the body is forced to
retain and carry around forever
afterward superfluous weight in
the shape of injurious fat as a
penalty for it.
It makes a man, for instance, who naturally should weigh 150 pounds press the scales to 250 pounds and as a punishment for lack of will power to restrain his appetite nature makes such a man carry around with him everywhere he goes 100 extra pounds of weight. This extra weight, of course, is scattered all over his body. But the principle is the same as if a 150 pound man were forced to carry around everywhere, a large knapsack containing 100 pounds of useless matter.
There are also many other penalties nature puts upon those who only live to eat and drink and enjoy themselves as well as superfluous weight and early death, and those penalties are a constant drag and torture during one’s existence through various bodily ailments, such as diseases of various kinds and a general incapacity to enjoy thoroughly the splendid feeling that only a well balanced body can appreciate that has attained maturity and reason and is enabled to keep the Power of Suction equal to the Power of Pressure.
Food can be taken into the stomach advantageously three times a day, but time must be allowed for the full force of the blood to exert itself upon the digestive organs immediately after each meal. For that reason it is well to eat a light breakfast in the morning; a light lunch during the middle of the day, and the largest meal after the day’s work is over and plenty of time can be taken for rest.
It is better to eat too little than too much food for a meal that causes the appetite to be keen and responsive at all times and does not strain the digestive organs.
(17). A general formula that I have arranged for everyone to remember and follow is:
(a) Keep as near to nature’s raw foods as possible. (b) Foods must be as fresh from the soil as are obtainable. (c) Eat the whole of these foods from covering to core. (d) Mix foods as little as possible before eating them. The right places to mix foods are in the mouth, stomach and intestines. (e) Change the variety of foods as often as possible. (f) Each day the diet should contain some fruit, some nuts, some vegetables, some grains and some milk, butter and eggs. (g) Eat a little less than the appetite demands, thus keeping the digestive organs in a receptive condition at all times. (h) Chew food until every morsel of it has been disintegrated and saturated with saliva. (i) Concentrate the mind upon the nature and taste of the food while eating it.
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It makes a man, for instance, who naturally should weigh 150 pounds press the scales to 250 pounds and as a punishment for lack of will power to restrain his appetite nature makes such a man carry around with him everywhere he goes 100 extra pounds of weight. This extra weight, of course, is scattered all over his body. But the principle is the same as if a 150 pound man were forced to carry around everywhere, a large knapsack containing 100 pounds of useless matter.
There are also many other penalties nature puts upon those who only live to eat and drink and enjoy themselves as well as superfluous weight and early death, and those penalties are a constant drag and torture during one’s existence through various bodily ailments, such as diseases of various kinds and a general incapacity to enjoy thoroughly the splendid feeling that only a well balanced body can appreciate that has attained maturity and reason and is enabled to keep the Power of Suction equal to the Power of Pressure.
Food can be taken into the stomach advantageously three times a day, but time must be allowed for the full force of the blood to exert itself upon the digestive organs immediately after each meal. For that reason it is well to eat a light breakfast in the morning; a light lunch during the middle of the day, and the largest meal after the day’s work is over and plenty of time can be taken for rest.
It is better to eat too little than too much food for a meal that causes the appetite to be keen and responsive at all times and does not strain the digestive organs.
(17). A general formula that I have arranged for everyone to remember and follow is:
(a) Keep as near to nature’s raw foods as possible. (b) Foods must be as fresh from the soil as are obtainable. (c) Eat the whole of these foods from covering to core. (d) Mix foods as little as possible before eating them. The right places to mix foods are in the mouth, stomach and intestines. (e) Change the variety of foods as often as possible. (f) Each day the diet should contain some fruit, some nuts, some vegetables, some grains and some milk, butter and eggs. (g) Eat a little less than the appetite demands, thus keeping the digestive organs in a receptive condition at all times. (h) Chew food until every morsel of it has been disintegrated and saturated with saliva. (i) Concentrate the mind upon the nature and taste of the food while eating it.
The Original Benefactor