The natural food of man : being an attempt to prove from comparative anatomy, physiology, chemistry and hygiene, that the original, best and natural diet of man is fruit and nuts / by Hereward Carrington.

  • Carrington, Hereward, 1880-1959.
Date:
1912
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Credit: The natural food of man : being an attempt to prove from comparative anatomy, physiology, chemistry and hygiene, that the original, best and natural diet of man is fruit and nuts / by Hereward Carrington. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    reform—social economic^ religious—must come primarily through the body—i.e. these reforms can only be effected by first of all reforming the body, and its habits ; and when that has been rendered clean and pure, the coveted mental and moral reforms will be found to follow of themselves. External conditions and environment may count for much, but the in- ternal factor counts for much more. The internal person- ality of the man is what we should aim to reach first of all; and this can be reached most easily and effectually by means of the body—for in that he is most wrapped; with its feel- ings and emotions he is most closely connected. Reform the inner man, and particularly his body, and trust to man to reform his environment. Make men and women what they ought to be, and they will soon reform their external con- ditions. I have attempted to deal, in this volume, with quality of foods, as I dealt with their quantity, in my former book. In this way, the ground will have been pretty thoroughly covered, from the particular point of view from which I have attacked these problems. I can only hope that,-as the result of these two volumes, many persons may find health and a long life, who would otherwise have sunk into a premature grave. If I could feel that I had in any way helped to accomplish this, I should be more than satisfied. V