The Genesis of Diet and Health

THIS BOOKLET’S MISSION

The reader will well appreciate the fact that the importance of this health-bringing agent is in some respects similar to that of the gospel, because no home, be it Christian. Jewish, or heathen, can afford to be without a copy of it. And the gospel’s first concern being one’s health, this heaven-sent agent is, therefore, the “entering wedge” for Bible and colporteur work, and it will, if rightly used, not only open doors and hearts to the gospel of all time, but also to Its “meat in due season” (Matt. 24:45), the message of the hour, “the everlasting gospel.” Rev. 14:6. Hence, those wishing to engage in such a worthy cause, can more successfully labor with this appealing, friend-making, heart-changing, and body-building forerunner.

And, moreover, that it be comprehensible to all classes of society, it is written in language which all can readily comprehend. And finally, to give it the usefulness of a pocket-companion, so that one can conveniently refer to it at all times – at home and away from home – only the most practical and essential health hints are given, the things which one needs to refer to daily, along with a few sample recipes.

The enlightenment herein contained is highly essential in maintaining good health, because the world is now living a life that is contrary to its well-being. Consequently, unless one is equipped to proceed wisely through life’s long journey, he can, of course, with certainty expect to break down somewhere in life’s race track, and consequently not reach his goal.

The greater proportion of people realize that they are now living in a new, unnatural, and upset world, but unless they reform and line up their habits of life with the world that used to be, they too, will gravitate deeper into the ocean of disease and misery, and thus into an untimely and, perhaps, hopeless grave.

In a natural world books on this subject would not be so essential to one’s daily regimen, but in a world like the one we are now living in, the necessity for such a book as this becomes as serious as if death and misery were about to conquer the last of us. That the world today is in just such a predicament is evident from the fact that it is now increasingly sick and dying from all manner of diseases, and unless there is something done quickly to save it, it will forever pass into oblivion.

CONTENTS

1. THE CAUSES OF DISEASES...9
2. What Should Everyone Know...10
3. Summarizing the Causes of All Diseases...12
4. LESSONS FROM THE MODERN MACHINE (13)
5. LESSONS FROM NATURE (15)
6. A TIME FOR FOOD RATHER THAN FOR DRUGS (20)
7. A TIME FOR DRUGS RATHER THAN FOR FOOD (21)
8. WHAT SHOULD A FLESH EATER KNOW? (22)
9. WHAT SHOULD A VEGETARIAN KNOW?( 27)
10. Group 1 – 80% of the Diet (29)
11. Group 2 – 20% of the Diet (30)
12. Group 3 – Seasoning for All Foods (30)
13. THE SUMMER AND THE WINTER DIET (30)
14. FOOD COMBINATIONS (33)
15. RAW FOOD (36)
16. USING COMMON SENSE (36)
17. THE ENLIGHTENED, PROGRESSIVE WAY OF LIFE (37)
18. OVEREATING (39)
19. EATING BETWEEN MEALS ( 41)
20. RIGHT HABITS, HYGIENE, AND EXERCISE BRING GOOD HEALTH (44)
21. PLEASANT SURROUNDINGS...46
22. THE CITY LIFE...47
23. WORK AND REST, YEAR-ROUND (48)
24. THE USE OF PURGATIVES (50)
25. THE WATER IN EDEN (51)
26. WHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT SLEEP? (52)
27. WHAT SHOULD A CHRISTIAN KNOW? (55)
28. FAITH ESSENTIAL TO GOOD HEALTH (58)
29. THE LABORATORY TEST AND THE DIETITIAN’S OPINION (59)
30. The Function Of Food (60)
31. The Calories (61)
32. The Minerals (62)
33. Oxygen and Its Function (64)
34. Carbohydrates (65)
35. Fats (65)
36. Proteins (66)
37. Vitamins (66)
38. Acid and Alkaline Foods (72)
39. BETTER LINE UP WITH ALL THE LAWS OF GOD (75)
40. FOOD AND COOKERY (76)
41. Special Don’t and Do’s (80)
42. NO NEED TO STAY HUNGRY AND HELPLESS (83)
43. RECIPES (87)