Fruit And Bread: A Scientific Diet (1877) - Tapa blanda

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Op works on food and cookery there is no end, but in most cases their writers regard man as an omnivorous creature, deriving his sustenance from the animal, the vegetable, and even from the mineral kingdom. The author of the present work has departed from the dietetic helief and practice of centuries, and has undertaken to prove, upon the ground of physical organization and original habit, that man is by nature frugivorous, using this word in its broadest sense, so as to include fruits, irrains and nuts, and that these are suflicient to maintain him in a perfect condition of physical and mental health. The arguments by which he maintains his theories are drawn from the accepted conclusions of modern science, and are presented with such originality and force as to entitle them to respectful consideration, even where his conclusions may seem too radical for adoption in the present state of society. His strikingly original treatment of the question of cookery will serve a useful purpose if it excites reflection concerning the present elaborate, costly and unnatural methods, regarding which there is, unquestionably, cause for a very radical reform. The system of diet and methods of preparing food which he recommends have been verified in his own experience for many years, and have, besides, the high merit of extreme simplicity and naturalness.
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