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Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned

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. . . the region of the stomach, for which he was obliged to take an active cathartic. For a few months before he adopted the vegetable system, he had decided symptoms of congestion in the head, such as precede apoplexy. I questioned him as to his appetite. He informed me, that when he ate meat he had such an unconquerable desire for food about eleven o'clock, that he could not wait till noon. This he calls "meat hunger," for it disappeared soon after he came to the present style of living. He has no craving now; but when he begins to eat, the zest is exquisite.

Yours,

Joshua Porter.

LETTER IV.—FROM DR. N. J. KNIGHT, OF TRURO.

Dated at Truro, October, 1837.

Dr. Alcott: Sir,—I hasten to comply so far with your request as to show my decided approbation of a fruit and farinaceous diet, both in health and sickness. The manner in which nutritious vegetables are presented to us for our cons. . . Read More

Community Reviews

2.00
- Lupu - Jun 18, 2016

Very empiric and truly affected by lack of physiology of diseases in that day. An interesting but somewhat too little scientiphicall approuch. I do not think it worth the time.

5.00
- Marjorie - Feb 03, 2016

Premise of this book: William A. Alcott set out to prove that humans do not need animal flesh to live.

He asked questions in a scientific publication and people corresponded with him detailing personal experiences with a predominantly vegetable and milk diet and (in some cases) the experiences of the

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