PREFACE

CONTENTS

I THE NATURAL FOOD OF MAN

II THE ARGUMENT FROM COMPARATIVE ANATOMY

CHAPTER III THE ARGUMENT FROM PHYSIOLOGY

IV THE ARGUMENT FROM CHEMISTRY

V THE ARGUMENT FROM HYGIENE

VI THE ARGUMENT FROM EXPERIENCE

VII MISCELLANEOUS ARGUMENTS

VIII DAIRY PRODUCTS

IX VEGETABLES

X CEREALS

XI CONDIMENTS, SPICES, ETC.

XII THE FRUITARIAN DIET

XIII FOOD COMBINATIONS

XIV HYGIENIC FOODS AND HYGIENIC COOKERY

XV THE QUESTION OF QUANTITY

XVI GENERAL CONCLUSIONS

APPENDIX

INDEX

Practical Books on Diet and Health

FOOTNOTES:

Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected. Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but all other spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.

A paragraph on the Mincopies in Chapter VI refers to the killing of guianas and bugongs, this may be misspelling of iguana and dugong. Additionally the Mincopies are referred to as African whereas they were Andaman Islanders.

The layout of the tables in Chapter IV has been modified to improve clarity and manage width. In addition the large table "Selections from Atwater and Bryant’s Tables", originally occupying pages 64 to 71, has been relocated to the end of the book as an additional appendix in order to preserve the flow of the text. This has been added to the TOC and a link placed in the original location.

Proteid and protein are both used and have not been standardised.

The index refers to pages 332 and 333, these do not exist.

The cover was prepared by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.