o f th e
stomach of the i n testi n es o f the tissues
, ,
a n d of the brai n wh ose guidance and

,
w ar n i n g if heeded wil l give heretofore

, ,
u nk n own e n j oyme n t o f eati n g and at ,
the same ti m e i n sure pe r fect heal th

and the maxim um of stre n gth .
*
3 X
= ~

T A S TE IS TH E G U ID E AN D G U ARD O F
N U T R IT IO N
The m ore w e l earn the m ore evi den t ,
i t i s that there is a P erfect Way l ocked ,
o r
,
rather e nfol ded i n al l o f N ature s
, ,

secrets and that i t is i n te nded th at man

,
shall sometime discove r them .
Taste i n its no rm al co n diti o n when

, ,
all o w ed to di rec t o r advise se rves seve r al ,
i mpo r ta n t fu n ctio n s not the l east o f ,
w hich is as r s tassi sta n t to Appetite .
Appe ti te c r aves th e ki n d of nourish ment

the body need s i nv i tes to eating g i e s
, ,
v
Those wh o now e n j oy good h eal th
wi l l n d a n e w j oy i n l iv i n g whe n they
have d isco ve red th e i n tell ige n t use of
taste an d subm i t the fuel of their M i n d
P owe r-P la n t and stre n gth to the a n alysis

and sel ection of N ature s i nsti nctive
age nts .
L ATE S T D EF IN ITIO N
D r W illiam T H arris i n his lates t

. .
,
con tri bu tio n to th e I n ter n atio n al E d u

cati on Series P sy c/zo l ogi e F o u n da ti o n s
,
o
f E d u ca ti o n denes
, the prese n tly ap e
p r e ci a te d val ue of the se n se of taste as ,
f oll ows : The l owest form of special

sense i s taste which i s cl osely all i ed to

,
nutri tio n . Taste pe rceive s the phase of

assi milation of th e obj ect w h ich is com ,
m e n ci n w i th the m ou th The i n divid

g .
u al i t of the objec t is attacked an d i t

y
gives way its orga n ic product o r i no r
,
a n i c agg r egate su ff e r i n g dissol uti on

g
taste pe rce ives the dissol utio n S ub .
stances that do n ot y i eld to the attack

TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICURE 1 55
of the j uices of the mouth have n o taste .
G l as s and gold have l ittle taste as com

pa r ed with sal t or sugar The sense of.
taste di ffe r s f r om th e process of n u t r itio n

i n the fact that i t does n o t assi mil ate the
body tasted but reproduces ideally the
,
e n e rgy th at m akes th e i mp ressio n o n

the se n se organ of taste E ve n taste .
,
therefore is a n ideal activi ty al th ough

, ,
i t is p r ese n t o n ly w he n the n ut ri tive

e n ergy is assim il ati n g it perceives
th e obj ect i n a process of dissolution .
Sm ell is anoth e r speciali satio n which

perceives dissol ution of obj ects i n a more
gene ra l fo rm th an taste Both sme l l an d
.
taste pe rceive c hem i ca l ch anges that i n

volve dissol uti on o f the obj ect .
I f th i s is th e recognised esti mate

o f taste , which is t r ue as widely as I
have bee n able to i n qui re both among ,
physicians and am o n g th e l atest books

on heal th i t i s certa i n ly a case o f neg
,
l ecte d app r eciation such as th e worl d has

n o t w i tnessed up to th e prese n t time .
*
1 i t
1 56 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPICUR E
P R E S U ME D C A U S E S O F D IS EAS E S
O n the undisputed authori ty of phys

i t is kno w n that al l diseases
i o l o gi s ts
are made poss i b l e by de ra n gem en t wh ich
i s favou rable to the propagatio n of th e
m ic r obes of disease o r by deposits of
,
i n harmo n io us matte r which are n ot

t h r ow n off .
Dera n geme n t of all the substance o f

the i nte r n al body is e ffec ted mai n ly and ,
probably enti rely by deposi t o f i n digest

,
ibl e food o r o f tissue wh ich is broke n

d o w n and i s not the r eafte r expelled
f rom the system by the o rdi n ary mean s
p r ovided for the disch arge o f w aste .
These i nharm onio us de po sits w hich

cause so m uch di rec t an d i n di rec t t r ouble
a r e mainly a n d probably e n tirely the t e
, ,
sul t o f excess o f eati n g o r o f wrong eat

,
i n g so that the digestive o rga n s of th e

,
body can n ot take care o f w hat is fo rced

o n them ; o r of adm itti n g substa n ces
,
wh ich they are powerl ess to make into

1 5 8 TH E N E W GLUTTO N OR EPICURE
eve r as to l eave m an w i th out a m ea n s of
,
k n o w i n g j ust h o w to gauge the qua n tity

of food requ i r ed fo r h e r best service a n d ,
p r obably whe n w e l ea r n the secret has

, ,
equal ly well p rovided us with certai n

discri mi nati on relative to the qual ity of
food that is best for harm o n ic devel op
me nt .
I n vestigati o n n ever fail s to nd p r o

visi o n fo r both gua r d an d guide i n al l
of N atu r e s pla n s a n d ma n s n ut r i tio n i s

of s uc h i mpo r ta n ce that she su r ely h as

n o t left i t o u t of th e l ist of the p r otected ,
O f the po w e r o f taste to disc r imi n ate

accurately i n th e matte r o f c om pa r ati ve
val ue of foods I am n o t sure as ye t ,
al though I am co n de n t th e po w er r ests
some w he r e withi n ou r r each if w e ca n
o n ly discove r i t ; but I have th e best
evi de n ce possibl e that taste h as th e
po w e r to ad v ise acc u r ately i n th e matte r
of th e ki n d of food a n d the q u a n ti ty r e
quired ; a n d h av i n g selected wh at i t
,
wa n ts or n eeds out of a m o r sel of food ,
rej ects the rest by ceasi ng to taste .

The m essage o r wa r n i n g which taste

gives i n con n ec tion wi th eati n g is TH A T ,

W H IL E AN Y T A S TE IS L EFT IN A M O U TH F U L
O F F OOD IN P RO CE S S O F M AS T IC A T IO N O R
S U C ! IN G IT IS N OT YE T IN C O N D ITIO N TO
,
BE P ASS E D O N To TH E S T O M A C H ; AN D
W H A T R EM A IN S A FTE R T AS TE H AS CE AS E D

IS N OT F IT F O R TH E S T O M A C H .
W H AT S E N S E
W he n o n e c omes to th in k about i t ,
what se n se is th e r e i n thro w i n g a w ay a
palatabl e morsel Of food w he n the taste
i s at i ts best o r w h i l e taste l asts at all
, ,
eve n if the purpose o f the meal i s me rel y

to con t r i bute to the pleasu r e o f eati ng ?
S om e peopl e l ive to eat and othe r s

eat to l ive i s a sayi n g th at i s fam iliar
to eve r yo n e a n d yet h ow fe w appreciate
,
that th e pe rfectio n of l ivi n g i n cl udes th e

perfec ti on of both these deside rata !
S uch i s th e im petuosity of u n cu l ti
va te d o r pe rverted h um a n te n de n cies
that the desire for acquis i tion some ,
1 60 TH E NEW GLU TTON OR E PICURE
times called greed i mpels one to s w al
,
l o w o n e mouthful o f food to take i n

anothe r without eve r d reami ng that the
,
ve r y last co n tributio n of taste to the last

rem n an t Of a delicious m o rsel is like the
last i cker of a candle more b r il lia n t ,
tha n any of the preced i n g o n es I n .
eati n g th e l ast taste w he n saliva the

, , ,
medium o f taste i s most pe rfectly i n

,
possessio n of th e sol utio n is better than ,
all th e othe r stages of the process I t i s .
the choicest a n d s w ee test exp r essio n of

the i ncide nt as related to each mouth
,
ful The n why not cou r t i t a n d O bey

.
,
thereby N atu re s r st l aw o f heal th ?

,

3i: 4%
Befo r e proceedi n g fu r the r w ith a de

sc r iptio n of i ts fu nc tio n s i t may be well
to state briey the certain resul t o f fol
l o w i n g th e guida n ce and h eedi n g th e
wa r n i n gs of taste .
Taste dete r mi nes the m asticatio n of

food so that th e requisite qua n tity of
saliva a n d othe r j uices of the m o n th a r e
added i n transi t S O that the stomac h
,
h um an tissue I t i s po ss i ol e to sec ure
.
th e pe rfec tly heal thy h uman tissue to ,
both th e gene rally healthy and to those

wh o are a ficted u nless too fa r go n e to
,
reform by kee n atte n tio n to the di r e c

,
tion of Taste an d th e re w ard of th e,
a ttention is m anifol d The actual pleas .
u r e derived f r om eati ng u nder th e di r e c

tion of th e m ethod suggested herei n
c an n ot be equalled by a n y other m eans .
= l 3k i lk
W hil e chee rful ness h opeful n ess good , ,
nature ch arity and all th e men tal good

,
qual ities a r e sple n did forced draugh ts of -
oxyge n ised imp ulse that assist the stom

ach i n co n sum i ng a n d other w ise i n
taki ng c are of any e r r atic or excessive
food supply a n d are able to h elp take
,
ca re of a m oderate gl ut of mate r ial ;

Taste if allo w ed to se r ve i ts full pu r
,
pose fu r n ish es i ts o wn d r augh t of chee r

,
ful n ess by m ea n s of the very pleasu r e it

d ist r ibu tes an d at the same time i t
,
p reve n ts i nste ad of i n d ucing gl utto n y

, ,
.
= < X = < li
The re are two ways of putti ng a

l im i t to a meal to eati n g O n e .
the wro n g o n e comes i n the shape

O f a protest o n the pa r t of a to o full
stomach w h il e the appe ti te i s ye t raven
o u s
. The r igh t o n e comes natural ly
f r om a pe rfectly satised feeling a
ceasi n g o f desi re fo r anythi n g mo r e ,
n o m atter how p r ev i o usly all uri ng to the
pal ate be fo r e the stomach i s o ve r b u r

,
de n e d The f o r me r is evidenc e of gl ut
.
,
a n d the l atte r is N ature s

o r gl utto n y ,
way for which the re i s every des i red

,
re ward .
SO M E E AS Y E XPE R IM E N T S
I t is a ve ry easy matte r to prove fo r

o ne s self that am ple saliva is essentia l

to the m ost econom ic an d pe rfec t d iges

t i o n ; and also that n o tw o m outhfuls
,
o f food requ i re the same quan tity .
E xperi me n t w ill be doubl y i n terest

i n g i n that i t reve al s pleasu re o f ta s te i n
eati ng that h as n ot be f ore bee n e nj oyed .
The functio n of saliva i n digestion has
comm o n ly bee n u n de r stood to be the
l ub rication of the food so as to e n able i t
to be s w allo w ed The t r u th is that it i s
.
th e rs t a n d most i mpo r ta n t solve n t

necessary to d igestio n th e good O fces
,
o f w h ic h a r e to sepa r ate make al ka ,
l i ne n e ut ralise sapo n i fy a n d othe r w ise

, , ,
re n de r th e succeed i n g p r ocesses w i thi n

the delicate o rga n s of the body as easy
as thei r deli cacy r equi res and th us n o t ,
to strai n a n d i n ame them i n to feste r

i ng breedi n g grou n ds for the myriads of
m icrobes of diseases w h ich we a r e com
p e l l e d to draw i n w i th every breath of
air w e i n hale .
D r awn i n to a perfec tly clean and

h eal thy o rga n i sm some m ic robes aid an d
,
a re a pa r t of l ife but take n i n to a system

,
cl ogged by d irt a n d st r ai n ed by over

wo r k these same harml ess creatures be
,
come age n ts of dest r uctio n Bacil li .
m a
y be eithe r f r ie n ds o r enemies a n d
we have th e choice .
day as a last souve n i r to be d istributed
a m ong his f r iends S hortly afte r th at
.
,
i n the f r ui ty an d sal ubrious foo th ills

o f the P acic C o ast o f C al ifo r n i a he ,
met wi th accide ntal S uggestio n w h ich

c ha n ged h is habits of livi n g a n d very , ,
soon h is attitude towa r d life an d death

, .
I sat with the pat r ia r ch o n his o n e

h und r edth bi r thday i n the same photo
g raph gal l e ry exami n ed th e po r t rai ts of
,
sixty ve and o n e h u n d red yea r s co n

-
,
ve r se d w i th th e subj ec t i n a low tone

Of voice looked upo n a m an w h o fel t
,
that he w a s yet i n m iddle life and i n ,
posse ssio n of an e n j oyme n t O f life that

h e said had n e ver bee n equ al led i n t he
early years of h is bo n dage to th e i gn o
rance and i mpatie n ce of yo u th l
.
S T UDY N AT U R E
W atch good N atu r e observe he r ,
m eth ods t r y to imitate th e m by way

,
o f expe r i me n t a n d you w il l n d that

, ,
1
Th r ju e t d p tri rc h i
e e v n a e ti ll l i e i
a a 1 903
s s a v n .
as he r etofore stated there is a p erfect

,
w ay e n folded i n all o f N ature s problems

and that man has only to discover the

w ay to have i t f r eely ac cessibl e to hi m .
W atch a c hild take i ts n ou r ish men t

i n natural m anner The sucki n g acti on
.
i s l ike th e ac t of masticatio n i n th at i t
exci tes the gla n ds whic h supply uids to
the mouth W hate ve r n umbe r o f these
.
uids the r e may be I w i ll c l ass th e m al l

,
as saliva C e r t ai n ly i n the case of m ilk

.
bei ng take n i n to the stomach sal iva i s ,
n o t n eeded to l ubricate i t I t is the r e

.
,
fo r e r easo n able to suppose th at saliva

,
i s i n ten ded as a part of the m ixtu r e

necessa ry to digestio n ; that is to the ,
c onve rs i o n of the food i nto n utri men t .
In the case Of ch ild re n n ou rishe d at

the breast of the m othe r th e o nly
n atu ral way th e food is al ready al ka
lin e and r eady for digestio n i n the
stomach and i ntestines as re l ated p re
vi o u sl
y
.
R emembe r also that i n the case , o f

i nval ids with very weak stomachs phy ,
1 68 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPIC URE
s i ci a n s r ecomm end taking m i l k an d
b r oth th r ough a st r aw o r th r ough a
glass tube Taki n g uid th is w ay r e
.
q u i r es a sucki n g actio n Of the m outh

a n d thereby in duces a ow of sal iva .
Of co u r se the uid is bette r d i gested

,
than w he n d r u n k because N ature s w ay

h as bee n fol lo w ed a n d i t i s n o w onder

,
that milk a n d O ften soups of di ffere n t

ki n ds a r e i n digestible if taken co n trary
,
to the n atu r al w ay except i n digestive

,
syste ms which ha v e n o t yet exhausted

thei r te n -horse -po w er r esista n ce capaci ty .
I have tried m il k and soups upon

a s tomach t rai n ed do w n so n e that
it w as li ke a pai r o f apothecary s bal
a n ce s se n sitive to the least i n h armo n y

, ,
to n d that if they are d r u n k there i s

a m ild p r otest a so r t of a s h rug of
the shoulders as i t w ere an d tha t
,
w he n the same l iquids have bee n moved

abo u t i n the m outh fo r the tim e n e ce s
sa r y to n aturally exci te th e S wallowi n g
I mp ul se they have passed i n to the
,
stom ac h with ou t the own er bei ng con

1 70 TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICUR E
spices i n these w h ich excites the palate
i mmediately w he n the d ry morsel would
n o t do so i n such ma r ked deg r ee .
I f you take th e mea t o r the d ry b r ead

and masticate s u i ci e n tl y all owi n g th e
,
n utri men t to become tho r oughl y solved

by the saliva a n d sepa rated f r om th e
di r t , th e i ndigestible tasteless r e,
m a i n de r the taste w ill become m o r e

a n d more del ici ous as th e saliva gets
possessi o n of the sol u tio n and will h ave ,
a n al del icacy wh ich sauces ca n n o t

equal as a r e w a rd for pu r sui n g N ature s
,

i nvitatio n and re nde ri ng h e r th e ap

poi n ted service .
An easy experi me n t that will prove

the above state me n t to be co r rect i s to
take a va r ie ty of b reads w hite a n d ,
b r o w n toasted a n d u n toasted c r ust a n d

, ,
soft a n d afte r w a r ds some of the sam e

,
soaked i n soup or m ilk o r i n the j uice

, ,
O f w h atever m eat yo u happe n to have

a t your meal .
Take n d r y toast will on l y red uce a n d

,
d isappear wi thout effort of swallowing

, ,
i n to the s tomach leavi n g n o tastel ess

,
dregs beh i nd after abo u t th i rty actio n s

,
of th e j a w Th is is p r obably th e r easo n
.

w h y toast is a n i n v al id s best die t ;
because masticatio n is r equi r ed to c r ush
i t sal iva is l ibe rated by th e acts o f
,
masticatio n less saliva is r equi r ed to

,
prepare toast fo r th e stom ach tha n an y

other form of b read an d the r e fo r e th e
, ,
p r ope r co n ditio n s a re at tai n ed perfo r ce ,
a n d easy digesti on i s p r om oted C r ust .
of F r ench b r ead w il l do the same by

m ean s o f abou t fo r ty j ets let loose by
m asticatio n ; the soft i n side of French
b r e ad will re qui r e fty o r more ; c rust
,
a n d i n side of biscuits and of hom e

m ade b read some w hat mo r e than the
F r e nch b r ead ; w h il e Bosto n b r own

bread requi res as ma n y as seve n ty to
eigh ty j ets turned o n by actio n of mas
ti ca ti o n to dissolve i t .
The above refe r s to m ode r ate mo uth

fuls Th e p r ocess is i n com ple te u n ti l
.
all is d issolved taste cease s and n atura l

, ,
swa l l o w ing occ urs .

1 7 2 TH E N E W GLUTTON OR EPICURE
W ill it not be observ e d that mastica
tio n as fa r as c rush i n g o r ma n gli n g is
,
co n cer n ed has s m all pa r t i n the r ed ue

,

tion of Bosto n b r o w n b r ead a n d l i ttl e

,
see m i n g use except to tu r n o n the j ets

o f the solvi ng saliva fo r the m ate r i al
,
i tself i s soft a n d sometimes mushy

,
S al iva has l i ttle u s e as a l ub r ica n t i n

th is case for the r easo n th at the b r o w n
,
b r ead expe r ime n ted w ith ca n be easily

s w all o w ed w he n rst take n i n the mo uth .
Ab unda n t expe r ime n t h a s bee n m ade by

th ose to wh om Boston b r o w n b r ead

was forme r ly l i ttle less than a poi so n to ,
prove the asse r tio n that su f cie n tly ,
m ixed w ith sal i va i t is pe r fectly d igesti

,
ble and that th e delici ous taste Of the

b r ead afte r fo r ty o r fty b i tes to g .
m i n ute ) gets s w ee te r and s w eete r an d ,
attai n s its g r eatest s w eet n ess a n d m os t

delicate taste at the ve r y last w he n i t ,
has dissol v ed i n to li quid fo r m a n d most

of i t h as escaped i n to the stomach .
I t will be n oticed th a t the time or ,
atte n tio n requ ir ed to solve these di ffer

,
ate for good i n eve ry di rectio n as i t has
,
proved i tself to be i n all cases tri ed ,
there is no lo n ge r doubt but that N a

ture s most i mpo r tant sec ret r elative to

h uma n al i me n tatio n has bee n heretofo r e

p ractically u ndiscove r ed ; th at is as far
,
as an y i n qui ry I have bee n able to

make sheds ligh t upo n the subj ect .
The resul t i n all the cases of my

,
observatio n h as bee n an im m ediate r e

,
s po n s e of n aturally i nc r eased e n e rgy ;

approac h o f w eigh t to w a rd the n ormal ,
W hethe r th e subj ec t w a s over-weigh t or

u n de r -w eigh t ; a great fall i n g Off of th e
w aste to be discharged by th e ave n ue of
th e lo w e r i ntesti n es and also th rough
the kid n eys ; rel ief of bl eedi n g h e m o r
r h o i ds and catarrh the diseases suf
fe r e d by the patie n ts ; e mancipatio n
f r om headach es ; clea r i n g of th e to n gue
of the yello w deposi t usually call ed
fu r that is a n i ndicatio n of rotte n
condi tio n s i n the stomach ; a n d retu r n
o f the e n ergy fo r wo r k w h ich all m e n
a n d wo me n should h ave , and wh i ch

TH E N E W GLUTTON O R EPICURE 1 75
nds expressio n i n heal thy ch ild r e n i n

the fo r m of g reat e n ergy for pl ay .
Th e tax upo n th e lo w er i n testi n es

h as been i n my expe r ime n ts reduced
, ,
so that the re was n o i n vi tatio n to rel ief

m ore f r eque n tly than o n ce i n fou r o r
ve days and the quanti ty of th e deposi t
,
w as less than half th e qua n tity of a

usual daily co nt r ibu tio n to waste u n der
forme r meth ods of taki n g i n n ou r ish
m e n t the r eby p r ovi n g th e fac t that
,
appe tite a n d taste whe n g i ve n ful l

,
cha n ce to se r ve se rve us wel l

,
.
Th is featu r e (qua n ti ty of waste ) dif

fe r e d i n the cases of the di ff ere n t pe r
so n s expe r ime n ted wi th according to
th e careful n ess with wh ich they obeyed
the test i n j u nctio n s. In s ome g reed
,
ab n ormali ty could not quickly be ove r

come but as the subj ects w e re selected i n
, ,
pa r t f r om the stratum of socie ty wh e r e

wa n t is the c o n sta n t d r ead i t i s n o t to
,
be wo n de r ed at that a l ifeti me habi t o f

trem or a n d g r eed S houl d resi st eve n th e
dictates of the i r reason B ut i t was i n
.
these that th e revelatio n exc ited the h igh
est app r eciation a t las t whe n they w ere
pu t i n possessi on of facu l ties an d stre n gth
th at th ey had supposed the C reator had
de n ied them i n a wo rld o f s u ffe r i n g .
There is n o doubt but that i t is pos

s i bl e to i n troduce n ut r ition in to the
system wh e r e i n o r rathe r whe rewith , ,
the r e is l ittle or no w aste mate r ial .
O n e physicia n to w h o m I appl ied ,
for i n formatio n suggested that too n e ,
an applicatio n Of m y m ethod m ight

n ally do a w ay with th e lower i n testines
al together f r om the same cause that a n y
u n used mem ber of the body and al so ,
u n nou r ish ed me mbers S h rivel and dis ,
appea r i n time .
W h ile th is i s possibl e th e mean s ,
take n towards i t a r e productive of m a r

v e l l o u s good r esul ts ; a n d i f the re w e r e ,
n o further use what pu r pose would they

,
1
ser v e ?
1 D r G rg M k
. eo f B t
e M c h u tt
o n s o os on ,
as s a se s ,
has r c tl y c ll d th tt ti
e en a e f th u th r t th
e a en o n o e a o o e
f c t th t th l g th f th i t ti i
a a e en o h b e n es n es n m an av e een
k w t ry fr
n o n o va i f t t tw ty- i e f t
om n n e ee o en n n ee .
se n siti ve co n ve n tio n ali ty bu t i s i t n o t
,
bette r to shock co n ve ntional i ty w i th a

prosc ribed term if i t means j ust what i t
,
says a n d n othi n g else than to shoc k

, ,
th e del icate o rganism of o u r mach i n e ry

o f li fe by th r o w i n g dirt i n to its fu r n ace
w ith good fuel a n d the r eby allo w i n g th e

,
glu t of ash es therefrom to e n cu mber th e

j our n als of our mecha n ism to th e w aste ,
o f ou r po w e r a n d to the weari n g ou t of
ou r mach i n e ry ?
3
k 3k
Disease is nothi n g but d i r t i n the

syste m a n d the r esul t of d irt I t is .
ou r o w n di r t at th at h avi n g bee n i n
,
tr o du ce d by o ur o w n carel ess n ess o r as

th e r es ul t of com bine d ignoranc e a n d
greed .
I g n o r ance h as excused a n d does ex

c use th e r espo n sibil ity ; but w he n w e ,
h ave provide n tially bee n p r ovi ded a

way by N atu r e to select a n d sift a n d
p r epare perfect fuel for the fu rnace of
o u r L ife P o w e r-P la n t the re ca n be n o
-
,
furthe r excuse for not foll owi n g th e

teachi n g to the extreme of the l ast pos

sibl e reneme n t .
r
ae n
a: at
:
I w ill n o t p re sume to say w hat and

whom good Docto r A ppetite wi th the ,
assistance of D octor Taste ca n cu re , .

~
They h ave both cu red a n d g reatly r e

l i e ve d rheumatism gou t eczem a obes
, , ,
ity u n der-w eigh t bleedi n g-pil es blotches

, , ,
a n d pimples catarrh that tired feel

, ,

i ng m uddy c omplexio n i n digestio n
, , ,
a n d yell o w-to n gue w ithi n fou r m o nth s

,
.
I t h as bee n r eveal ed that atte n tio n to

thei r i n vitatio n and w ar n i n g c ures u m
natu r al cravi n g a n d beautifully appeases
appetite desi res w ith o n e thi rd the usual -
food ; an d at the same ti me they teach

, ,
an appreciation a n d e n j oyme n t o f food

quite n e w eve n to 6072 vi va n ts .
An y perso n ca n employ D r N ormal .
A ppetite an d co n sul t D r G ood Taste .
fr ee of a t! c/za r g e and m ake e n dless

,
discoveries i n the possibil i ty of del igh t

ful and h ealthful ly eco n om ic n utritio n .
The suggestion was o r ig i nal l y g i ve n

18 0 TH E N EW GLUTTO N OR EPICURE
by th e author i n crudest form w ith the
assu r a n ce of physiologists that t r ial of
i t i n volved n o r isk b u t o n th e co n t r a ry , , ,
that i t led i n the r igh t di recti o n to w a r d

p r eve n ti n g disease I fel t th at it w a s too .
im po r ta n t to be w ithhel d from th ose w h o

do n o t k n o w the existe n ce of N atu r e s
p erfect w ay provided by the S e n ses of

Appeti te an d Taste .
R ecord of ca r eful tests a n d r esul ts

w il l probabl y foll o w i n a n othe r vol um e .
The auth or has e n te red the el d of i n

ve s ti g a ti o n to n d dete rr e n ts to N atu r e s

pe r fec t devel opme n t a nd w ill not res t

whil e a n y r emai n 1
.
W i th eve n the c rude h i n t taa t ,
d

kea l t/t ca n 5e s ecu r ea a n m ai n ta i n ed 6y
co n s u l ti n gpecti n g App eti te
an d r es an d
Ta s te each pe r so n havi n g e ither can

,
assist i n the i n vestigation .
1
At th e pr y r
es e n tt i m e, ve e a s af te r th i pr i
s om se
w as m ad th u th r i h ppy t
e, e a o s a o sa y th t i t h
a b as ee n
f i thf ull y k ep t d w i th i p rt
a an m o an t r ul t
es s t d il y
s ea
accru i g n .
Th e val ue of the di scove ry l ies i n r e
c og n isi n g th e fact that Taste still has
i mpo r tan t w o r k to do w ith passi n g food
w h il e yet th ere is taste and that what
,
r emai ns afte r Taste ceases to exp r ess

i tself should n o t go i n to th e stomach .
Th e ease w ith w hich o n e w ill lea r n

to enj oy a n d hang o n to food i n the

mo uth eve n mil k and soup afte r h e has

, ,
l ea r n ed a good r easo n fo r doing so w il l ,
quickly c r eate a cou n ter habi t w h ich is

i n acco rdance w ith N atu re s perfect w ay

.
W he n o n e h as discove red the deligh t

o f taa t l a s t i n a es cr i oa ol s w eet l a s /t o
y f f
ta s te which Taste o ffe r s as a po u s s e caf e
,
to those w h o se rve i t with respec t h e ,
w il l n d a n y food th at Appetite selects

i s n eeded for h is n ut r i tion a n d is good
, .
R e member this ! Sal t sugar som e , ,
sauces and S pices wh ich a re used to

make food palatabl e m ay be i n them
se l v es n utri tious but do n o t l e t them
,
m islead you The te n dency i s to relish

.
the m an d thi nk that they represe n t the

food they disguise wh ich ho w eve r is
, , ,
ofte n o n ly an excuse for them an d has ,
ve ry l ittle n ut r itio n itself I n thi s case a

.
mo r sel o f food is take n i n to the mouth ,
th e sauce o r S pice which i t ca r ries meets

i m mediate respo n se f r om Taste an d dis
appears w hereupon the indigestib l e food
,
morsel is s w allo w ed i n i n digestibl e co n

dition so as to admit a n othe r sauce -l ade n
supply .
The m ost n utri tious food does n o t

requi re sauces I t m ay seem d r y a n d
.
tasteless to the rst imp r ession b u t as , ,
the j uices of the mouth get possessio n

o f it,
w arm i t up solve its l ife givi ng
,
-
qua l ities out of i t a n d coax i t i n to use

ful n ess the de l igh t of a n e w -fou nd del i
,
cacy w ill gree t th e discove r e r .
I t m ay be di f c u l t at rst to avoid
, ,
s w all o w i n g food before i t is th o roughly

separated th e n ut r i me n t d i ssolved a n d
,
the d irt rej ected bu t afte r a l ittle prae

,
tice the r e wil l be n o di fc ulty O n the .
c ontra r y the re will be an i nvol u ntary

,
h abi t of rete nti on establ ished that w ill

be as tenacious of a morse l of food till
that last a n d s w eetes t taste h as bee n
fou n d as a dog is te n acious of a savory
,
bo n e .
Did i t ever occ ur to gum chewers

th at the gu m i s s imply an exci te r of
sal iva a nd that the s w ee t taste i s th e
,
n ut r itious dextri n i n the sal iva a n d h as

nothi n g to do w i th the gum ? I n the

o r di nary w ate r ing o f the m outh the

sam e s w ee t taste is expe r ie n ced .
A n othe r im porta n t fact i n th is co n

n ecti o n a n d w hich belo n gs i n
,
the l ist

of di rectio n s because i t is a leade r

,
is that perfect n utrition is a source Of

,
ampl e sal iva th e e ff ect th ereby repro

,
d u ci n g th e cause in frien dly reciproci ty .
I t will be found th at whe n norm al

,
co n diti o n s have bee n atta i ned th rough

atte n tio n to the i nspection sel ection an d
,
rej ectio n of Taste w h e n the to n gue has

,
l ost its m ala r ial yello w scu m a n d wh e n

H u n ge r is r eprese n ted by heal thful Ap
pe tite a n d h as dismi ssed bili ous a n d
i n satiabl e Cr avi ng f r om i ts se r vice the re
,
will at al l times be a delicatel y sweet

bel oved C og n ac wh ile they enj oy a vie w
of pasto ra l loveliness or a th rong of
passe r s -by i n a boulevard of P a r is .
N one of th ese people d ri nk a n yth i ng

but water and hence are n o t drunka rds ;
an d ,at the same t i me they h ave ful l,
e n j oymen t of N ature s m ost stim ul ati n g

an d delicious compoun ds i n a fo r m p r e
served by N ature for th e use of m an .
The taste of these stude n ts of n ut r i

tio n becomes so discri mi n ati n g that
they can disti nguish a W i n e or a be e r
or a cogn ac as they w ould disti n gu ish
,
betwee n i n ti m ate frie n ds a n d stra n gers .
The yea r the vi neyard th e state of th e

, ,
w eather or any accide nt that may have

,
s u rr ou n ded the developme n t o f th e

fruit are as disti n gu ishable to th ese
epicu res i n the esse n tial j uices as a r e
the marks o n me n which i n dicate p r os
e r it h appi n ess o r any stamp o f e n
p y ,
v i r o n m e n t whateve r .
An epicu rean ca n n ot be a gl utto n .
The re may be gl utto n s who a r e less

gl uttonous than other gluttons bu t ep i ,
cu r e a n ism is l ike pol ite n ess a n d cl e a n l i

ness a n d is the ce r tai n m a r k of ge n til i ty
,
.
A physi o l ogical chemist a f r ie n d ,
of the author who is respon sible for th e

,
suggestio n th at th e fu n c tio n of saliva

i n tur n i ng the starches of ou r food
i n to nut r i tious gl ucose may n eve r h ave
bee n fully give n a cha n ce to ac t th u s ,
accou n ts for the l ast del icate s w ee t taste

whic h i s attai n ed by compl ete m astica
tio n . I t i s the n a p erfect sol uti o n a n d ,
hence the del icacy of the taste .
Fo r ill ust r atio n t r y a ship s bisc u it

,

c omm o n ly call ed ha r dtack and keep

i t i n th e mouth tasti n g i t as yo u would
,
a piece of suga r ti ll i t has disappea r ed

,
e nti rely and n ote what a treasu re of

,
deligh t th ere is i n i t .
Taste will teach the expe r imen te r

m ore than I can eve n suggest I simply .
O ffe r a n i n troduction to Doctor N .
Appeti te a n d to Doctor G Taste and .
state some of thei r excelle nce s that I have

discove re d through the i r atte n tio n s to
mysel f and others unde r my d i rec t i on .
I w ill however give a r es u m
, , e of my
o wn expe r ie n ce as a guide .
PE RSO N A L C AS E , IN I I L TA C O N D ITIO N
Age 4 9 years ; h eigh t 5 feet 7 i nches
, , .
E xt r emes of w e igh t for ftee n years (i n

ord i n a r y clothi ng ) m i n im u m 1 9 8 lbs ; ,
.
maxi m um 2 1 7 lbs , C hest measu r e .

,
va ryi n g but l i ttle if a n y 4 2 i n ch es ;

, ,
waist measu r e ( tailo r s) 4 3 to 4 4 i n ches

.
U sual we ight d u r i n g the time about ,
2 0 5 lbs .
My experi me n ts bega n n ear the

m iddle of J u n e but wi th n o systematic
,
appl icatio n u n til the m iddl e of J uly ,
1 8 98 ; w eight o n J u n e I s t p r obably ,
ove r 2 0 5 lbs i n summ e r cloth i n g

.
, .
S PEE D Y IMP ROV EMEN T

O n O ctober as a r esul t of th e
1 0 th ,
expe r i me n ts weigh t 1 6 3 lbs a n d s ta

,
.
,
ti o n a r y ; ch est measure sam e as before ,
bu t wai st m easu r e red uced to 37 i nches ,

o r o n e i n ch below the tailo r s ideal

and n early down to the ath l ete s ideal
.
th e m iddl e of th e day w he n all the ,
a n imal s rest a n d some of the m che w

the c ud I took my meal I had not
, .
,
me an time experie n ced a mome n t of

,
c ravi n g for a n y tn i n g si n ce the meal of

the day be fore bu t I sat do w n w ith an
,
epicu r ea n appeti te .
T he article o f food o n the m en u tha t

rst att r acte d me I xed my desi r e ,
upo n . A t the time i t w as usually a

meat o r a s h a n d the r e accompa n ied
,
it o n ly a c up of co ffee n i n e -ten th s m ilk , ,
bread a n d butte r a n d potato , S om e .
ti mes th e meat sel ected w as an en tr ee ,
and was ga r n ished w i th r ice and other

f r ui ts o r vege tables .
About thi r ty mouthful s of these dis ,
posed O i i n som ethi n g less than twe n ty

ve h u n d r ed acts of masticatio n or othe r
m o v eme n t of th e m outh a n d taki n g ,
abou t thi r ty m i n utes to th i r ty ve m i n -
utes satised the appeti te so perfectl y

,
that all th e ices a n d des se r ts on a

s umptuous bill O f fa r e h ad n o attracti o n .
I n the meanti me water was d r u n k , ,

i n small portio n s S lo w ly an d ic e w ate r

,
at that wi thout r est r ictio n to satisfy

, ,
thi r st ou t n o t whe n any food w as i n

,
p r ocess I n th e mouth the wate r w as

.
almost i n sta n tly b r ought to body-tem

e r a tu r e and i ts cool n ess was very ag r ee
p
abl e to all the se n ses I now ra r el y
.
take any w ate r except i n ve r y h ot w eathe r

w he n perspi r ation is active and then
o n l y e nough to que n ch th i rst excess ,
givi n g discom fo r t a n d n ecessitati n g

m ore pe r spi ratio n . W ater i n j u r es d iges
tio n by being take n w i th meals o n l y be
cause i t is used to wash dow n food n o t
yet p r epared fo r the stom ach I t i s th e .
u nt food th at is ca r ried dow n by i t and

n o t the water that d oes th e ha r m .
O ne cu p of cafe a u l a i t well swee t

,
e n ed s i pped a n d e n j oyed accordi n g to

,
th e epic u rean method satised all de

,
si r e for other s w eets a n d c r eated a har

m o n y o f va r iety that w a s si mply perfec t ,
wh il e i t w as pe r fectly s i m ple .
I di d n o t t r y to wo r k or th ink fo r
, ,
some ti me afte r the meal ; that i s I d id ,

n o t force though t ; b u t readi ng a ca t ,
n a a walk a m a ti n ee a ball game or a

p , , , ,
r i de i n a trolley car we r e recreatio n s

which I was able to enjoy as a so rt o f
p o u s s e caf for tw o o r th r ee h ou r s afte r
the m eal and then th e e n e rgy fo r w o r k
,
retur n ed so that if there w e r e som eth i n g

,
yet to be do n e i n the ti m e before th e

acc ustomed bed h ou r a n other day s ,

wo r k was easily accomplished .
Ath letic work physical labou r ex

, ,
t r eme activi ty i n a n y fo r m all be n et by

,
the same t r eatme n t as I h ave si n ce bee n

,
abl e to p r ove both perso n ally a n d by

expe r i me n t with others The o n ly dif .
fe r e n ce is the greater waste o f tissue ,
a n d the g r ea te r n eed fo r r e s to r ag e de ,
ma n ding an even i n g meal a n d possibly

an ea rl ier m idday meal .
E xercise w o r k acti v i ty
, ,
a n yth i n g
that c reates a dema n d fo r n ut r im e n t is
the e special f r ie n d o f Taste I t gi ves .
healthy appeti te and he n ce the r e is

pl e n ty for Taste to do and h e likes to
be of se rvice .
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1 94 TH E N EW GLU I ION OR EPICURE
does away with at l east half th e d rudge ry
o f w om a n s w ork a n d makes us i mm une

f r om the attacks of m icrobes o f d isea s e ,
i t is the n n o ha r dsh ip to take a few les

so n s i n the A r t of E conom ic N ut r i tion .
E ve r y art i cial meth o d that h as bee n

s uggested to coax N ature i nto changing
h er p r oblems to sui t man s poo r i n ter
p r e ta ti o n has fai led bu t N atu r e h as ,
bee n patie n t w itha l H e r doo r to r e .
form is never closed a n d h e r patience ,
i s bou n dless towa rds prodigal an d fool

i sh ch ild r e n .
N ature has pu t the kee n est of the

senses at the th reshold of life to serve
both as h osts a n d se rva n ts but Appr e ci a ,
tion has heretofo r e failed to recog n i se

their t r ue O fce while I gno r a n ce bli n ded
, ,
by G reed has spurned and abused the

,
1
best of serva n ts .
1
Th e y pt
si th
m pr l c o m sf th
n e e so n a as e o e
a u th r d cri b d b p r i t ft r y r t t d
o es e a o ve e s s a e ve ea s

es an
exp ri c Th
e en e. d ur c t t f th h lf c tury
e en an e- e s o e a - en
b irth d y i F r c th b r ti
a n an f D r Bur tt i
e, e o s e va on s o . n e n
W h i gt
as n d th
o n x i ti i th l b r t ri
, an e e am n a o n s n e a o a o es
of C bridg
am d Y l l l t ll th
e an t ry f
a e a e e s am e s o o a
I
S O M E PE R T IN E N T ! U E R IE S
I f N atu re has r eveal ed a p erfect w ay

to the easy sol uti o n o f all of he r p r ob
lems as related to the affai r s of a n i m als
,
a n d plant l ife W H A T S E N S E is the r e ,
i n th i n ki n g that she h as discri m i n ate d

agai n st h e r C hief A ss i sta n t i n C ultiva
ti o n Ma n ? ,
I f N atu r e has p r ovided a n imal s w ith

kee n d isc r i mi n ati o n i n the m atte r o f
r f r d d i cr i g fc i cy
e o m e an w i th
n y r
eas n e en ev e n ve ea s
o f dd d g h
a edi c p th t th l gi c f th d i c
a e an a , so a e o o e a v e
o ri g i ll y gi i thi b k t d pr d f
n a ve n n I s oo s an s o ve , so ar .
h av e h d y w i g h t r d uc d fr
a m 2 7 p u d t
e 13 e e o m 1 o n s o 0
p u d d f l t b t w h l i gh t t I c ry y w i gh t
o n s an e es en es . ar m e
a t y gur d i r d b t
an t f th
e ties c rry e , u m os o e m e a a 20
p u d h di c p i w i t r d
o n an ti
a i u n r n e an so m e m es n s m m e
t o c l th f r f li c i t u fri d wh th i k I
a m e ea s o so o s en s, o n
m u t b ill w h I
s e t l k i g r bu t E x
en am n o oo n

o s

tr r bu t
em e i o gr t d g r t lif A p rt r
s n es s s a ea an e o e . a n e
O f th uth r i rl y d y i C l i f r i
e a o n ea rly r a s n a o n a , s eve a ea s
h i ju i r
s d ju t i th pri
n o an f l if d f rtu
s n e m e o e an o n e,
p d w y fr
as s e r r bu t
a a h o m y fo ve -
o s n es s , a s av e m an o
th e w o rl d bri gh t t d b t c i ti S i x f th

s es an es ze n s . o e
a u th r c h u o

f ts y r g h m s di d b c u
o en ea s a o a ve e e a se
o ft uc h r bu t
o o m d w rry Th y h d d t
o s n e s s an o . e ee e n o .
Th u th r y f ll w th
e a o y m a t b t o o em , an m o m en , u m ean
ti m e h i j o i g life
e e
s en rb f r y n as n ve e o e .
1 96 TH E N E W G LUTT ON OR EPICURE
h eal thful food W H AT S E N S E i s th ere
,
i n doubti n g h e r good i n te n tio n s to w ard

the h ighest fo rm of an im al i n this
rega r d ?
I f Taste i s the se n ti n el o f the stom ach
a n d a l so the pu r veyo r a n d i n spector of
n utri ti on W H A T S E N S E i s the r e i n
,
asc r ibi n g to i t the l owest place in th e

l ist of the se n ses ?
I f we e n j oy eating a n d are eati n g
, ,
pa r tly fo r the pleasu r e of i t W H A T

, ,
S E N S E is there i n th r o w i n g away a
morsel u n til the taste has bee n extracted

If
dirt is matter o u t of place

,
which is th e accepted de n i tion ,
W H A T S E N S E i s there i n call ing

u n n ut r itious food by a n y other n ame ?
I f taste is the evidence of n utri tio n ,
a n d ceases to act upo n dirt W H A T

,
S EN S E i s the re i n h u rr yi n g food past

the se n try-box of Taste w ithout givi n g
th e i n specto r ti me to selec t th e nutri
tion a n d rej ec t the di rt ?
I f the last ash o f taste i n deal i n g
with a m o r sel of food is th e best Of all ,
co n sumptio n and yet furnish all that is
necessary fo r perfect n ut r itio n W H A T
,
S E N S E i s there i n w ea r i n g o ut ou r
M i n d P ower Pl a n t with a gl ut of
-
s u r pl us ?
U n less a person has a pressi n g e u
a e m e n t w i th h is o w n fu n e r al W H AT
g g ,
S E N S E is there i n h u r ryi n g w ith h i s

m eals ?
I f w e ca n devote te n thousa n d acti o n s
o f the j aw daily to se n seless o r vicious
, ,
gossip W H A T S E N S E i s the re i n
,
denyi n g adequate j aw se r vice to the

most impo r tan t fu n ctio n o f l ivi n g ?
W H A T S EN S E is there i n a rich
person gl utti ng h is Mi nd P o w e r Pl a n t
-
with mo r e food fuel tha n i t n eeds j us t

-
,
because h e happens to have a n abu n

d a n ce to gl ut w i th o r gl ut o n ?
,
W H A T S E N S E is the r e i n calli n g
an
y gl utto
n a ge n tlema n
W H A T S E N S E is the r e i n call i n g
an
y gl u tto n a l ady
I f what Taste rej ects after h avi n g
,
selec ted n utri men t o u t O f a morsel of

food is di r t W H AT S E N S E i s th e r e
,
i n allo w i n g i t to co n tam i n ate a n d bu r

de n the delicate orga n s of d igestion
A n indigestible m orsel of food i s like
a ru naway team i n a c r owde d street .
W H A T S E N S E is th e r e th e n i n de , ,
m oral isi n g thi ngs i n th e th o r oughfa r e

o f ou r l ife o r ga n ism by admi tti n g u n r uly
substa n ce ?
An i n digestibl e m o r sel of food i n th e
stomach an d al l the w ay th rough th e
,
i n testi n es i s l ike a bull i n a chi n a

,

shop . W H AT S E N S E is the re ,
the n i n smashi n g the delicate utensil s

,
i n th e laboratory Of our M i n d P owe r -
P la n t by r ush ing bulls past S en ti n el

T as te ?
A S C IE N T IF IC P O IN T
P hysiological C hem i st ry dec l ares that
an importan t funct i o n of saliva i s turn
i n g th e starch of foods i n to dext r ose
sugar w hich is o n e of the h igh forms
of n utri tio n .
A n e mi nen t ph ysiol ogica l che mist ,
wh o is a f r iend of the author a n d who

,
h as bee n experi me n ti n g wi th the sug

gestio n s o ffe r ed by the discove ry of
n e w uses fo r Taste i n securi n g pe rfect
eco n om ic n ut r i tio n says that the i n ex

,
p r ess i bl
y sweet avou r which comes
wi th the last exp r ession o f Taste i n
c o n n ectio n w ith a m orsel of food e s ,
p e ci al l
y d r y b r eads w h
, ich a r e la r gely
sta r ch is evide n c e o f pe rfect co n ve rsio n
,
o f the sta r ch to sugar by the ac ti on of
the saliva .
The swee t taste spoke n of begins to

be apparen t i n d ry F r e nch b r ead after
abou t t w e n ty m oveme nts o f the mouth ,
a n d i nc r eases u n til the wh ole morsel i s
dissolved and d isappears i n to the stom

ach leavi n g beh i n d i t a most delicious
,
after- av o u r According to th e quan tity

.
i n the mouthful this p r ocess w ill take

f r o m fty to o n e h u n dred m o v eme nts
o f the mouth a n d require f r om half a
m i n ute to o n e m i n ute .
I n th is co n nec ti on remembe r please

, ,
gratefu l a n d hu n gry taste buds are eage r
-
for i t .
Don t dri n k soup ! Do n t d r i n k m il k !

Do n t dri n k bee r ! Don t d r i n k w i n e !

Do n t d r i nk syruped sodas for the taste

O f the syrups ! S ip eo er y t/zi n g taa t n a s

ta s te so that T aste can i n spec t i t and
get the good out of i t for you !
T A S TE S A P PE A L

W ater has n o taste th e r efo r e Taste

, ,
does n o t call i t to a hal t but says G o

, ,
right o n and do you r wo r k the r e i s ,
n oth i n g i n yo u that I can i mprov e ;

thank you for givi n g m e a fr eshe n i n g
up i n passi ng I f peopl e o n ly k n e w
.
w hat you a n d I kno w they w ould be

wise r woul d n t th ey ?
,

They w ould
l ea r n a thi n g or tw o about keepi n g thei r
Mi n d -P o w e r P la n t i n n e o r der a n d ge t
ri d of all th ei r physical ail me n ts a n d be ,
st r o n g an d happy and live to be a h u n

,
d r ed a n d fty yea rs of age with their

fac ulties u n impai r ed I say ! you a r e o n
.
TH E N EW G LUTT ON OR EPICURE 2 03
the outside a n d ca n give peopl e a hi n t ;

w h y do n t you tel l them what I am he re

for ! They set m e d o w n fo r a cappe r

,

l ike o n e of th ose fell o w s that sta n d out

side o f cheap restau ra n ts a n d i n vi te pas
se r s to com e i n a n d eat Th ey do n t
k n ow I am a n expert i n n ut r i me n t a n d
ca n p r otec t them f r om a n y h arm i n eat
in g. I o ffe r them also a r s t-class ban ao u

taste at the nish of m y w o r k to i n duce
,
th em to stay by a n d hel p me to do
p r oper wo r k bu t they are all i n such a
,
blamed h u r ry th at th ey n ever w ait fo r

th e oo n oo n an d the resul t i s that l oads of
,
d i r t an d i n digestibl e stu ff get by me and

m ake e n dless misch ief i n the mach i n e .
I hear abou t i t ofte n e nough you m ay

be sure Al l th e se w e r gas th e i nd iges
.
tion p r od uces comes back this way S poil s ,
my comfo r t an d d ull s my st r e n gth Yo u

,
.
s ee,
yo u ca n have a cha n ce perhaps to
, ,
learn for you rself a n d tell the peopl e

w hat I can do for them I m lodged i n

.
h e r e i n th e dark W he re they can t see m e

a n d I have n o means of i n form ing them .


I wonder w h y i t i s that Moth er
N atu r e m akes such a myste ry of he r
blessi n gs . She n eve r adve r tises a n d
n eve r exh ibits he r best thi n gs pl ai n ly .
Al l he r p r ecious m etals a r e h idde n a w ay

i n n a r ro w seams i n the g r ou n d ; h e r
pea r ls a r e gua r ded by close -mouthed
oysters at the bo ttom of the ocea n ;
elect r ici ty i s as slippe ry as a n eel a n d
absol utely i n visible ; i n fact N at u r e i s ,
th e most r e ti r i n g i n he r habi ts of all

, ,
th e exp r essio n s of Dei ty ; an d co n sist ,
e n t w ith he r self sh e h a s put me i n h e r e

, ,
i n th e da r k a n d speechl ess p r ovided ,
w ith po w e r s O f selecti o n an d disc r im i n a

tio n w hich if u n de r stood a n d made
, ,
thorough use of w ill do fo r m a n all that

,
h e can desi r e .

The fu n n y pa r t of i t i s that th e a n i
mals othe r tha n m a n u s e m e i n s ti n c
, ,
ti v e l y a n d l ive thei r appoi n ted ti m e ;

w hile m a n i n h i s us u al big headed w a y
,
-
,
ce n tu r ies a n d centu r ies ago gave me the ,
lo w est pl ac e amo n g the S e n ses classed ,
my chief agen t a n d assistan t Sal iva as , ,

206 TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPI C URE
I M P O R TA N T C O N F I R M A T I O N
CO M M A N D A N TE C E S A R E A GN E L L I
C om manda n te C esa r e Ag n elli o f H is,
I talia n Maj esty s battle shi p

Ga r i
,

baldi has bee n a n earnest colleague of
,
th e authors i n the N u t r i tion S tudy si n ce

the su mm e r of 1 9 00 L ike the auth o r s
.
,
h e received i n the course o f experim e n ta

ti o n such personal bene ts that the co n
ti n ned O bse r vations h ave bee n a sou rce
o f g r eat pleasu r e eve r si n ce I take
.
from a lette r dated Ta r a n to I taly som e

, , ,
exce rpts that a r e good evide n ce of the

cap r ice of appetite u nde r d i ffe r e n t cli
m atic conditio ns together w ith som e
i r r e l evan t m atte r quoted fo r i ts good
,
r eadi n g :

W h at a good lo n g friendly le tte r !
, ,
I f i t w as you r i n te n tio n to spoi l m e i t ,
ce r tai n l y p r o v ed a success ; a n d I feel

so m uc h obl iged and thank you so
TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPI CURE 20 7
m uch for th e i n teresti n g descripti o n of

all yo u saw a n d did du r ing you r abse nce
f rom Ven ice th is sum mer .
Yo u are too good i n r emembe r i n g

the fe w word s o f e ncou ragemen t I sai d
to you when yo u r st spoke to m e
about you r expe r im e n ts The fact is
.
th at I have al w ays regre tted th at my

assistance i n th e experim e n ts could n o t
be of greate r se r vice ; a n d reall y of us
, ,
two I am the i ndeb ted fo r g r ati tude fo r

th e g r eat service you r discove r y has
d o n e to me si n ce th e l ucky day I had
the pleasure of you r acquai n tance .

My bad l uck would n o t h a v e i t to
a ll o w m y sh ip to go to E n gla n d fo r the
C oronation though at rst sh e was s e
,
l e cte d to be o n e o f th e th ree O n ly tw o
.
days ago I met o n e of o ur o ffi ce rs w h o was

o n the C a r lo Al be r to and h e co n rm ed
,

al l th at you wrote a n d all th at h as bee n

pri n ted abou t the magn ice n ce o f the
n aval revi ew at S pith ead .
I w ish n o w that I we r e wi th you to ,
be ab l e to tal k abou t what happened to

m e dur i ng th is l ast c ruise of ou rs i n ,
re l atio n to obse rvatio n s of nutri ti on I .
can o nly report facts a n d feeli n gs and ,
yo u may be abl e to con n ec t th em a n d

assign th e causes You k n ow I do n o t
.
usuall y dri nk w ine o n ly water ; well o n

, ,
the coast o f Afri ca I h ad such a d istaste

for the latter that I w as c ompell ed to
take be er to qu e n ch th i rst n o r could I
,
even endure m i n e r al waters My desi re .
for food was quite ch a n ged my physi ,
ological c r avi n g dictati n g to me quite

plai n l y as i n a doctor s p resc r iptio n
,

what I wanted E ve n th e best sh i n

.
the Medi terran ean did n o t sa tisfy m e .
Tod ay i t was eggs a n d to -mo r ro w i t

was c ocoa bu t never meat th at I fel t th e
,
wish for B ut what is a new cap r ice o f

.
desire re l ates to my sm oki n g I co u l d .
n o t s m o ke a s i n l e pipe n or a cigar ; onl y

g
c ould I tole rate c igarettes and th ose quite
,
wi thout p l easu re At Smy r na I al most

.
fed on ices a n d l em o n ades but al w ays ,
a n d ever I could ea t ( not d r i nk ) my cup
of cocoa i n the m orni ng The heat on .

best o u t o f i t with th e assista n ce of
my c u rious appeti te and did n o t su ffe r
,
i n conve n ie n ce as di d the oth ers B u t .
we we r e la rgely rewarded i n Turkish

Asia ,
a really blessed pa rt o f th e
wo rl d an d especially at S myrna My
,
.
day began i n the bazaar a n d e nded

the re my eyes e n j oyi n g Tu rkish a n d
,
P ersian a r t i n al l thei r ma n ifestatio n s ,
from th e r ich Bokha r a a n d Khorassa n

carpets t o the D am as e o i n l aid wo r ks ,
R hodes emb r oide r ies an d so on O ne

, .
sees that a r t has come f r om the E as t ,
a n d in e v e ry b r a n ch of i t the i n ue n ce
o f the me r idian is al ways d iscove r ed

a n d pe r ceived . My great r eg r et was
not to be able to take i t al l a w ay with
m e to Ve n ice and divide i t with my
esteemed frien ds the r e fo r our m u
tual e n j oym e n t C u r iously en ough at
.
,
S myrna I fou n d a good bit of I tal ia n

pottery that I secu red for almost n oth
in g. I t w oul d have bee n a great thi n g
if you could h ave bee n the r e to pass
those te n days i n Smy r n a with m e .

I gave a n o r de r fo r som e carpets
to be made o n m easu r e bu t it wil l take
,
m o n th s to h ave the m r eady Many .
people do n o t app r eciate th e o l d car

pets b ut to m y taste m odern ones do
,
n ot h ave the velvety l ook o r th e s o n

p l es s e an d th e soft n ess of the ol d o nes .
I am sor ry c i rcumstances p r eve n ted

my lli n g you r com mission H ad D r .
V a n S om e re n bee n the r e he is so fo n d,
O f old thi n gs I am sure he w o ul d h ave

,
rui ned him self .
I t seems as if we would rem ai n he r e

the wh ol e of th i s mo n th and the n I ,

hope for a fort n igh t s l eave to go to
Ve nice ; and I look forward to the
pleasure of a l ong chat together .

( ig
S n ed ) C A G N E L LI . .
C LA R E N CE F . L O W, E S ! U I R E
TH E V E G ET AR IA N TE N D E N CY C O N FIR M E D
The re lato r of the foll owi ng e xpe r i
e nce was conversan t w i th the earl y r e
sea rches Oi the elde r author and gave
m asticati on a t r ial for a ti me H e gave .
i t too pai n ful atte n ti o n as is apt to be ,
the case with begi n ne r s a n d the st rai n ,
m ade th e prac tice tedious an d u ndoubt

e dl i nh ibi ted th e secretio n of the digest

y
ive j uices th e same as wo rr y a n d oth e r
,
dist r actio n s a r e k n ow n to do Afte r a .
ve r y sho r t trial M r Lo w decla red that

.
h e could n o t get e n ough n ou r ish me n t

with i n r easo n abl e ti me and came to th e
co n cl usion that m uch che w i n g did n o t
ag r ee w i th him al though i t m igh t with
othe r s W ith th e issue of the r epo r ts
.
O f th e C amb r idge a n d Yale tests h o w ,
eve r th e suggestio n w as give n a n othe r

,
t r ial with the res ul t up to date as r e

, , ,
po r ted below :
I tha n k you ve r y m uch fo r th e copy
o f D r Kellogg s book the

. L ivi n g Te m
,
ple j ust rece ived I h ave n ot had time

,

.
to r ead i t bu t i n looki n g ove r the chap

,
te r headi n gs a n d k n o w i n g D r Kel logg s .

wo r th as a n autho r i ty o n matters of
foods a n d d iet I k n ow that there is m uch
o f val ue fo r m e i n the book I am m uch
forme rly do at all Th ey are the sort of
.
th i n gs that are supposed to requ i re a

st r ong meat diet but whi ch u n de r such

a di et were impossibl e to me Masti .
cation and tho r ough mou th treatme n t-
see m to allo w th e appetite to p r esc ri be

what my body needs an d this is the '
essence an d substa n ce of yo ur discove ry .
I t pleases me ve ry m uch that D rs .
Kell ogg a n d D e w ey have con r med

your resea r ches a n d nd that your claims
a r e not ove r-d ra w n . They have such
sple n did O pportuni ties to test thi n gs
dietetic a n d a r e such ope n -mi nded n at ,
u ral -born al t r uists that the i r co n r m a

tio n cou nts fo r eve n m o r e tha n that of
the ve r y co n se rvative m en i n Sci ence
wh o sta n d for sc i e n tic auth o r i ty and
w h o w an t a thi n g th r ice prove n befo r e
they give it e n do r sem e n t.

I thi n k my experie n ce w il l be e s
p ec i al l
y comfo r ti n g to yo u bec ause of
my repeated t rials a n d lapses I can .
see n o w h o w im po r ta n t it is for o n e to
p r actise ca r eful m outh -treatme n t u n til
th e habi t i s acquired a n d the pe rform

a n ce becomes autom atic The r e is no .
doubt in my m i n d but what there i s a

n atural protectio n give n u s by n ature
which has bee n lost by pe rve r sio n I .
feel conde nt th at you will get ul ti

m ate credit for th e r e establ ish me n t of
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a r atio n al h abi t o f eati n g w h ich u n de r ,
n ormal co n di tio n s o f food s upply is a ,
p r otec tor agai nst prematu re swall owi n g

O f food .

G h as seen th e r esul t i n m e
and he is d roppi n g m eat to a great ex
te nt an d h i s breakfasts have dwi ndled
to a mere fraction o f what they form erly
were T he same is true o f M
.
A YE A R S L AY E X P E R I E N CE

F IVE
The good fortune of yeste rday ,
J ul y 29 1 903
,
brough
, t a tel ephone
message f r om an o l d an d ve ry dear
f r ie n d wh o has bee n im p r essed with th e
vi rtues of buccal d igestio n for the past
ve yea r s Five yea r s ago my frie n d
.
was a sick man past fty yea r s of age

, .
D u r i n g h is youth a n d early ma n h o o d
he had bee n a n optimist am o n g opti
m ists lead i ng a conge n ia l life am ong
,
agreeable f r iends w i th th e best th e

,
world had to o ffe r i n th e way of recrea

tio n an d fare H is g r eat mi sfortun e
.
at th e ti me was i n digestion a n d th e
t r oubles that accompa n y i ndigestio n .
I f h e d r a n k a sm all c up of co ffee at
n igh t he could n o t sleep a n d h e w as
,
subj ect to the co n sta n t u ncertai nty of

he al th a n d freque n t recurrence of acute
diseases that are com mon to the vict i m s
o f l uxury.
Th e ve r y ill health em ergency and

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d ilem ma of m y f r ie n d l ed h i m to catch
a t any st r ay s traw of hope or comfo r t .
W he n w e met some mon ths after the

,
begi n ni ng of my expe ri m e n ts he w as,
compe lled to note a g reat di ffe rence i n

m y appe aranc e ; th e po r tly an d robust
b ut heavy S h o r t-wi n ded a n d u n w iel dy
,
f r ie n d of bygo n e years i n sumptuous

S ier r a Bl a n ca had bee n grad ually lost ,
an d I was pretty we l l dow n to my las t

legs agai n I f I had n t bee n st r uck by
.

the marvel lous alteratio n i n your appea r

ance f r om what i t w as w he n I had see n
you last I should have bee n terribly
,
bored by your rel atio n of you r e xpe r i

e n ce fo r I w as sick to death o f me n tio n
,
o f c u res a n d di et-r egime n s of all so r ts .
But you asto n i shed m e so by you r

changed appea ra n ce a n d I w as i n such ,
a h opel ess cond itio n that I though t I ,
w o uld give you r scheme a trial N ext .
day my b reakfast w h ich was also my

, ,
l u n ch for I was feeli n g too badly to ge t

,
up ea rl ie r b r o ught me some swee t co r n

,
as on e of th e several i tem s I habituall y

ordered In givi n g th is co r n th orough
.
che w i n g before s w allo w i ng I noticed

that w hil e the i n side o f the corn liq u eed
,
readily an d was quickly swall o w ed there ,
r emai ned i n my mouth a collection o f

th e h ulls a n d these i n vited th e bad
,
table ma n n e r s of spi tti n g o u t I r e

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.

m oved this col l ectio n o f refuse as del i

cate l y as possibl e a n d on exami n atio n

, , ,
fou n d that i t co n sisted o f ha r d substa n ce

that I had neve r n oticed before i n con
n ecti o n w i th cooked s w eet co r n . This
set me to th inki ng W hat h ad I not
.
bee n putti ng i n to my stomac h al l these

years i n m y igno r a n ce of th e co n s ti tu
e n ts of th i s one ki n d of com mo n food ,
a n d w hat n ot i n othe r foods that I h ad
n o t ye t obse rved ?

I n conti n u ing th e observation
fu r ther I d i scove r ed that ma n y o f th e
,
foods that I was acc ustomed to take

con tained hard i n sol uble i ngred i e n ts or
,
cottony bre th at go t m ore an d m ore

cotto n y and refractory with m asticatio n .
In tryi n g coffee my favouri te beverage

, ,
as yo u tol d m e I m igh t do if I ha n dled

i t righ t l y i n the mouth I tasted it u n ti l
,
i t w as absorbed o r swallowed i n vo l u n
tar i l y j ust as you tol d me the expert
w i n e tas te r s
o
an d tea -taste r s do . I
sipped and e n j oyed m y small cup o f
co ffee as I had n e ve r do n e before i n my
l ife and knew afterwards that i t had not
,
h urt me as usual as no im mediate p r o
,
test came fro m the stomach wh ich ,
formerly h ad bee n the case I slept th e .
s l eep of the j ust that nigh t and a w oke

i n n e form next morni ng F r om that .
day to th is I h ave n o t bee n troubled

with i ndigestion and d u r i n g these ve
,
yea rs I have n o t bee n S ick a day or an

hou r o r a mome n t a n d h ave slept like
,
a babe I have n t kept m y weigh t quite

.

down where i t ought to be for best com

fo r t bu t I have supported the burde n
,
with my ge n eral good heal th an d di

gestio n My tem ptatio n s to lapse have
.
bee n e n ormous for I h ave had the good

,
fare of two conti nen ts thro w n at m e by

m ost e n tici n g i nvitatio n and I have ,
ru n the gantlet of extraordi nary m en u s

with out phasi ng wi th th e results I have
,
recoun ted .

D o you remember the day o f the
publ i c fu n eral of G e n eral G ran t whe n ,
h is tomb o n the R iverside D ri ve

Mo r n ingside H e i ghts was dedicated ?
Yo u reme mber that we had bee n invi ted

A t the time of th e great N aval Re
view o r some th i n g of the sort - I h ave
,
forgotte n what a pa r ty of us we n t to
the pier o f th e S ou the r n P aci c C om
pany to see th e sh o w The r e we r e N ed
.
H and C aptai n H a n d tw o
other m e n and myself with four l adies

, ,
.
O n c om i n g up town w e w ere booked

for a n oth e r e n gagem e n t the tim e for ,
which had not yet a r ri ved W e w e r e i n .
the vici nity of th e H offma n H ouse and

d r ifted i n the r e a n d i n to the ball room -
.
The oo r w a s most tempti n g an d the

orchest r io n w illi n g I t w as too s u gges
.
ti ve a combi n atio n for the l adies w h o ,
w ere you n g and ne da n ce r s a n d they ,
exclaimed wi th o n e voice Oh h o w ,

,
lovely ! I w ish w e m igh t dance It .

proved that I was th e only danc i n g ma n -
among th e m e n I had bee n a dancer

.
i n m y youn ge r days bu t I had let up ,
o n i t si n ce I had become stou t H ow .
eve r by w ay o f a j oke and to pl ease th e

,
you n g ladies I o ffe r ed to be a part n e r

, .
My Off e r was accepted also as a j oke , ,

bu t th e sequel w as a su rp ri se W e se t .
th e orchestrio n goi ng o n a W a l dteufe l

w al tz an d I grabbed o n e of the you n g
,
l ad i es for a r ou nd R ea l ly I was .
,
am azed I danced as easily as I did

.
whe n a you n gster and roun d and roun d

,
we we n t Fi nally my pa r t n e r begged
.
,
fo r a rest so I wal tzed her to a seat

, ,
a n d excited with th e revelation of

, an
e n d ura n ce I did n o t k n o w I possessed ,
I g r abbed th e next lady from he r seat

a n d repeated the ti ri ng-o u t process as
easily as i n the rst attempt The r e .
we re ye t two ladies fresh and eager to

assist i n doi n g U ncl e N at up and I

r epeated the performa n ce with them ,
also da n ci n g the last to a dead sta n d

,
still o n accoun t o f her determ i ned o bs ti

nacy 5 n had to complete th e doi n g
.

up of the ol d m an or Age wou l d wi n

a battle f r om Youth w hich w ould neve r ,
do W ell to make a lo n g sto r y sho r t

.
,
'
a n d to get to the illust r atio n I was .
w a r m a n d ruddy but I w a s less fatigued

,
than I re me mbe r to have bee n as a

you ngste r w he n I h ad danced for a long
tim e .

S ince the n I have n o t balked at any
feat o f physical e n d ura n ce a n d I fee l ,
as you ng tod ay as my wh i te hai r wil l

le t me I h ave t r ied to ge t my f r ie nd s
.
to che wi n g th e i r food pers iste n tly a n d ,
have gai n ed m any adhere n ts to your

cause but I h ave had to sta n d a n i m
,
me n se amou n t of ch af n g mean wh il e .
I tri ed to get M r H to che w hi s

.
b read a n d m ilk but he always laughe d

,
at m e and chaffed m e co nst antly

,
wh e n I w as w i th h i m ab o ut m y che w
i ng fad O n e m a n whom I s a w m uch
.
,
o f a n d who needed
, your advice m o re
than a n ybody else go t so sick o f th e ,
subj ect that whe n I rece i ved a lette r

from you tel l ing of some new discove r y
,
a n d some n e w t r iumph of th e cause o f
che w i n g I w oul d attempt to r ead i t to

,
h im ; but he woul d n ot liste n a n d pe r ,
sisted i n call i ng i t rot although h e ,
k n e w that I had bec ome a re m a r kably

well man whereas I was for m e rly a ve ry
,
DR H IGGI N S CA S E AN D CO M M E NT

.
D EA R MR L ETC H E R
. F :
Yo u ask me to wri te yo u a S h ort

accou n t o f my expe ri ences wi th econom i

cal n utriti on with com me nts a n d a few ,
words abou t my physical and men tal

h istory .
P r evi o u s H i s to r y : T he best pe

r i o d of heal th th at I can rem embe r i n
my l ife w as th at bet w een seve n tee n an d

twe n ty-o n e d uri n g th e time I w as pre
,
pari ng for the m ed ical profession I

had a small b r eakfast at about 7 30 A M . . .
a n d then w e n t up to L o n don to S t .
G eorge s H ospital which was about

fourtee n miles f r o m m y h ome My .
pare nts gave me for m y m idday

meal b u t I fortu n ately econom ised and
o n ly spen t 6 d1 0 d of it o n food Afte r .
n ish i ng my work I usually a r rived

h ome at and had a meat tea ;
this allo w ed me to devote six h ou r s to

reading D uri n g the whole of this
.
TH E NEW GLUTT ON OR EPICURE 227
period I was i n excel lent me ntal and

physical condi tion I w aS m ade house
.
su rgeon at t w e n ty-on e obtai n ed m y de ,
gree i n under fou r years beside s obtai n

i n g several val uable p r izes .

After th is I l ived i n th e H ospital
whe r e three m eat meals we r e p rovided .
These I co n scie n tiously ate to keep u p

m y stre n gth duri ng the pe rforma n c e
o f my exhausti ng d uties I consider .
that thi s period w a s th e com mencem e n t

of my dege n e r ation I put o n t w en ty
.
four pou n ds i n weigh t and l ost m uch of

m y men tal e nergy .
To conde n se as m uch as possibl e :

,
m
y st r o n g hereditary te n de n cy to gout
w i th th e excessive m eat eati n g th e ,
h urried eating d u r i n g some th r ee an d

o n e half
- years at S t G eorge s H os .

pital L ondo n a n d at Adde n b r o o ke s

, ,

H ospital C amb r idge resul ted i n con

, ,
sta n t su ff e r i n g f r om h eadache lum ,
bago rh eumatic pai n s and all those

, ,
d istressi ng symptoms known u nde r the

ge ner i c nam e of gout i ness After

.
seve n or eigh t yea r s I we ighed tw o h u n
d red an d t w e n ty fou r pounds an d com
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plai n ed of i n c r easi n g symp toms Of go ut

I the n became a patie n t of D r H .
o f L o n do n wh ose syste m requ i r es o n e to

,
absta i n f r om meat sh poul t r y bea n s

, , , ,
tea co ff ee i n oth er w ords f r om foods

, , ,
co n tai n i n g u ri c ac id or i ts equ ival e n t .
F o r abou t ve yea r s till the e n d of 1 9 0 1

, ,
w hen I rst m et you I uctuated co n ,
s i de r ab l y i n heal th o n th e wh ol e I a m
,
bou n d to say i n a steadily d o w n wa r d

,
directio n till I was ove r loaded w ith the

,
excessive weight of tw o h undred an d

eigh ty tw o pou nds
- .

H i s to r y of P er i o d of R eg en er a ti o n :
I com me n ced u n der you r advice mas ,
ti cati n g m y food tho r oughly at the e n d
o f D ecember 1 90 1
, Afte r p r actis i n g
.
th i s m eth od till the prese n t date S ep

tember 1 9 0 3 I have l ost o n e h u nd r ed
, ,
a n d fou r pou n ds i n weigh t a n d co nsider
that I h ave gai n ed ve ry co n si derably

i n men tal a n d ph ysical t n ess I p re .
fer to di vide th i s pe riod i nto two parts :

2 30 TH E N E W GLUTT ON OR EPICURE
my daily die t for tw o or th ree weeks .
Thi s was follo w ed by a return of rhe u

m a ti s m and con s i de r able sick n ess and
i n abil i ty to wo r k (a) Tn e s u os egu en t
.
s i x m e n t/i s .I resolved to devote th is

per i od to a carefu l study of my desires
fo r food to take no n otes to make
n o experime n ts i n short to allo w m y
,
body to r u n itself an d to try to make

,
my brai n i n te rp r e t the wa n ts of th e
body I had moved fo r the pu rpose of
.
thi s expe r i me n t in to a small house wi th ,
a boy and a woman who came daily to

clea n the h ouse ( I men tion these de
tails because practically one nds that a
wo man has usually such qu ick sym pathy
abou t m atters con ce r n i n g food th at ,
their agitation an d fears a r e e n ough i n

the mselves to cause you to modify you r
diet ) I o n ly kept bread butte r a n d
.
, ,
m il k i n the ho use al l othe r foods I was

,
obl iged to se n d fo r a n d if I r equi r ed a

,
dish to be cooked I rst lear n ed h o w to

,
do i t myself and th en taugh t th e boy .
I had n o xed times for meal s a n d did ,

TH E N E W GLU IT O N O R
'
EPICURE 2 31
n o t have a tabl e laid m y food al w ays

,
bei n g brough t up o n a tray ; usually I

did n ot in te rrupt th e work I was doi n g .
I del ibe rately adopted all these p r e

cautions because I had becom e awa r e
by experi ence Of the ext raordin ary i n
u e n ce suggestio n an d,other m i n d

i n ue nces such as h abit had i n o n e s
, ,
select i o n of food a n d the amou n t o n e

ate D u r i n g the rst two mo nths i n
.
co n sci e n tiously eati n g w h at I w i shed ,
as m uch o f i t as I w a n ted and w h e n my

appe ti te dema n ded food my desi r es we r e,
ve ry irregular ra n gi n g over m eats and

,
sh ( occasiona l ly ) ch ocolate sweets

, , ,
c ream ch eese butter m il k bread pota

, , , , ,
toes oranges b ananas sugar etc but

, , , , .
,
during th e nal period my desi res were

m uch mo r e simple a n d regul ar co n n ,
i ng themse l ves to b read G ruy ere cheese , ,
bu tte r c r eam ba n a n as potatoes occa

, , , ,
s i o n al l y m ilk D u r i ng and subsequen t

.
to thi s period I have become co n vi n ced

th at prov i ded yo u eat you r food slo wly
and foll ow yo u r appetite w i thout gu id ,
THE NE W GLUTTON O R
' '
2 32 EPICU RE
ance from any othe r k n o wledge wh at
eve r o n e gets m arked prefere n ce s for
,
simpl e foods wi th i nc r easi n g heal th an d '
happi n ess th e co n tentmen t that com es

,
f r om th e i n estim ably val uable p o sse s sion

of S imple desi re s .
Co n ti n en ts o n Me Sy s tern r The
great attrac tio n th e syste m has for m e
is i ts fra n k admission that : ( 1 ) O ne
k n o w s practicall y noth i n g o f those
che m ical processes that occur duri n g
d igestio n .
( 2 ) The guidance for th e
c ond uc t of l ife a ffo r ded by such vague
ph rases as th e col lect i ve wisdom o f

m a n ki n d leave o n e o n the m ost supe r
ci al e xam i n ation i n a state o f great
doubt to say the least o f i t ( 3) Th e
, .
g uida n ce a ffo r de d by th e d ogm a s o f

scie n c e are ope n to the m ost d isquie t
g c r i tici sm .
( a) I n the pre s criptio n
O f m ethod wi tho ut a k n o w l edge of the

m yste ries o f digestio n ( )
.o I n th ose
obse r vatio n s o n i n su f cie n t sta n da rds
o f m ental a n d physical optim um e f
ci e n c a n d of short peri ods o f o bserva

y ,
a smal le r a rea i n conseque n ce of the i r
la rge r bul k W he n o n e reects that
.
D r M ott attributes the mai n cause

.
of i n sanity to the absorpti o n by th e

body o f the cl eavage produc ts pro
d u ce d by m icrobes i n th e i n testines ,
and the i n c reasi ng recog n i ti on of such

poi sons i n th e causati o n of ch r o n ic
disease a n d distu rba n ces of heal th ,
this factor al o n e w oul d afford an ex

pla n ation o f some o f the phenome n a
i n duced by the practice of eco n omical
n utri tio n
.

A meth od having the resul ts that
this has i t n eed sca r cely be sai d is r evo l u
ti o n ar y ; al l one s p r eco n ceived notio n s

of the co nduct of l ife a r e found to

be based o n grou n ds ope n to grave
c ri ticism a n d i t th ro w s a g r eat r e
spo n sibil i ty o n all those co n ce r ned i n
i ts s tudy to e n deavou r by all the m ea n s
i n thei r po w e r to p r ese n t a m o r e
com pletely demonstrated and u n a n
s w e r a bl e case to th ose wh o are r e
sponsible for the world s gu i da n ce i n

TH E NEW GLUTTON 0R EPICURE 23
5
these matte rs w i th as l ittle delay as

,
possible,
Yours faith full y ,
H U B E R T H IGG IN S M A CA N TAB
, . . .
Late o H r on
u se S u g e to t or o
S Ge ge s H s pi tal ,

Lon on o
.
d , an d th e Ad den b r o o ke s H s pi tal , Cam

r
b i dge on r or
Dem s t at of An o
a t m y to th e U n i
A n r on
.
r C r
v e s i ty o f am b i dg e a n d ss i s ta t S u ge to
o
Adden b r o o ke s H spital
.
! U A R AN T I N E
TH E N ECE SS ITY O F P RO TECT IO N
OTE : A p p r re d b ef r
N b r f th U i ty
a e , a o e m em e s o e n
L gu
ea n de ath r g u t f Mr a d M
o eWi ll i S es s o . n rs . am .
H rb rt
a e t T -Br h W i ll i
, a B y G
re L k a , am s a , e n e va a e,
Wi c i i Augu t 8 9 8
s o n s n , n s ,
1 .
It i p rti s t t th eubj ct f th i b k b t w
n en o e s e o s oo , u as
w ri tt wh
en th i ti g ti
en d cri b d h r i w r
e n ves a on s es e e e n e e
ju t b gi i g
s e n n n .
P rogress of Ci vil isatio n is accel

e r a te d by co n sta n tly exte n di n g syste ms
of i n dividual mo r al social and sa n itary , ,
qua r a n ti n e .
I t is n o t wh at man adds for he can ,
a dd n othi n g but w hat h e preve nts that , ,
aids growth .
Ma n c r eates n othi ng but h e assists ,
C reatio n by re movi n g deterre n ts to

g r o w th Gr o w th is spontaneous co n
.
,
stan t a n d eve r stronge r if Obst r ucti o n s

a r e removed C r eatio n does a l l t/ze .
g r owin
g but cu l ti va tes
,
n othi n g ; the
seed falli ng upo n good soil or upo n
an d a F u l l P a r tn er wi th N atu r e i n
E vol utio n .
This disti nctio n adequ ately appr e

,
ci a te d lifts Man above the a n imal pl ane

,
a n d gives h im a place am ong the gods ;
h is mate r ial fo r m com posed of m uscle

, ,
ha n ds powers of l ocomotio n and speech

, ,
bei n g bu t tool s w ith w hic h to harness

a n d co O e r ate w ith th e othe r fo r ces i n
p
N atu re under the d i r ec tio n of the god
,
l ike attribute of th e Mi n d i n the r e mova l ,
of deter r en ts to free g r owth a n d the ,
c ul tivatio n of that H a r mony w h ich is

the symbo l of G od .
*
3 IF

H avi n g assum ed as an hypothesis

th at Man is Full P art n e r with N atu r e
i n E vol uti o n ; a n d havi n g di scove r ed
h is proper fu n ctio n i n th e Divisio n of
L abour i n N atu re it i s time for each of

,
us to a n alyse the conditio n s w hich e n

vi r on us as Man u n its select those w hic h
,
seem to be useful to ou r sche me o f con

st r uctio n a n d ha r mo n y decla re all dete r
,
re nts to the g r owth of our sel ectio n to


be weeds and the n proceed to rem o v e

,
the m wi thou t delay rst by pulli n g , ,
those whic h n o w exist a n d foll owi n g ,
that by establ ishi n g stric t quaranti ne

against them .
*
1 i t if
I can teac h only that w h i ch I have

learned a n d p ronou n ce good o n ly that
,
which has l ed to happi ness I w ill .
th erefore note the p r ogress of my o w n

discove r ies a n d desc ri be those wh ic h
have b r ought i n creasi n g happi n ess i n ,
orde r that they may se r ve as beaco n s

a n d m o n ume n ts to such as may seek
th e same goal alo n g the same li n es of

i n qui ry .
The rst fo r ty ve years of my p rese n t

-
li fe w ere spen t i n seeki n g h appi n ess by

means of pe r so n al acc u m ulation M o n ey .
,
f r ie n ds disti n ctio n acquai n tance w i th

, ,
art i n all its various exp ressi o n s la n ds , ,
l uxu r i ous h omes i n favou r ed l ocal ities ,
pictu res r a r e po r cel ai n s lacque r s a n d

, ,
othe r possessio n s isolated fo r my o w n

,
use and for the e n j oyme n t of c hose n

,
f r ie n ds seemed to be th e necessary de
,
s i de r ata of h appi ness .
I n tu rn al l of these came to me i n
,
sufficient abu nda n ce to give at l east a , ,
taste of the i r qual ity an d thei r e i cacy

i n p r omoti n g happi n ess ; but i n th e ,
m idst o f them we r e always obstruc t i o n s

to unham pe red e n joyme n t i nc reas i n g ,
w i th possessio n a n d accu m u l ati n of the

q
coveted m ea n s a n d co n sta n tly mocki n g
, ,
as wi th a m irage th e ul ti mate i dea l ,
desi r ed .
Du r i n g th ese fo r ty- ve years of ques t

o f happi ness the r e w e r e constan tly a p
pea r i n g above th e horizo n of my sea rc h

ashes of hope lead i n g i n n e w di r e c
,
ti ons wh ich proved i n turn to be bu t

,
will 0 the wisps u n til th e n igh t the

mo r n ing o f my awake n i n g as related ,

i n my book Me n ticul tu re .
I t was the n for th e rst time I hea r d

, ,
that i t w as possible to g et r i d of a n ger

a n d wo r ry th e l i tes n o i r es of my exist
,
e n ce which w e r e as I the n bel ieved a n d

, ,
as I n o w kno w the dreade d bar riers,

n i ti o n
and asse rtio n m ay be exte n ded
to declare that the re can be n o ge n ui n e
happi n ess S hort of u s efu l n es s i n a s s i s t
ing atn er u n i ts to 6e s tr o n
g an d u se uf l
in tn e p ar tn tp
er s / i
f
o to n i c/c ea c h is a
m em oer .
True happi nes s cannot exis t if there

i s prese n t an el eme n t of i ndi ffe re nce .
N ext to destructive agg ression i n ,
di ffe re n ce w h ich leads to neglec t an d

,
w aste i s the worst faul t th at a me mbe r

,
o f the N atu r e -Ma n pa r t n e r sh ip can be

guil ty o f N eglect n o t/ti n g th at w ill aid
.
gro w th i n a n y useful fo r m an d happi ,
n ess w ill su r ely follo w for N ature a n d ,

the G od of N atu r e w ill do th e rest
.
I n qual ifyi ng for the N ature -Man

partnership i t i s of rst impo r tance
,
that o u r pe r so n al equipme n t should be

u n de r stood and cared fo r so as to give
u s th e greatest stre n gth The body .
m ay approp r i ately be l ike n ed to an

elect r ic powe r pla n t a Mi n d -P o w e r
P la n t ; th e body bei ng the e ngi ne the ,
stomach the fur n ace the a r te r ies a n d

,
vein s the boile r tubes the blood i n ,
ci rculatio n the steam the b r ai n the,
dy n am o an d th e mi n d elect r ici ty
,
.
M i nd i s the all -importa n t fac tor of

ou r equipme n t for it i s the co mma n de r
,
that will lead and d irect bette r and

w ise r tha n we ca n n o w imagi n e if we
allo w i t a cha n ce to act with freed om .
To sec u r e th is freedom we must

k n ow its h ab itat i ts requi r eme nts its
, ,
n ourish me n t a n d lear n to al l o w i t to
,
recharge itself s u i ci e n tl y and to con

ce n trate itself o n i ts chosen useful n ess
without imposi n g upon it also the
drudge r y of useless wo r k Thi s m ust .
be do n e w i th the same idea of eco nomy

that a cn ef is rel ieved of the drudgery of
washi n g dish es and emptyi n g S lops .
Acco rd i n g to D r E d w ard H ooke r

.
Dewey a ph arm acist army s u rgeo n and

, ,
ti reless i n vestigator of fo r ty- ve years
expe rience w hose revelations h ave bee n

,
before the m ed i cal p rofessio n of the

worl d fo r many yea r s w i thout a s i ng l e
challe n ge the b r ai n is a dy n amo w h ich
,
accum ul ates e n e rgy du r i n g S leep an d ,
u ses it duri n g the w aki n g ho urs of its
possessor .
The b r ai n ma n ages everyth i ng for

m an that he accom plishes I t bri ngs .
m essage s f r om the Cr eato r w h ich a r e ,
som eti mes called i n tuiti o n sometimes ,
i n spi r atio n a n d by va r i ous othe r n am es

, .
E m e rso n call s these messages th e

O ve r-Soul My o w n appreciatio n of
.
the att r ibute that disti n guishes the

S pi r i tual Man f r om th e a n i mal man
i s bette r satised by the n ame Spi r it

u al C ereb ratio n w hich I have de n ed,

i n my book H appi n ess as : In te l l i

gence n o t de r ived f r om experience ,
pri n cipal ly obtai ned du r i n g sleep an d , ,
seemi n gly supe r n atu rally clea r to co n

s ci o u s n e s s o n a w aki n g i n the n atu r al

m an n e r.
The b r ai n also di r ects all actio n a n d , ,
wi th e ncou rageme n t w ill take up the ,
m essages from the Cr eat or an d analyse ,
a r ra n ge and develop th em i nto useful

,
tio n up to the poin t of death whe n al l
, ,
o f the fatty and m usc ul ar tissues of the
body are wasted away leavi ng the brai n,
a n d n erve cen tres to icker a n d go ou t ,
as a candle does b r igh te r than usual

,
w i th the parti n g ash o f their bril l ia n cy .
D r De w ey gives P r eside n t G areld

.
as an ill ust r ious example o f proof of the

accu r acy of h is deductio n The m a r tyr
.
P r eside n t lived eigh ty days wi th out th e

addit i o n o f a n oun ce of n ut r im e n t to h is
l ife car r ied the usual clear n ess of mi nd
,
to the last mome n t a n d passed o n only

,
whe n the l as t m uscular tissue had bee n

consumed by the bra i n .

D r Dewey s assertion that sta rvatio n
.
,
s o called is n ever a cause o f disease and

-
, ,
never da n gerous to l ife and health u n ti l

there is n o m ore tissue le ft o n wh ich to
feed the brai n and othe r n e r ve cen tres ,
w as publ ished some yea r s ago a n d I h ave

the au tho r ity of the Doctor h i mself that
h is co n te n tion has not been once dis
p u te d by the m edical p r ofession Th r ee .
e mine n t E ng l ish physicians D rs A M , . . .

TH E NE W GLUTTON OR EPICURE 24 7
H aig G eo rge S Keith an d A Rabi gl i

, . .
ati and m a n y Ame rica n physicia n s h ave

, ,
experime nted wi th wh at i s cal l ed s tar va

tio n for the cure o f chronic diseases
wh ich have thei r origi n i n excess o f i n
h a r monious deposits caused by over
eati n g o r careless eati n g The results .
i n all insta n ces recorded have bee n

successful i n m odifyi ng or curi n g the
disease .
W he n patie n ts have u n derstood that

th ey were su fferi ng n o inj ury from not
taking food they h ave ceased to h ave
h u n ger cravi n gs These h unger cr av
.
i ngs usually com e f r om fear or from dis

o rde r caused by fe rme nting food i n an
ove rloaded stom ach .
W e can then on u ndisputed and

, ,
practical authori ty treat cravi n g fo r

,
food or dri n k as a disease a n d therefo r e

n ot rational and starvati on as merely
,
drawi ng upon th e stored fuel fatty

tissue by th e dynam o o f the brai n ,
resto r able at wi l l at any time before

complete exhaust i on w i thout i nj ury
,
with be n et i n fac t to the mach i n e r y
,

o f th e body .
Th e b rain m ust rst turn food i n to

tissue an d the n de r ive i ts o w n n ou ri sh
,
m en t f r om th e tissue . I f th e righ t
quantity of nou rish ment can be i n tro
d u ced i n to the stomach if th e qual i ty is
,
o f the righ t k i n d and if i t is fe d i n to

,
the fu r n ac e of th e stomach w ith rela

ti ve l y the sam e w isdom that a compe
te n t r ema n uses i n feedi n g h is fu r n ace ,
th e b r ai n i s requi r ed to use the l eas t

possible e ff ort i n th is di recti on and h as ,
i ts stored e nergy available for d i r ecti n g

other useful actio n and servi n g the part
n er sh i
p wh ich em ploys i t w i th an e f

ci e n cy the possibil i ty o f wh ich may be
,
well ill ustrated by the he rculean acco m

i h f th e battleship O regon
p l s m e n ts o
i n the l ate war i n steaming th irtee n

thousand m i l es and engaging i n a great
battle wi thou t a s top o r an accide nt and ,
without start i n g a rive t .
I w i ll n ot tell you m uch of what D r .
Dewey has reve al ed because I want you

,
''
2 50 TH E NEW GLU I ION OR EPICURE

clean up the rem nants of the last day s
supp l y of food fuel a n d express n e w ,
desi res i n an ea r n ed appetite There i s .
available o n waki n g f r om sleep a f r esh

, ,
cha rged b r ai n ready to serve its pro

r i e to r with great e ffi c i ency I cide
p n n .

tally i t has to do som e chores rake
,
o u t the cl i nke r s d ispose o f the ashes

, ,
rel ieve th e g rate ba r s atte nd to any ,
l ittle repa i rs b r ush o u t the c him n ey a n d

,
gene rally get ready for the work o f

an other day .
Th e h unger o f th e morning is n ece s

s a r i l y bu t a n a bi t n u n er- Th e best
g .
evidence of th is is that w he n busi l y ,
e mpl oyed we forget i t wi thout trouble ;

,
and also i s that E u ropean peoples ,
whe r e the dise ase dyspepsia i s n o t

k n own i n the l ist of physical de ra n ge
me n ts pe rform the chief physical o r
,
me n tal e ffo r t of the day before thei r

b reakfast the m or n i n g coffee sca r cely
,
m ea n i n g a n ythi ng i n the way of w hat

w e cal l a meal .

D r De w ey s rm assertio n is that
.
TH E NEW GLU TTON OR EPICURE 25 1
whe n the stom ach has had a ch ance to

cl ean up and is ready fo r more fuel ,
it will make it k no w n i n heal th y man

n e r by a healthy appetite and that it is
,
rarely normal before noo n ; and n o t

really befo r e o n e has done w hat migh t

be called a day s w ork

.
I ca n assert boldly as the resu l t o f

,
expe r ie n ce that th e time to ge t wo r k

,
o u t of the brai n is betwee n th e mor n i n g
a w ake n i n g a n d the r st meal and i t is

,
the same relative to e nd urance draugh ts

o n the physical stre n gth .
The n i n th e heat or the gl are of th e

,
day havi n g accomplished somethi n g

,
useful an d disposed of p r essi n g duties ,
so as n o t to feel the i r ri tation of h u r ry ,
th e rst meal of the day can be take n

with r estful ease and it w ill be found
that th e supply dema n ded by the
appe tite wil l not be so great as that
dema n ded by the u n heal th ful habi t ,
i n amed ea r ly mo r n i n g call .
I t may n o t seem so but thi s di g r e s

,
sio n f r om psych i cs to physics is very

ge rman e to my subject a n d to my own
expe r ience .
W i thout knowi n g that D r De w ey .
a n d th e othe r em i n e n t physician s w h o
e ndorse h is theories were l i vi n g i n the

world I i n the summe r of 1 8 9 4 bl u n
, , ,
d e r ed i n to a pe rso n a l expe r ie n ce of die t

th at produced wo n der ful results w h ich I
n o w recall w i th all the vivi d n ess o f th e
high ligh ts of extrem e pleasure met i n

foreign t r avel .
I was i n a Southe rn city for two

m o n ths d u r i ng an u n usual ly hot sum
me r watc hi n g some developme nts th at
,
c ould not be h urried a n d the frui tio n

,
o f w h ich w as impo r ta n t to my i nte r ests .
I had n oth i n g to do i n con n ectio n with

thi s busi ness bu t to watch and w ait

.
I had some writi n g to do h o w eve r , ,
i n the mea n t i me wh ich could n o t be

,
well o r comfo rtably do n e i n th e heat of

the day he n ce I a r ose at dayl igh t and
,
bega n to w r i te At that ti m e of th e
.
mo r n i n g n othi n g to eat was to be ha d ,
wh ich compelled m e to start work

exercise o f some sort I m igh t desire a
,
l ittl e fruit or a bi t of b r ead or cracker ;

bu t never a fu l l cou r se d i n ner .
I wo r e a belt at my t r ousers as was ,
th e custom of the place an d i n a fe w ,
days dec reased the gi rth of my co r pu

l e ney on e h ole i n th e bel t ; an d before
the s u mmer was ove r fou r holes wi th , ,
o n l y the m ost com fortable feel i n g ac

compa n yi n g the loss of w eigh t .
W he n m y fa m ily r eturned f r om
E u r ope I settled back i n to th e Ameri
,
can a n d E n gl ish habit of a meat break

fast because I did n o t wan t to be
,

d i ff e r ent an d at the sam e ti me I h alf

,
doubted bu t th at my experie nce was

noth i ng more th a n an ab n ormal o n e ,
att r ibutable to th e i n e r tia of summe r

heat lite r ary absorption and lack of
,
physical exerc ise .
T w ice wh en I have bee n l eft alo n e

,
si n ce the n a w ay f r om the r est r ai n t of

,
custom an d also i n the m idst of ab u n

,
da n t athletic exe r cise I have agai n cul

,
ti vate d th e same habi t of missing

TH E N E W GLUTT ON OR E P 1CURE 2 55
b r eakfast th rough desi re to do earl y

mo r n i ng work with the same sp l endid
,
resu l ts .
The l ast time referred to is the pre s

e n t My search for a los t wa i f th rough
.
the fram ing of an appea l fo r him h as ,
give n me such absorb i n g though t that

meals have been of n o consideration
beside i t and i n the m idst o f i t I nd
,
D r De w ey s book the books o f the

.

E n gl ish physi cians i ndorsi n g him ; and

have secured r esul ts o f health comfo r t ,
and st rength to myself wh i c h I did not

know I possessed ; to cor r obo rate my
accidental expe r ience As I sa i d befo r e
.
,
this seems a ve r y wide digressio n f r om

the psych ical to the physica l but it is ,
real ly n o digressi on at all fo r i t is i n th e

,
service o f the brain and the b r ain i s the

,
di rect age n t of c o m m u n icatio n betwee n

the Creato r a n d ou r co n sciou sness as ,
sisti n g us to w o r k togethe r i n th e
N atu r e -M an partne r sh ip with usefu l
e f ciency .
N ow let me return to the ai m of my
,
address a n d pu rsue the th read o f my pe r

,
so n al experie n ce i n searc h of th e fu n da
menta l p r i ncipl es of T r ue L ivi n g which , ,
to be prove n m ust be vouched for and

,
tested by resul tan t happ i ness .
W he n I attacked the tap -roots of

troub l e and sh u t the door i n the face o f
a n ge r and wo rr y for eve r I saw among
,
th e bo n es of thei r decomposi tio n the

skeleton of f ear I t proved to be thei r
.
backbone Fear then was the suppo r t

. , ,
o f all the deterre n t passi o n s th at be se t
b righ test manhood and wom a n hood and

pursue i t to an u n ti mely death .
My book H appi n ess deals with the

separation of fear-though t f r om fore
though t i n o rder to sho w that i t is pos

sibl e to smothe r a vital sti m ula n t of

e n e rgy w ith a rese mblance of i t w hich is
as deadly a poiso n as c a r bo n ic acid gas .
W h il e I have bee n e n gaged i n pursu

i n g ge r ms of diso rde r to thei r begi n
n in
gs
, duri n g the past th ree or fou r
yea r s I have u ncove red many a beauti
,
a deta i l of busi ness and met the adve n
ture wh ich i s the cause of m y p rese n t
f ocal ised i nterest i n neglected ones as ,
exp ressed i n a book to be ca l led whe n ,
p ublished That L ast W a i f ; o r S oc ial

, ,

! ua r antine l
i t w
, as but n atural that I
should put al l the fo rce of my sympathy
i n to the cause of rescue and that I ,
should nd i n that servic e more h app i

ness than i n an y of the l uxu rious amuse
m e n ts which had claimed m e as a
d evotee i n ti mes gone by .
True n app i n ess i s t/i e r es u l t of co n

sci o u s u s efu l n es s This I can assert
.
with th e co n de n ce of kno wl edge n o t ,
alo n e f r om my o w n experie nce but f r o m ,
observati on o f the g reat army of k i n der

ga r tne r s an d child savers w hom I h ave
me t in my travels a nd especially wi thi n ,
th e pas t year ; and i t is evident that the

se rvice attach i n g to protec ti n g l itt l e
n eglected a n gels f r om the evil s u
gges
tio n s an d the c ruel conditi ons that may
1
P ub l i h e d a d pro c e d s d edi cate d
s , n e to th e c u
a se
o f th e w ai ts Oc to b er 1 8 98
, ,
.
TH E N E W GLUTTON OR E P IcU RE 2 59
m ake of them n o t me n b ut beasts is

, , ,
o n e of the ave n ues of useful n ess i n which

these A n gels of the S tate meet with

the sm ile of th e Master wh o w a s th e ,
rst G reat Ki nderga r tne r ; w hose teach

i n gs ce n tred about a n d d w el t upon the
ca re of ch ildre n as of r st co n side r atio n ,
and w h o said S u ffer L i ttle C hild r e n

,

to come unto me an d forbid them n ot , ,

for of such i s the Ki n gdom of H eave n .
C hildhood has su ffe red ma n hood has ,
s u ffe r ed p r og r ess has su ffe r ed fo r 10 !

, ,
these ages th e c r ue l assumptio n that

,
manki nd is n aturally dep r aved In r e .
ce n t years public co n scie n ce h as been

d ulled by th e a n m s th e ti c that the re
m ust be a H ave To B e Bad C lass i n all
- -
com m u n i ties Th is has bee n fo rm ulated

.
i n to the assumptio n that there is i n

eve r y group of the H e ave n S e n t Angels s
o f P u r i ty a full te n pe r ce n t that m ust

,
be dep r aved and u n redeemable except

by the i n te rpositio n o f special dispe n sa
tio n w h ich is a di rect co n t radictio n o f
,
all of the obse rved Laws of C reat i o n to

wh ich i n tell ige n ce n o w subsc r ibes The .
m otto of this assumptio n i s couched i n

th is vicious lege n d : The hopelessly sub

me rged te n pe r ce n t stratum of soc iety .
H alf a n h our s walk f rom this h o s

p i tab l e ma n sio n, o n th e sho r e of th e

beautiful G eneva L ake i s a place call ed ,
H ol iday H ome . The r e a r e now

h oused an d th ough tfully cared for at
th e H om e abou t o n e h u n d r ed of the
H opelessly S ubme rged Te n P e r C e n t

S t r atum of ( C h icago s ) S ociety
Dur
.
i n g the su mmer h alf a thousand of these

u n fo r tu n ates will com e fo r tw o weeks
each W he n w e touched at th e w harf
.
last eve n i n g afte r com i n g from the co n

cert give n i n their i nterest at M r C hal .
ne r s lakeside home th e w aifs met us

,
with a me rr y cl ass yell and greeted us

-
,
with a n i n tell ige nce a buoyan cy a n d a

, ,
f reedom bor n of their holiday such as

, ,
was not excelled at a ny of the othe r

l a n d i n gs wh e r e o n l y the child re n of r ich
s umm e r r eside n te r s w ere m et W e all .
saw these waifs a n d w e ma rvel led at

th e best ca r e k n o w n to L ove and the
Sc ie n ce of C hil d L ife - .
Th e c reche and th e ki n derga r te n and

th e ma n ual trai n i n g sch ools a n d domes
,
tic t r ai n i n g classes as well as i nsti tuti o n s

,

si mila r to the H oliday H ome ac ross
the Bay have de monst r ated w ith i n the
,
past thirty yea r s that fully n i n ety -eigh t

pe r ce n t of the H opel essly S ubme rged
Te n P e r C e n t

ca n be r esc ued after
th ey h ave bee n wa rped by evil su rr o u n d
i n gs W hat will n o t the same e ffo r t
.
e ffect if directed to w ard p r eve n tio n and

p r otecti on i n stead of bei n g squa n dered
,
i n ca r eless a n d soulless cor r ec tio n ?

C hrist said : A nd a littl e ch ild shal l

l ead th em . L et us a w ake to the cal l .
I t is the way to H eave n fo r 0f s u c/z ,

i s the Ki n gdom o f H eave n .
FIV E YE A RS C O N F IR M AT OR Y E V ID E N CE
,
Th e spi r it of the p receding add r ess

to th e good members of the U nity
L eague o r ga n isatio n o n th e sho r es of
beautiful L ake G e neva has been the i n
spi r i ng motive of the quest for scie ntic

e ndorsem e n t of E co n omic N utrition for
the be n et of the prese n t ge n e r ation of
ch ildre n a n d i n cide ntal ly of thei r elders
, , , .
In E co nom ic N utri tion lies protectio n

f r om sexual m orbidi ty alcoholic i n te m
,
e r an ce bodily disease savage passio n s

p , ,
a n d all th e brood o f evil contami natio n
and temptatio n I n E conom ic N ut r i tio n

.
l ie possibil i ties of physical a n d m ental

e n e rgy and optim istic happi ness such
as the worl d has not bee n accustomed
to i n th e m emory of h isto r y . E co
n om ic N ut r i tio n i s wh at children wan t
to be taugh t with thei r r st i ndel ible

impressions and th e p r ese n t g r eat move
,
m e n t of wh ic h this li ttl e book treats ,
for which i t was rst responsible and ,
fo r wh ich i t i s repub l ished i n a new

and exte n ded edition i s expected to fu r
,
n ish au thori tative knowledge relative to

the m ost E co n o mic N u tri tio n so that
,
m oth ers a n d ki nde rgartne r s may m eet

th e l ittle w aifs from th e C reator o n the
th reshol d of th is prese nt l i f e wi th words
o fw i sdo m a n d exampl es o f sa n i tary pe r
fe cti o n i n stead o f conf r on ti n g th e m at
,
o n ce w i th the poison of ig n o r ance r el a

tive to thei r mos t impo r ta n t conce r n ,
thei r o w n E conom i c N ut r ition .
That the co nte n tions utte red i n That

L ast W aif ; or S ocia l ! uaranti n e r e
, ,
fe r red to i n the L ake G e n eva A dd r ess are ,
reasonable is evide n ced by the expe rience

of D r and Mrs Kellogg a n d thei r adop ted
. .
family of t w e nty-fou r w aifs th e acquai nt ,
a n ce of w hic h has si nce bee n made .
All o f th e al truists who h ave e ngag ed

i n k i n de r g ar de n r y amo ng the neglected ,
D r Ba r nardo D r Kell ogg a n d the res t

.
, .
,
are f u l l o f condence i n the possibili ty

and e ffi cacy o f a pe rfect quaran ti n e as

outl i ned i n That L ast W aif

I t is an
.
E p i cu r ea n m ethod o f prom oti n g M en

ti cu l tu r e kill ing F ea r tn o u g /zt de n o u n c
, ,
i n g Gl u tto n y savi n g that L a s t Wa if

, ,
a n d attain i n g H app i n ess th rough l ear n
i n g the A B Z of Ou r Ow n ( E co n o m i c)
. .
pa r e n t k n owledge o n the part of m oth ers
rel ative to thei r own nutrition and also ,
a pitiable ignora n ce concerni ng th e n u

tr i ti o n o f thei r chil dre n th e double i g n o
,
rance con sti tuti n g a doubl e c rime .
E ven if careless about ourselves i s ,
i t n o t shameful that we do not co n ee n

trate e ff o r t i n learni n g the truth abou t
o u r i n sti nctive means of protectio n in
ou r o w n alime n tatio n a n d i n classi
fyi n g th e k n owledge i n a way that will
make i t avail abl e to ch il d r e n th r ough
,
their prope r guardians whe n they a r rive

,

i n th e w o r ld as h elpless as a babe ?

I f k n o w l edge which seems to be pro

te cti v e had n o t been evolved ou t of
rece n t experime n t or if th e hope of
,
gai n i n g such k n o w ledge had not bee n

collected from good autho r ity th e appea l
,
m igh t see m fu tile ; but thi s i s n o t th e
case The most i n tell ige n t a n d studious

.
i n vestigato r s a r e u n i ted i n the belief

that th e p r oblem can be sc i e n tically
solved and the co n fusio n of ideas settl ed
by concent r ated pe rsonal and co ll ec tive
TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICUR E 267
study of econom ic nut r i tio n through ,
observation of th e natu r al require me n ts ,
a n d by tria l of the care i n taking food
wh ich i s necessary to sec ure the most

protab l e eco n omies .
IL L U S T RA TIO N
H ere is an i ll ustration both of th e
,
prese n t need of better k n owledge and

the hope of i ts attai nme n t I t i s an .
accou n t of one acc ide n tal expe r ie n ce

w h ich sh owed th at exces s of fo o d may
be as detrimental to a ti ny baby depe n d
an t as i t i s ge nerall y conceded to be
,
h armful to grown persons The case .
w as desc r ibed by D r C had w ic k of Bos

.
ton to P rofessor Bo w ditch and by th e ,
l atte r repeated to th e auth or A n i n .
fant was not p r og r essi n g as i t S h oul d

a n d failed to gai n n o r mally i n w eight .
I t was unde r th e ch a rge of a n u r se

a n d was being carefully watched A .
ce r tai n quantity o f milk was presc r ibed

for da i l y no urish me nt at prescribed
,
times i n a p r esc r i bed ma n ne r ; but the
,
ch ild d id not i nc r ease i n weigh t an d

w as

doi n g poorly
. Fo r some reaso n
the n u r se w as cha n ged a n d i n structio n s
were repeated by th e old to the new
n urse . I n the course of a w eek th e
l i ttle patie n t sho wed sig n s of m a r ked
i mp r oveme nt both i n gai n of weigh t
,
a n d i n ge neral co n diti o n
. In order to
record the particula r s o f the change
th e physician questio n ed the n urse and
learned that o n ly o n e h alf th e n ou r ish
me n t o r igi n al ly p r esc r ibed had been
given the n e w n urse h a v i ng forgotte n
,
o r misu n de rstood the orde r s .
The reaso n the l i ttle fello w had bee n

doi n g so poo r ly unde r the origi n al

p r esc ri pt i on was because h e h ad bee n
'
usi n g up h is p u n y stre n gth getting r id

of the excess of food that had bee n
forced upo n his l ittl e stomach and i n
te s ti n e s
. W hen the excess w as stopped ,
so that h i s d igestive appa ratus could

occupy itself with h i s real ne e ds the ,
babe h ad a su r pl us of energy fo r growth

2 70 TH E N EW GLUTTON OR EPI CURE
M U N C H I N G PA RT I ES A N D
T H E C H EW I N G FA D
To the scienti c pe r so n of ul t r a co n
s e r va ti ve ben t of m i n d th is f r ee a n d
easy screed offe r ed as th e expo n e n t of
,
a great econom ic idea w ill seem offe n

,
sive a n d j ustly so ; but i t h as bee n

,
w r itte n w i th a pu rpose a n d happi ly th e

,
pu rpose i s bei n g e ffected as speedil y

as the author h oped fo r whe n hi s o w n
d iscove r y r elative to th e pr o tab l e n es s
of an epic u r ea n eco n om ic n ut r itio n b e
,
c ame a r eal ity of expe r ie n ce a n d s u g

gested publicati on .
To th is free p rese n tati o n couched

,
i n a va r iety of cl ass expressi o n is due , ,
i n a l arge measu r e the n ew r evival of

,
feedi ng refo r m which h as spread fa r

o v er the c ivilised wo rld w he r e i t w as
,
m ost n eeded w ithi n the past ve yea r s

,
.
U p to ve years ago and to some

,
exte n t n o w the p r esc riptio n m ethod of

,
r ecom me ndi n g diets was a n d is com

m o n . I n fac t i t w as u n i v ersal up to a
fe w yea r s ago ; fo r n o o n e as far as is
,
k n o w n had yet suggested that no r mal

,
appetite was the o n ly competen t p r e

sc r ibe r an d th at i t was th e o ffi ce of
,
the physicia n to teach h is cl ie n ts a n d

patie nts h ow to n o r m alise th e appeti te .
I t requ i red two yea r s of th e c i r c ula

tio n of th e o r igi n al publ icatio n s a n d
the co n sta n t persiste n t pe r so n al asser
, ,
tio n of the author before a n y con ti n ued

c r ede n ce of h i s asse r ti o n s w as secu r ed ,
w ith the o n e exception of a lay f r ie n d

i n N e w Yo r k w h o happe n e d to be i n
a state of g r eat need o f refo r m at th e
time as r elated under the headi n g of

,
A Five Year s L ay E xpe r ie n ce

.
I t was o n ly abo ut tw o years ago that

th e ne w clai m s h ad received s u i ci e n t
r ecog n itio n to admi t o f explai n i n g the m

to busy m e n o f p r o m i n e n ce i n the medi
cal p r ofessi on Afte r th e co n rmatio n
.
2 7 2 TH E NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE
at th e l aborator i es of the U n i ve rsi ty of
C ambridge E n gla n d the auth or h ad
, ,
a n opportu ni ty to m ake a statem e n t a n d
give a demonstration to S i r Thomas

Ba r low th e p r ivate physici an of Ki n g
,
E d w ard V I I S i r Thomas was m ost .
sym pathetic with th e physiol ogical p os

s i b i l i ti e s an d th e re has bee n f requent
,
evid ence si nce to S h o w that h e pursued

th ough t of the suggestio n s an d that h is ,
i n te rest has bee n respo n sible fo r th e

aristocratic l ay i n te r est which o r igi n ated
the s o -te r med M unchin g P arties i n
L o n don .

The E n gl ish term m u n ch i ng s i g
,
n if i n
y g ch ew i n g o r masticati n g i s an ,
excelle n t amendme n t w h ich is gladly ,

adop ted . Masticati ng is tech nica l

a n d formal C he w i n g has bee n d is
.

graced by its appl ication to gu m an d to

tobacco and the othe r E n gl ish exp res
,

sion biting suggests th e car n ivo r ous
,

, ,
savage use of th e j aws an d teeth while ,
munchi ng i mplies e njoyme n t as the ,
m u n chi ng of del icacies by ch ildre n .

c a reful e n j oyme n t tha n i s usual w he n
n e r vous co n ve r satio n is the mai n busi
n ess of a mea l and food i s a me r e
accompa n ime n t .
I n du s tr i o u s m unch i n g pe r fo r ms abou t
o n e h u n d red ac ts of mastication to the
m i n ute a n d f r om t welve to fteen mouth

,
fuls of o rd i n ary food is su ffi cien t to

satisfy completely a hearty appeti te .
Te n der o r w ell p repa r ed or w ell -cooked

-
food is fully treated by m u n ch i ng fo r

natura l swall o w i n g i n eve n m uch l ess
tim e than a m i n u te . The n ecessary
time r a n ges f r om o n e t w e n tieth to o n e
-
fth of a mi n ute or o r di n a r y food i s

,
r ed uced so as to excite the n atu ral S w al

lo w i n g I mpulse by from ve to t w e n ty
masticato r y acts ; and this appl ies equally
to the tasti n g m oveme n ts r equi r ed by
sapid l iquids H a r d or coa r se b r eads
.
,
a n d eve n potato , may requi r e m o re a t

te n tion an d lo n ger ti me a n d decie n cy
,
o f sal iva de l ays the process ; bu t i t i s
a ve r y ref r acto ry food that wil l r equire

mo r e than half a mi n ute to the ordinary
TH E N E W G LUTTON OR EPICURE 2 75
mouthfu l Sma l l S ips and smal l m outh

.
fuls demand l ess p r opo r tionate ti me s o ,
th at th e actual time necessary to satisfy

a good appeti te does n o t exceed twelve
o r ftee n o r at most t w e n ty mi n utes
whe n the secretio n of sali v a is ample ,
as i n the case of r ea l hu n ge r ; b ut the

e n j oyme n t of taste does n ot stop S ho r t
wi th the actual cessatio n of the psy
ch o l o i cal se n sation The m em ory of
g .
taste co n t i nues afte r th e actua l sen si

b i l i ty h as ceased a n d o n e o f the most
,
ag reeabl e c ompe n sati o n s of a m eal i s

e n j oyed i n the fo r m of co m p l ete sa ti sf a c
ti o n follo w i n g th e act of e ati n g . I t is
a very d iffe r e n t and a ve r y m uch m o r e
ag r eeable sensatio n tha n that atte nding
a diste n ded stomach a n d m ust be fel t
,
and u n de r stood to be fully appreciated .

Mu n ch ing P a r ty Fu n ctions the n
, ,
reveal mo r e possible pleasu re and bene

t than the me r e tickl i ng o f the palate ,
s o -c al l ed
, a n d di ff use thei r benets to
cove r the mechan i cal act an d a l ong

continued fee l ing o f satisfactio n that
i s more subtly pleasi n g than the i m
mediate physi ologica l cause of th e
co n te n tme n t .

Th e M u nch ing P arty sch eme of

educatio n a n d e n j oyme n t has bee n ca r

ri ed to America a n d has received the ,

n ame of the C h e w i ng Fad As such

.
i t has bee n ca r too n ed i n th e n e w s

pape r s but i n n o matter what form the
,
suggesti o n is S pread i t can do o n ly

good .
Apprec i ation of th e suggestio n has

bee n generously exp r essed i n th e let
ters o f Dr Kellogg of the great Battle
.
C r eek Sa n i tari um an d by D r Dewey .

,

th e author of the N 0 B reakfast P la n ,
as well as by the autho r s i ntimate col
l eagues D rs Van S omeren a n d H i g

,
.
g i ns of Ve nice I taly
, , .
There are ma n y ph ysici a n s f r om

wh om the auth o r h as heard report an d ,
perhaps thousa n ds w h o have n ot yet

bee n heard f r om who are co nveyi ng ,
th e s l ow-eati n g a n d appreciative -atte n

tio n suggestio n s to thei r pat i ents ; and
have bee n pe rformed The professo r .

was g i ve n Me n ticul tu re a n d G l ut

ton o r E p i cu re to read a n d was rec ,
o m m e n de d to practise the advice of

the books i n co n n ectio n w ith his t reat
m en t These tw o books a r e an accou n t
.
o f the way the autho r p r o moted h is

o w n salvatio n f r om the uncertai n ty rel 2
ative to physical h eal th a n d me n tal

co n trol and i t is by these m ea n s that
,
t he psychic m echa n ical a n d chem ical

, ,
n ecessi ties of n utritio n a r e satised .
The author spent a n hou r with

D r Alexa n der H aig o f L o n do n wh ile
.
, ,
u n dergoing th e C amb r idge U n ive r

s i ty E xam inatio n repo r ted upon by S i r
M ichael Foster a n d exha usti vely argued
,
the claims of th o r ough mouth t reat

m ent of n ut r i me n t to that disti n guished
d ietetic spec ialist The argume n t m e t
.
with m uch i n credul i ty as has been the ,
case i n a l l r st presentatio n s o f the

idea D r H aig p ro n ou n ced the appeal
. .
to even a n ormalised appetite dan

gero n s an d cl ung to the prescr i ption
,
theo r y of regul ati n g food H e seems

.
,
h o w eve r to have si n ce l ea r n ed th e
,
e fcacy of m u nch i n g a n d tasti n g i n

assisti ng the empi r ical p rescriptio n
me thod and n o w recomm e nds i t as e u
,
th u s i as ti cal l y as d o D rs Van S omeren

.
,
H iggi n s Kellogg and D ewey H e has

, , .
eve n sen t patien ts to a r eso r t i n th e

c ou nt r y i n E ngland to acquire the
h abi t of m unch ing wh e r e there was
p r ese n t i n th em the st r o n g pe r n ici ous
habit of n e rvous haste a n d i n atte ntio n
i n co n n ectio n w i th thei r i n gestion of
food .
This is bou n d to be the case wi th

physicia n s wh e r e th e subj ect i s give n
atte n tio n and the meth od i s accorded
a fa i r tria l witho ut lapses C red it for
.
th e origi nation o f th e suggestion is

he re take n to i nc rease the e ffec tive n ess
o f th e c l a i m s prese n ted i n th e A B Z
. . .

of O ur O w n N utritio n an d i n this
book R eaders are recom m ended n o t
.
to i m itate the prevale n t e rror o f thi nk

i n g th at so s i mpl e a suggest i o n i s not
i m po r ta n t o r o therwise sc i e n tists w oul d
h ave p r ocl aimed i t lo n g befo r e n o w .
Th e a n c ie n t hypotheses o f text-book
physi ology we r e m ai n ly based upo n the
st u dy o f n ut r iti on b egi n n i n g i n the
,
stomach a n d afte r the da n ge r of i n d i

,
gestio n had bee n forced upo n th e al i

me n tary system ; a n d he nce they ofte n
deal t with confused ab n ormal and path
, ,
o l o g i c condi tio n s,
a n d they rarely had
opportu n i ty to obse rve the normal con

di ti o n i n te n ded by N atu re .
P rofesso r P awlo w o f S t P etersbu rg

, .
,
co n rmed the necessity of a righ t ps y

ch ic e nvi r o n me n t ; D r C a n n o n O i th e
.
,
H arvard Med ica l School sho w ed th e ,
i nue n ce of mech anic al tho r ough n ess

and n e rvous sh ock upo n digestio n ; a n d
D r H arry C am pbell of L o n don ex
.
, ,
plai ned th e mechanical an d sal ival e f

cacy o f masticatio n i n procu r i ng good
assimi l ation of n utri me nt and a n eco
n omic nut r i tio n . Th e work of P r o
fes s o r P a w l o w a n d D r C a n n o n was
.
i ndepe nde n t scie n tic research an d so ,

ti s m . I n desce n di ng from the p l a n e of
high l i terary p r op r iety to imp ress by
si mile an d analogy th e obj ect foremost
,
i n mi nd i s to att r ac t a variety o f sym

p a th i e s . The autho r reve r es the dig
n ied i n a r t and i n demea n our a n d
,
depl ores th e n ecessi ty Of pe rso n al asso

ci ati o n to spread th e m erits of w hat he
believes to be fu n dame n tal truth s of
the ph ilosophy of true l ivi n g Bu t so
.
st r ong 15 th e co n victio n o f th e autho r

that h e possesses fu n dam e n tal t r uth s
w hich have bee n ove r l ooked i n the
r apid p r ogress of th e r ac e i n the l ux
u r i e s of l ivi ng , that whe r e i t i s seem
i n gl y desi r able to empl oy un usual
mea n s to attrac t attention he feel s
com pell ed to do so .
S P E C I M E N EC O N O M I C D I N N E R
IN A
S U M P TU O U S M O D E R N A M E R I CA N
H OTE L
The auth or was i n vi ted to di ne with

some frie n ds o n e eve n i n g i n sum me r at
a hotel i n N ew Yo r k a n d the i n vitatio n
,

co n cl uded w ith Me n u a l a F l etche r

.
The d i n n er was to be se rved i n th e

S itti n g-r oom of my h ost a n d w he n
,
I ar
r ived had not yet bee n o r de red Yo u .

m ust order the din ner for u s said m y ,
host a n d w e w il l agree to you r se l e c

,

tio n. B ut I ca n not o rde r for any o n e

bu t myself sai d I i n r epl y
, Th e
.

chief c onten ti on I m ake for n atu ra l

n u tr i t i on is that th e appeti te is the o n ly
t r ue i n dicat i o n o f the bodily n eed a n d ,
yo u must i nterpre t yo ur o w n appeti te

both as to estim ated quan tity required

a n d the sort of food craved .
After some disc ussio n I agreed to
s ta n d as gO-betwee n and take the s ym p
toms o f appetite f r o m each and give the
orde r The w ai ter was sta n di n g by with
.
pencil i n h a n d a n d u rged a n u mber of

expensi ve dishes th at w e re the special
ties o f the day I asked h im to be
.

quie t please a n d l et us m ake ou r o w n

, ,

selecti o n I r st placed the bil l of fa r e
.
i n the hands o f the daugh ter of m y h ost

a n d asked he r to name the rst thi n g
that came i nto her mi n d i n co n n e c tio n

with th e orde r S he r epl ied Baked po ,

tato es and S top said I ; baked

,

potatoes i t is ; n o w i t is you r turn to

choose R , W hat comes r st to

your m i n d ? Gr ee n cor n was the

,
answer Ve ry well w aiter ; o n e o r de r

.

,
o f baked potatoes o ne o r de r o f gree n

,
c orn a nd a lemon ice Bri n g these and

,
.

we w ill orde r more if we r equi re .
The waite r hesitated a n d was abou t

to protest someth i ng when I stoppe d
h i m w ith the assu rance that th e order
give n was all that we wou l d specify at
28 6 TH E NEW GLU TTON OR EPICURE

now r eplied I
, I m ust atte n d to you r
.

method o f taki ng your potato to see that

you do i t economic j ustice a n d I m ust ,
see that your father does n o t waste any

o f that de l icious cor n N o w Mary .
, ,
l et m e see h o w much good you can

m u n ch o ut o f you r rst mouthfu l D o .
n ot swall ow a n y of i t u n til it i s actual l y

sucked up by th e S w allowing I mpu l se ,
a n d whe n that happe n s you w ill n ote

that o n ly a po r tio n o f i t i s taken an d
th e rest w il l n atu r ally r etur n to the
f r on t o f the m outh if you d o n o t r e ,
st rai n i t and w i l l still be a del icious

,

l iqui d m ost ag reeable to taste Th is .
happe n ed as suggested a n d the r e were ,
th ree disti nct swallowi n g acts befo r e th e

l as t o f the mouthful had disappeared
i n r espo nse to the S w all owi n g I mp ulse .
M y ! bu t I neve r real ised that potato

w a s so good exclaimed the you n g
,
lady ; and G rac ious ! is n t th is corn

bully ! echoed the father G ood ! .

added I I f that is true of the rst

.

mo uthful I thi nk you wi l l nd i t true of

,
TH E NE W GLUTTON OR EPI CURE 28 7
the othe r mouthfuls unti l you r appetite

fo r potato and co r n is satised ; a n d
as lo n g as your appetites hol d good for
the m you are being nourish ed as your
,

body -needs r equire W i th th e s l ow
.
eati ng the appeti te of each for th e

,
chose n food w as soon quieted ; one we ,
wil l say for ill ustration o f the p ri ncipl e ,
with a single potato and the oth er with

a s i n gle ear of corn I th in k I should
.
relish a l ittl e of you r seco n d potato if

you are n ot goi n g to take it said the ,
father add r essi ng h is daughte r ; a n d sh e

,
replied Your corn seem s n ice father ;

, ,
may I have you r second ear i n excha n ge

for my potato ? Th i s w as agreeab l e to
each and each pa r took som ewh at o f
,
th e other s o rigi na l se l ect i on u n ti l the

appeti te of each was so completely satis

e d that n ei th er could m ore tha n taste
a l ittl e o f my lemo n ice as a n al del i
cacy ; and as I did n ot wan t all of i t ,
th e one orde r s u i ce d for us I had .
breakfasted qu i te heart i ly at o n e o cl oc k
i n the afternoon after havi ng wr i tte n

,
severa l thousan d words of correspond
e n ce an d really wa n ted but half the
,
generous portion of ice that h ad bee n

brought I had o rdered it set i nto i ce
.
water af ter placi n g it ce r emo nially as a

,
ce n trepiece a n d i t had kept i ts icy con

,
siste ncy wai ting for what I though t was

l ikely to happe n .
Both my host a n d m y h ostess de

cl ar e d th at they had n eve r enj oyed a
s um mer even i n g meal more a n d ye t ,
all th at w as orde r ed was n o t consumed ,
while the cost for the th ree was l ess

, ,
than a dollar for the food al one .
Th e method e mployed to i nterpre t

appetite w as a revelation to my frie nds .
They we re accustomed to orde ri ng sev

e ral cou rses for each pe r son al though ,
they though t they we re smal l eat

e rs a n d economi c feede r s H ad they
.
o rde r ed for us th r ee w ithou t my assist

ance th e di n n e r w oul d n o t have cost
,
less than four or ve dollars and with ,
a pletho ra o f food on the table al l

would have fel t i t necessary to eat as
in w i nter w i th vigorous exerc i se o r hard
,
physical labou r the appeti te w i ll c rave

,
foods that have proteid a nd fat wheth er

one k n o w s w h at proteid is o r the di ffer
e nce between ca rbohydrate ele ments and
fat. An y empi r ical i dea of the pos
sib l e eleme n tal requi reme nts i s l i kely to
l ead to false suggest i on and do harm .
I t is diffi cult to sta n d by and l et N ature

d o the o rd eri n g if th ere is to o m uch
elementa l i n tellige n ce a n d that i s where
,
th e animals wh e n al lo w ed f r ee choic e
,
o f food ge t o n
,
be tter w i th thei r n utri

tio n th a n ma n himself and m a n s o n l y
,
prote cti o n is to ca r eful ly h eed the deli

cate di sc ri mi n atio n of appeti te Th i s .
is not a di fcul t th i n g to do for appe ,
ti te ca n be eas ily sa tised w i th i n a

small range o f simple foods .
W ith a n y d esired variety of s u m ptu

o u s food to ch oose f ro m and n o r e
,
st r ai n t f r om any cause whateve r th e ,
autho r fed h i m s elf n i ne te n th s of th e

-
time du r i ng the exam inati on a t Yale

U niversi ty i n cold wi nt e r weathe r on
, ,
g r iddle cakes w el l b utte red and ac

c ompa n ied w i th an abu ndance o f ma
pl e sy r up O ccasio n ally mo re p r oteid
.
w oul d be de m a n ded ,
say once a
w eek , or once i n ve days , an d
th e n baked beans was the prefere n tial

ch oice .
I am n o w re l ati ng th e exper i e n ces of

a stude nt o f hygie n ic epicu reanis m and
am not conside ri n g mo n ey economy
al o n e
. W e re men tal or eve n physical
i mp r ove me n t i n effi cie n cy to be pur
c hased a t h igh p r ices a nd lack of e f
,
ci e n c
y could be had fo r n oth i ng , the
h igh -priced a r ticl e wo uld be w ell worth
i ts cost n o m atter w hat i t m igh t be for
, ,
the reaso n that total l ac k o f e fcie n cy

is equi vale n t to death a n d any propor
ti o n a te l ac k i s the next thing to death .
H e n ce i t is n o t a mo n ey eco n om ic r e
fo r m that is bei n g advocate d a n d this
,
m ust be bor n e i n m i n d .
W he n I am i n N e w Yo r k I ve r y ofte n
take a room at the VVal do r f-Astoria b e
c ause i t has become by co m m o n con
,
sent the subu r ba n a n d cou n try busi n ess
,
and social cl ea r i n g house o f the whol e

U n ited S tates ; an d he n ce comi n g ,
from E u rope periodically as I do a n d ,
al ways a n xious to m eet old f r iends from

S an Fra n cisco N ew O rlea n s Boston
, , ,
W ash i n gto n the g r eat ci ties of the

,
Middl e W est or else whe re i t is m o r e

, ,
easily accom pl ish ed by campi n g at th e

W aldorf than i n any othe r way I .
ca n n ot be a protable guest o f this or

any h otel kept o n th e E u r opean pla n ,
b ut I try to make up fo r th is de
ci e n cy i n othe r ways J
. ust across S ixth
Ave n ue from the W aldo rf o n Th i r ty ,
Fourth S treet is one of th e m ost p r e

,

te nti ons o f the s o -cal led dai ry l u n ches .
I n these places good appetisi ng whole , ,
some food is se r ved quickly and i n

decen tly s m a l l p o r ti o n s For this ve r y
.
r easo n alo n e I p r efer the c r o w d a n d

,
th e noise of th e dai r y l u n ch to the

qu ie t an d th e l uxu r y of the W al dorf
c afe or d in i n g -room O n e would not
.
obj ec t to paying a la rger price at th e

W he n i t c omes to qua n tities of food
to be presc r ibed th e autho r avoids giv
,
i n g eve n suggestions This h as bee n

.
the t roubl e with th e past atte mp ts at

reform H ad L uigi C or n aro told us i n
.
h i s autobiography the ma n n e r of taki ng

h is food wi th other particulars i n ste ad ,
of gi ving al On e a maxim u m weigh t to

which b e l im ited h imself he m igh t h ave ,
saved the wo r ld th ree h u n d r ed years of

unce r tai n ty a n d co n fusi o n H is t w elve.
ou nces of sol id food a n d fourtee n o unces

o f new wi n e (f r esh g r ape j uice ) mea n s
l i ttle Th e sol id food m igh t have been

.
al most wate r f r ee o r might have con

tai n e d 5 0 per ce n t of moistu r e The .
new wi n e co n tain ed a tri e of sugar

a n d p r obably m ore tha n 9 5 pe r ce n t of
water an d suppl ied m oistu r e to the body

i n stead of w ate r D u r i n g the Yale tests
.
reported e l sewhere a n d mo r e fully i n the

,
A B Z of O u r O w n N utri tio n th e
. . .
,

dai l y rat i o n did n ot exceed the reported

am ou n t of C ornaro eve n wi th th e most
,
ge nerous all owance for moisture .

TH E N EW GLU TTON OR EPICURE 295
I have steadily refused to prescri be

by w eigh t or qua n tity or to suggest the
best ki nds o f foods for any o n e bu t
,
the re are so m any questio n s arisi n g

from the publ ic i ty a l ready give n by the
Ya l e expe ri me n t that i t w i l l do n o
,
h arm to g i ve some out li ne .

296 TH E NEW GLUTTON O R EPICURE
D I E T IN TH E
YA L E E X A M I N A T I O N O F TH E
A UTHOR
I n the r s t p l ace th e se l ec tion o f f ood

for th i s test is n o basis of ge n e r al choice .
The a n alysis o f food for its eleme ntal

m ol ecu l e val ues and for i ts h eat con
,
ten t i s a ve ry di f cul t th ing to do an d

,
takes m uch time hence to bri ng a large

varie ty i n to a die t du r i n g a tes t would
e n tai l en o rmous labour o n the l abo r a .
tory sta ff K n owi n g this di i cu l ty w hen

.
,
I was requested to ch oose somethi n g

which would e ntirely sat i sfy my se nse of
taste gratication so as to best s ti m u
l ate the o w of the d igestive j uic es I ,
chose a cerea l with a kno w n co n ten t

val ue That is to say I fed from di e r
.
,
ent brands of cereals the con ten t va l ue

,
o f w h i ch w as k n own . A quart o f fresh

m i l k a day furnished th e mo i sture r e
Th e activity outside the presc r i be d
gym n asi u m exe r cise s and an y suppl e
m e n ta r y work consisted of awaki ng very
early i n th e morni n g an d doi ng co n
s i de r abl e wri ti ng upon my type write r .
Th e agitatio n o f this n utri ti o n i nvesti~
ati o n has i nvolved a n im me n se amou nt

g
of corresponde n ce to keep the i n terest
stimulated an d fo r th e exchange of
,
i nformat i on be twee n the i nte r ested par

ties ; he nce i n additi o n to se r vi n g as
test subjec t there was always m uch else
-
,
to do to keep fro m getting h ope lessly

beh i n d i n th e work .
The w ri ti ng began anywh e re from

four to six i n the m o r n i n g i n w i nte r,
which was th e s easo n of the test and ,
co nti nued until about seve n or eigh t ,
when th e ex e rc ises w e r e c om men ced

a n d co n t i n ued u nti l nished Mea n
tim e the mail o f the mo r n i n g had com e
i n a n d freque n tly demanded i mmediate
atte nt i on which used up the t i me u nti l
,
between twelve a n d o n e o c l ock w he n

a r s t-class appeti te h ad bee n earn ed

(n o cravi n g o f hu n ger or all -go n e n ess
i n th e comm o n fo r m due to the pe r sist

e n ce of habit h unger ) and this i n su r ed
,
a keen apprec iatio n o f taste a n d ful ll ed

all the requi reme n ts o f a h eal thy diges
'
tion Th e afte r n oon was al w ays busy

.
,
sometimes with a lengthy wal k arou n d

to w n o r a gam e of bil l iards whe n th e
,
weather disc o u r aged ou tside w ork The .
eve n i n gs w ere st r e n uous o r r estful an d,
we r e usually e mployed with co n ve r sa

tio n r eadi ng o r a lectu re
, , .
Fo r tu n ately the simpl e food sel ected

conti nued to be agreeab l e to the end ,
and cost a n average of only eleven cents

per day W hen i t was give n up to
.
accom modate th e se rvice furn i shed by

social meals i t was m issed the habit of ,
supply havi n g become somewh at xed

and expec ted by appeti te .
I n L o ndon i n search of th e l owest

,
possibl e eco n omy the au th or h as sub

,
sisted o n about h alf th e cost o f the

Yale supply ; and i t is e n ti re l y possib l e
to those needi ng stri ctest eco nomy .
I N F L U E N C E O F S U GG E S T I O N
A frie nd of the auth o r who i s an ,
e nth usiast i n r ega r d to the pr o tab l e

n ess of an eco n omic n utri ti o n i n assist
i n g the st r e n uous l ife wen t to l u n ch
,
with a generous h ost i n N ew York th e

othe r d ay whe n th e followi n g conve rsa
,
tio n abou t the l unch to be o r de red was

hea r d I t pa r took o f W all S t reet brev
.
-
i ty wh ich is th ought to be n ecessa ry i n

,
the rush of a mid -day s n ack o r meal .

What will you have ? W h at ! o nl y
a baked potato a n d a bottle of gi n ge r
al e ? A l l righ t for a sta r ter ; b u t w hat
are you really going to have ? N oth ing
mo r e ! what is the m atter with you ?
C ome n o w ; tell me wh at you wa n t fo r
,
l u n ch ? S tocks are badly o ff but I ,
h ave n t reached the sta r vation point yet

.
D o n t treat me l ike that whe n I m tryi n g

to t r eat you right a n d w h i te B race up

.
,

old ma n an d have somethi ng to eat
,
.
30 2 TH E NEW GLUTTON OR E P ICURE
S t reet d i d that happe n ! I have n t
eate n half m y usual l u n ch and yet I ,
h ave killed my appeti te deader than

the Ship B uildi n g T r ust I m blessed .

if I ca n u nde r stand i t The blamed

.
thi ng is u n ca n n y I do n t believe i t s
.

t r ue but I m satised al l righ t eve n

,

i f I am hyp n otised C ome and l u n ch

.
w ith m e eve r y day You r e e n gaged

.
as a r egular c ompa n io n boarde r a n d ,
F r eddie wil l pay the f r eight You r e .

ch eape r tha n n obody C ome agai n !

.

C om e agai n ! C ome al w ays ! l
The above is n o t an u n usual case .
Th e perso n al i nue nce of th e autho r

a n d of h is active colleagues h as bee n
visibly n oted among pa r ties whe r e there

was n o sym path y wi th the sta r vi n g

fad an d w he r e the r e was eve n stub
,
born opposition to th e though t o f such

a th i n g B u t these same g r oups of
.
n o n i nterested
- obj ec tors h ave visibl y
dec reased thei r accustomed l unch es a n d
di n ne rs and some of the m have fou n d
,
that a cup of c o ffee and a ro l l the ,

TH E N E W G LUTTON 0R EPICURE 3 3
0
same as is habi tually take n i n E urope ,
o utside E n gland se r ves as a b r eakfast

,
bette r than th e ful l meat a ffai r forme rl y

take n . They persist i n decla r i n g that
they are n o t i n ue n ced by the ch ewing
suggestio n but they S h o w signs of s o m e
,
r estra i n i n g i n ue n ce and obse r vatio n

,
re veal s that i n such g r oups th e com m on

an n ual and quarterly attacks of ill ness
a r e l ess freque n tly or l ess severely
suffered .
The re i s n o doubt that L uigi C or n a r o

gave app reciative atte nti o n to h is fou r
th ree ou n c e m eals a day an d i n givi n g
-
,
atte n tion p roperly i n sal ivated his food .
The i n fere nce is w arran ted A m an .
ful l of vi gou r a n d hea l th an d con

st r uctive energy such as C or n a r o
repo r ts th at he had i n u n usua l abu n
dance i s not l ikely to co nf r o n t a
th ree o u nce ratio n o f de l ici ous food
-
a n d proceed to bol t i t as a dog bolts

a p i ece of stole n m eat I t i s a m atte r
.
o f easy O bse rvati o n that a child give n
a si n gle piece of sugar o r swee t i n

any fo r m will make i t last as lo n g as
possibl e a n d get al l o f the taste out
o f i t by most i ngenious conservation ;
b u t the same c hild if o ffe red a box

,

o f

goodies as i t is passed arou n d o r ,
whe n ever the time give n fo r possession

o f i ts co n te nts is li mited w ill sho w th e
,
g reed o f a p redato ry o r h u nted or

habitually mal t r eated a n i mal a n d wil l
n o t o n ly g r ab as m uch as possibl e but
wil l c ram all possibl e i n to hi s stomach

to satisfy the se nse o f greed a n d the n
,
usually su ffers the co n sequences of the

double S i n i n the sicke n ing r e taste o f
-
the gases of indigestio n .
C o rnaro u n doubtedly made h is three

o u n ce m eals last as l o n g as possible i n
o rde r to enj oy th e m aximum of taste ,
a n d i n so doi n g satised the n atu ral

requi rem e n ts of appreciative atte n tion
and thorough i n sal ivatio n . In l ike
m an n er tw o small tumble r s o f the
fresh grape j uice ( n e w w ine fourtee n
ou nces) wh ich h e took as his sapid
,
l iquid i n the cou r se o f a day i n con

food cooked and spiced and fu r n ished
wi th s u pe r faci l i ti e s for i n gestio n the
,
n atu ra l protec tio n o f di f c ulty is r e

moved a n d the victims o f the l uxury
,
drop u n co n sciously i nto habits of abuse ,
like the overeati n g of tod ay .
I n order to escape the surrou nd i ng

temptatio n s i t is necessary to have
al w ays i n mi n d protec tive cou n ter sug -
gesti o n s w h ich i ntel l igently make use

of the abu ndant and easy supply bu t
li m i t the i ntake to the n eeds of the
body as exp ressed by appeti te whe n
pe r m itted to d isc rim i n ate i n i ts natural
del iberate m a n ne r and wh ich only keeps
,
pace w i th the n atural dissipation of

taste i n the process o f requisite insali
vati o n. The che w i n g practice i s but
a mea n s to thi s natu r a l e nd bu t i t is
,
a most impo r ta n t means the sam e n o w

,
as whe n teeth we re used instead of

pate n t gri n ders a n d whe n taste too k
,
the p l ace o f spices a n d sauces a n d

ma n ufactured its o w n del ights by the
chemical act i o n of sa l iva .
TH E NEW G LUTTON OR EPICURE 30 7
Among the Zu n i I ndia n s observed ,
by eve n r ece n t t r avelle r s i t is the cus

,
tom o i th e you n g gi r ls of the p u el l e s to

masticate w heat up to a give n poi n t of
s w ee tness o f taste and the n to wi thd ra w
i t f r om the m outh and collec t i t i n a
w oode n dish u n ti l a su ffi cie n t qua n tity
is sec u red w he n the j aw grou n d a n d
,
-

saliva-swee te n ed mess i s baked i n the

s u n or by re and becomes th e s w ee t

cake o f th e family Th e change of
.
th e starch of the wh eat o r corn i n to

suga r y dext r ose by the actio n of saliva ,
which is n ecessa ry to be do n e some

w he r e i n the al i me n ta r y canal befo r e
i t is assi m ilabl e n ut r im e n t gives the
,
s w eet-cake qual ity to the food which

is the d i e ta ry del icacy o f these p r i mitive
people By proper i nsal ivatio n we pe r
.
fo r m the delec table se rvice for ou r selves

i n stead of havi n g i t done for us by
go o d young teeth a i ded by heal thy
sal iva fu r n ishe d by beautiful fem i ni n e
assistance .
F L E T C H E R I S IN G FOOD
W H AT IT R E A LLY ME A N S

Th e term F l e tch e r i s i n g or F l etch,

er izin g, as appl ied to food has come
i n to use w i thou t th e suggestio n of the
n omi n ee to a n ew l te r i n g fame a n d ,
promi ses to sp r ead ; he n ce i t i s well to

expl ai n j ust w hat the te r m mea n s .

U nde r the s o called Fletche rizi n g
-
p r ocess the mouth becomes a l te r

,
w ith most facile appl ia n ces for p r otec t

i n g the del icate alim e n tary ca n al from
st r ai ni n g a n d poison i n g I n stead of the
.
P aste u r Fil te r for the puri cati on of

wate r an d the pasteurisation o f foods

by ste r ilisatio n the Fle tcher Fil ter
,

both sepa r ates an d p r epa res w hateve r

is give n i t to t r eat m ore pe rfectly tha n
any mechanica l o r c hem i cal device can
do .
yo u with refe re nce to subjects for ex
e r i m e n tal work and other suggestio n s
p ,
whic h m ay occu r to you resp ecti n g the

m ethods e tc I am su r e you r wide ex
, .
p e r i e n ce will be a g r eat help to us .
The m ore I test your ideas the m o r e

con de nce I h ave i n them .

W hat you say about the wo n der
ful e ffec t of m astication is ce r ta i n ly co r
r ect I observed it right away as soo n
.
as I bega n to p r actise F l etc/cer i z i n g .
By th e way I wro te an article fo r

,
the l ast n u mber of m y j our n al G OO D ,

H E A L T H about, Fletche r izi ng food

,
and I see our colleagues a r e a l ready

taki n g i t up O ne of my m ost able
.
associ ates Dr J A R ead wh o has

, . . .
,
charge of our sa n i tarium i n P h il ade l

ph ia gave a lectu r e last Thursday n igh t
,
to h is patie n ts o n Fle tche r izi n g food ,
a n d his audie n ce w as greatly i n terested .
I am su r e yo u dese rve to h ave your

name imm o r talised as P asteu r s has ,

been . I m e ntio n Fletch erizi n g i n

alm ost eve r y lecture I give to o u r

patie n ts I th i nk m ost of o u r patie n ts

.

a r e F l etcherizi n g an d a r e getti n g

g r eat good fro m i t a l so a l arge p ropor

,
tio n of ou r six h u n d r ed n u rses a n d

other empl oyees .

Awaiti n g a letter of suggestions at
yo ur conve nie n ce I remai n , ,
A s ever your frie nd ,

( Signed ) J H K E LL O GG . . .
Fl etcherizi ng H
does n ot co n sist
onl y and me rely of ca r eful chewi n g .
C a refu l chewi n g with chee rful atte n

,
tio n w i l l sec u re the co mm i nution i n

, ,
sal ivatio n and all necessary che mical

,
p reparatio n fo r pe rfect digestion and ,
w ill separate ha r d and i ndigestible m at

ter from the food mass p ut i n to the
m outh for treatme n t ; bu t i t is the
wh ole e nvi r o n me n t of the act wh ich
co un ts the best resul ts .
C h eerful ness is as importa n t as che w

i ng ; and if pe r so n s ca n n ot be chee r ful
du r ing a m eal they had better n ot eat .
N ot eat i ng w i l l not h urt the m i n th e

l east bu t l ack of cheerful n ess w ill defeat
,
the obj ect of the m eal by causing m ore

o r l ess i ndigestio n ; and h e n ce i t not
o n ly do es n o g o o d to ea t w n en n o t c/zeer
f u l bu t a ctu a l l
, y do es n a r m H aste an d.
l ack of chee r ful n ess are about th e same

i n e ff ect o n digestion Yo u have no
.
idea h o w m uch real nutrim e n t yo u can

ge t i nto your syste m i n ve m in utes if
yo u a r e i n dust r ious w ith you r m u nch

i n g a n d are chee rful about i t ; so do n t
h u rr y whe n yo u have full te n m inutes ,
o r perhaps twe n ty m i n utes for taki n g ,
n ou r ish me n t .
You can n ot go faste r than N ature

w ill le t yo u a n d it is protable to study
,
N atu r e an d watch her c onstantly for

he r p roper c ue D on t tr y to get ah ead
.

o f he r or you m ay si n k i n m ud or i nto
deep wate r .
H e n ce th e auth or begs of those w h o

h eed h is suggestio n s especially i f they
,
give the m his nam e to r espec t the m ,
i n all the i r e sse n tials

Do n t ch e w a n y
.
thi n g wh e n you are mad o r whe n you

E xpl a n a ti o n o f Th e A B C . . .
Li fe S e r i e s
TH E E S S E N TI A L S AN D S E ! UENCE IN LI F E
I t would seem a conside rab l e depart u r e
from the study of m e n ticul tu r e as advised

i n the autho r s book
Me n ticul ture to
,

,
j ump at o n c e to an investigat i on o f th e
physiology and psychol ogy of n utrition o f
th e body and the n over to the depa r tme n t
o f i n fa n t and child care and education as
pu r sued i n the cr cl ae and i n th e kinder

ga r te n ; but as a matte r of fact if study ,
o f the causation of h uma n disabil ities a n d
m isfo r tu n es is attem pte d at all th e quest,
l eads natu r ally i nto all the departmen ts o f

h uma n in te rest and r st i nto these p r imary
,
depa r tme n ts .
The obj ect o f th is stateme n t i s to

l i n k up the di ffe ren t publicati o n s of th e
writer i n to a chai n of consiste n t s u gge s
tions i n te nded to m ake l ife a m ore sim ple
[ 31 5 ]
E xpl a n a ti o n o
f T/ze A B C L if e S er i es
. . .
and agreeable p r oble m than many o f us

too i nd i ffe re n t o r othe r wise i n e i cie n t a n d
bad fel lo w ci tize n s make o f i t
- .
I t is not an altogethe r u nselsh e ffort

o n the part of the author of the A B C . . .
L ife Series to publ is h h is n di n gs I n th e .
co n side r atio n of h is o w n me n tal a n d physi

cal happi ness i t i s impossible to leave out
e n vi r on me nt and all the un i ts of h uma n i ty
,
who i nhabi t the w o rld a r e pa r t of h is an d

o f each other s e nvi ronme nt .
I t would be r a n k p r esumptio n for a n y

perso n even th ough gi fted with the mea n s
,
to c irc ulate his suggesti ons as w idely as

possible a n d armed with the power to
,
c ompel the r eadi n g of his publications ,
to th i n k that any suggestio n s of hi s coul d

i n ue n ce any co n siderable n umbe r o f his
fell ow-citize n s of the w orl d o r even of h is ,
o wn im mediate n eighbourhood to accept ,
o r follo w h is advice relative to the m a n
a e m e n t o f thei r l ives a n d of their com

g
m u n al a n d n ational a ffai r s ; but while the
ge n eral and complete good of h uma n ity

should be ai med at i n all publicatio n s ,
o n e s immedi ate neighbou r s and friends

A B C seque n ce each cause o f i n h ar
. . .
,
mony is a t o n ce traced back to its r st ex

p r essio n i n hi mself and the n to causes
i n uenced by h is e n vi ro n m e n ts .
I f w e n d th at the la rgest i n ue n ces

fo r good or bad o r igi n ate w ith the righ t
o r wro n g i n st r uctio n of c hild r e n d u ri n g
the home t r ai n i n g o r ki n de rga r te n pe r iod
o f thei r devel opme n t a n d that a dollar
,
expe n ded fo r educatio n at that ti me is

w orth m o r e for good than w hole ba n cs
o f cou r ts a n d w hole a r mies of pol ice to
correct the e ffec t of bad t r ai n i n g a n d bad

cha r acte r l ater i n l ife i t is qui te l ogical
,
to hel p p r omote th e S p r ead of the ki n de r

ga r te n or the k i n derga r ten idea to i n cl ude
all of the ch il dre n bo r n i n to the w o r ld ,
a n d to fu r n ish mothe r s a n d ki n de rga r te n
teach e r s w ith k n o w ledge r elati ve to the

righ t n ut r i tio n of thei r w a r ds w hich they
can them sel ves u n de rsta n d a n d ca n teach
e ff ec tively to c hild r en .
I f w e also n d that the i n ue n ce o f th e

ki n de rga r te n upo n the pare n ts o f th e i n
fa n ts i s m o r e pote n t tha n a n y oth er w hich
can be brough t to bea r upo n them we s ee ,
[ 31 8 ]
E xpl a n ati o n of l e A B C L ife Ser i es
. . .
clearly that th e way to secu r e the w idest

r efo r m i n the most thorough man ne r is
to co n ce n t rate atte n tio n upo n the ki n der
garte n ph ase of ed ucatio n advocate i ts ,
exte n sio n to i ncl ude eve n th e last o n e o f

th e children begi nn i n g with the most
,
needy rst a n d extendi n g the care o u t

,
wa rd f r om the cen t r e of wo r s t n eglect to

n al ly reach the wh ole .
E xpe ri e n ce i n chil d savi n g s o -call ed ,
an d i n ch il d education o n the ki n der

garten p r i n cipl e has taught the cheapest
,
a n d th e m ost p r otabl e way to i n sure

an e n vi r o n me n t o f good neighbou r s a n d
r o t earning c itize n s ;
- and i nves tigation
p
i nto th e proble m of h um an al im en tati on
sho w s that a k n o w l edge of the elem e n ts of
a n eco n omic n ut r i tio n i s the rst esse n tial
of a family o r sch oo l trai n i ng ; and also
that th is i s most i mp r essive whe n taugh t
duri n g the rst te n yea r s of l ife .
O n e ca n n ot com pletely succeed i n the

study of m e n tic ul tu r e from i ts A B C . .
be gi n n i n g an d i n A B C seque nce wi th
. . .
o u t app r eciatio n of the i n te r relatio n o f

the physical a n d th e mental the pe r sonal ,
an d the social i n attaini n g a complete
,
m aste r y of the subj ect .
The autho r of the A B C L ife . . .
S e r ies has pu r sued his study of th e

philosophy of l ife i n expe r i ences w h ich
have cove r ed a great variety of occupa
ti o n s i n ma n y di fferen t pa r ts of the wo rl d
an d am o n g peoples of ma n y di fferent
n atio n s a n d races H is rst book Men
. ,

ti cu l tu r e
, deal t wi th pu rgi n g the mi nd
a n d habits o f su n d r y w eak n esses an d de
te r r e n ts which have possessio n o f peopl e

i n ge n e r al i n som e degree H e recog .
n i s e d th e depressi n g e ffec t of a n ge r and
worry a n d othe r phases o f f ea r tn o u g /zt .

I n the book H appi ness wh ich fol lowed ,
n ext i n order f ea r tn o u g /ct w as sho w n to be

,
the u n p r otable ele me nt of fo r ethough t .
The i n ue n ce of envi r o n ment o n eac h

i nd ividual w as revealed as an i mpo r tant
factor o f happi n ess or the reve r se by
, ,
m eans o f an accide n tal e n cou n te r w i th a

n eglec ted waif i n the b usy st r eets of
C hicago du r i n g a pe r iod of i n te n se
national excitement i n cide n t to th e w ar
wi th Spain an d th is led to the publ icatio n
,
[ 32 0 ]
O btai n ed b ut n o t the best attai n able
,
r esul ts.
L ivi n g is easy a n d life m ay be made

c o n sta n tly happy by begi n n i n g r igh t ; a n d
th e r ight begi n n i ng is n o n e othe r tha n
th e ca r eful feed i n g o f the body T h is .
do n e the r e is a n e n o r mous r ese rve of

e n e rgy a n atu r ally optim istic t rai n of
,
thought a ch a r itabl e at ti tude towards

,
eve r ybody a n d a lovi n g apprec i ation of

,
eve rythi n g that G od has m ade M o r bi d.
ity of tempe r am e n t w ill d isappea r f r om a n

o rga n ism that is eco n o m ically a n d r igh tl y
n ou r ish ed a n d death w ill cease to have
,
an te rr o r s fo r such ; a n d a s fea r of death

y
i s th e w o r st dep ressa n t k n o w n ma n y of ,
the w o r r i es of existe n ce take thei r ever

l asti n g ight f r om the atm osphe r e of the
r ightly n ou r ished .
The w ide i n te r est n o w p r eval e n t i n

the subj ects t r eated i n The A B C L ife . . .
S e r ies i s evide n ced by the scie n tic m ili ,
ta r y a n d lay activity i n co n n ection w i th

, ,
the expe r ime n ts at the S he feld Scie n tic

Sch ool of Yale U n i v e rsi ty an d elsewhere ,
[ 32 2 ]
E xpl a n a ti o n
f
o The A B C L if e Ser i es
. . .
as related i n the A B Z of O u r O w n
. . .

N ut r itio n an d i n The N ew G l utto n o r

E pic u r e of the series

.
Th e ge n e r al appl icatio n is mo re fully

sho w n ho w eve r by the i n do r seme n t of
, ,
the great Battle Cr eek S a n i ta r i um w hich ,
p ractically stud ies al l phases o f the sub

j ect
, fr om heal th co n se r vatio n and ch ild
savi ng to ge neral missionary work i n

socia l reform .
HOR A CE F LETCHER .
5 . Th e ev id e n c e
th i s e c o n o m y i s o h
o f
s e rv e d i n th e s m a ll a m o u n t o f e x cr e ta a n d i ts
p e c u l i ar i n o ffe n s i ve c h ar a c te r s h o w i n g e s c a p e
, ,
fro m p u tr id b a c te r i a l d ig e sti o n s u ch as b r i n gs
i n d o l an d s k ato l i n to e v id e n c e o ffe n s i ve l y
6 Wh e n th e dig e s ti o n an d as s i m i l ati o n
.
h as b e e n n o r m a ll y e c o n o m i c th e d ig e sti o n
as h s h o u l d b e fo r m e d i n t o l i ttl e b al l s r a n gi n g
i n S i z e fr o m a pe a to a s o c all e d ! u e e n O l i ve
-
,
a c c o r d i n g to th e fo o d t ak e n s h o u l d b e qu i te
,
d ry an d h av e o n l y th e o d o u r o f m o i s t c l ay o r
,
a h o t bi s c u i t Th i s i n o ff e n s i v e ch a r a c te r r e
.
m a i n s i n d e n i te l y a ft e r e x cr e ti o n u n t i l th e a sh
c o m p l e t e l y d r i e s o r di s i n te grat e s l ik e ro tte n
s to n e o r w o o d .
7 Th e w e ig h t o f th e d ig e s t i ve as h s h o u l d
.
-
ran ge ( m o i s t) fro m 1 0 g ram s a d ay to n o t

m o re th an 0 g r am s a d a c c r d i g to
4 0 5 y a o ,
n
th e fo o d ; th e l atte r e s ti m at e b e i n g b a s e d o n
a v e g e t a r i an d i e t an d m ay n o t c al l fo r e xcr e
ti o n fo r m an y d ay s ( 3 to i n fre qu e n c y
i n di c at i n g b e s t c o n di ti o n s Th e as e p t i c co n
.
d i ti o n o f th e e x cre ta r e n d e rs r e te n t i o n i n th e
i n te s ti n e s qu i te h arm l e ss a n d gi v e s o pp o r tu
n i ty fo r p e rfe c t a s s i m i l a ti o n o f th e n u tr i m e n t .
8 . F ru i ts m ay h as te n p e r i s ta l s i s b u t n o t ,
n e c e s s a r i l y i f th e y ar e th o r o u g h l y t r e a te d i n
,
th e m o u th as s a pi d l i qu id s r ath e r th a n a s
s o l id s an d ar e i n s a l i v ate d s ipp e d t as t e d i n to
, , , ,
a b s o r p t i o n i n th e s am e w ay w i n e tas te r s tes t
a n d tak e w i n e an d te a t as te r s t e s t te a Th e .
l atte r s pi t o u t th e te a a fte r tas ti n g as o th e r ,
w i s e i t v i ti ate s th e i r t as t e a n d ru i n s t h e m fo r
th e i r d i s cr i m i n at i n g p r o fe s s i o n .
2
9 . M ilk , i
son eu ps
s b e
, e r
w a n d a l l s a pid
, ,
l i qu id s o r s e m i s o l id s s h o u l d b e tre ate d i n
-
th i s m an n e r fo r th e b e s t as s i m i l ati o n a n d
d ig e s t i o n as w e ll as fo r th e b e s t g u s tato ry
r e s u l ts Th e c ar e re c o m m e n d e d w i ll r e d u c e
.
th e qu a n t i ty to l e r ab l e b y th e a pp e ti te an d
l e ad to h abi ts o f h e al th y te m p e ran c e b u t ,
s e c u r e s m ax i m u m s at i s fa c ti o n .
10 Th i s w o u l d s e e m to e n ta i l a g r e at d e a l
.
o f c ar e a n d b o t h e r a n d l e a d to th e w as t e o f
ti m e .
1 1 .S u ch h o w e ve r i s n o t th e c as e To
, , .
r e s to re th e n atu ral p ro te c t i ve r e e x e s i n th e
b e gi n n i n g d o e s r e qu i r e s tr i c t at te n ti o n an d
p e rs i ste n t c ar e to o v e rc o m e l i fe-l o n g h abi ts
o f n e rv o u s h as te b u t i f th e a tta c k i s e a r n e s t
,
th e h ab i ts o f m o u th -t r e at m e n t a n d a pp e t i te
d i s cr i m i n ati o n s o o n b e c o m e x e d an d g u id e
th e d e l ib e r at i o n i n taki n g fo o d u n c o n s c i o u s l y
to th e fe e d e r .
12 F o o d o f a p r o t e id v al u e o f 5 7 g r a m s
.
-
o f n i tr o g e n an d 1 5002000 k c al o r i e s o f
.
fu e l val u e p ayi n g s tr i c t atte n ti o n to th e ap

,
p e t i te fo r s e l e c ti o n a n d c ar e fu ll y t r e ate d i n
th e m o u th h as b e e n fo u n d to b e th e qu a n t i ty
,
b e s t s u i te d to m e tab o l i c e c o n o m y an d e f
ci e n cy o f b o t h m i n d a n d b o dy i n s e d e n t a ry
p u rs u i ts a n d o r di n ary b u s i n e s s a c ti v i ty ; an d ,
al so , s u ch h abi ts o f e c o n o m y h av e gi v e n p r a e
t i c al i m m u n i ty fro m th e c o m m o n d i s e ase s fo r
a p e r i o d e xt e n d i n g o v e r m o r e th a n v e y e a r s ,
w h e re as th e s am e s u bj e c t w as fo r m e r l y s u b
j e c t to p e r i o d i c a l i ll n e ss T h e s a m e
. e c o n o m y
a n d i m m u n i ty h av e s h o w n th e m s e l ve s c o n s i s t
32 8 TH E N EW GLUTTO N OR EPICURE
en t l y i n th e c as e s o f m an y t e s t s u bj e c ts ,
c o ve r i n g p e r i o d s o f t hre e y e ars a n d app l i e s

,
e qu a ll y to b o th s e x e s a l l a g e s a n d o th e r
, ,
i di o sy n cr at i c c o n d i ti o n s .
1 3 Th e ti m e n e c e s s a ry fo r s ati s fy i n g co m
.
p l e te b o dy n e e d s an d a pp e ti te d a i l y w h e n th e ,
h abi t o f atte n ti o n app re c i ati o n a n d d e l ib e ra

, ,
ti o n h av e b e e n i n s tall e d i s l e s s th an h a l f a n
,
h o u r n o m atte r h o w d i v id e d as to n u m b e r o f
,
r ati o n s Th i s n e c e s s i tate s i n d u s try o f m as ti

.
c ati o n to b e s ur e a n d w i ll n o t a d m i t o f w as te
, ,
o f m u c h t i m e b e t w e e n m o u th fu l s .
14 Te n m i n u te s w i ll c o m p l e te l y s ati s fy a
.
r ave n o u s a pp e ti te i f al l c o n d i ti o n s o f i n g e s ti o n
a n d p r e p a r ati o n a r e fav o ur a b l e .
15 B o th qu an ti ti v e a n d q u a l i ti v e s u pp l y
.
o f s a l i va is an i m p o r ta n t fa c to r i n b u c c a l
( m o u th ) p re p a rat i o n o f n u tr i m e n t b u t atte n ,
ti o n to th e s e fu n d am e n ta l r e qu i r e m e n ts s o o n
r e g u l ate s th e s u pp l y o f al l o f th e d ig e s ti ve
j u i c e s an d i n c o n n e c t i o n w i th th e c are r e c
, ,
o m m e n d e d a b o v e i n s u r e s e c o n o m y o f n u tr i
,
t i o n an d p ro b ab l y i m m u n i ty fro m d i s e as e
, , , .
( S ig n ed) H ORA CE F L ETCHE R .

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34 ~ 4 3 2 \

h as bee n completely revi sed an d m uch

matter adde d i n th e form of testimony

rm s the original claims O f the book

now i ssued as a companio n vol u me to

ner calculated to appeal to a varie ty Of

E special atte ntio n i s i nvi ted to th e

the back of this v olum e as showi ng the

desirability of regard for enviro nmen t i n

Tell -tale E xcre ta on page 1 4 2 an

evidence of righ t or faul ty feedi ng per

u tm ost i mportance i n a broad study O f

The professional appro val Of D rs Van .

S omeren H iggins Kellogg and Dewey

representi ng wide di fferenc es of points

are most val uable con tri butions to th e

whose evi d e nce ca r rie s great weigh t .

T he co mman d ante of a battleship cruis

test ifyi ng i n thei r own manne r of expres

assistance to th e cause of econom ic

D uring the origi nal experi me n ts i n

n ator was m uch i n d ebte d to J ames H .

L acey E squi re o f N ew O rl eans L a

a nd C edar R api d s for helpful s u gge s

tions wh ic h h is early trai n ing as a

pharmaceutical chem ist re ndere d him

T here are al so n ume rous altruistic ,

self-sa cr i ci n g wome n w h o h ave bee n

active colleagues o f th e author i n testing

who have greatly assisted in m aking

privation This is accomplishe d e asily

by a change of attitude towards th e ques

h ave an important part to play To .

their kindly mean t but hygienically n u

wise aggressive hospital i ty i n beggi ng

frien d s to eat an d d rink m ore than they

i mpulses i s due m uch of the m ilde r

gl uttony that is prevalen t .

I mposition upon th e bo d y Of any

H ence i t is that whe n the re is i ntesti nal

ered e normously and even where the re

i s no painful Obstruction the mere pas

canal is a great tax upo n avail able mental

Menti on of constipatio n suggests an

upon by a trul y econom ic and aesthetic

depth s o f a m orb i d prej udice to testify

a respec tabl e sel f respect

that less freque n t period ici ty is looked

economic n utritio n is p r aw n by greate r

absence o f di f culty i n d efecating an d by

d ice eve n among p hysi cians the follow

ing extract from a lette r j ust received is

There was no troubl e about i t and the ,

quanti ty was not l arge b u t whe n I m en

I neve r f el t so well as wh ile I was chew

bol ti ng a n d gulpi n g which o n e is apt to

I don t thi nk it i s worth wh il e for a ch ap

to m onkey with h i s hygienic departmen t

l ike Van Someren Kellogg H iggi ns

me n o f physiol ogy who h ave spoken

The auth or has notice d that imme

me ntal discipl i ne or whatever el se they, ,

begi n to charge all u n usual happe ni ngs

th e same th ings we re comm on b ut n u