Dr, Webb-Johnson begins with the cheering indictment that overeating is one of the curses of modern civilization. We have too many meals a day, consume too much at a meal, and generally eat. the wrong thing—needs must science. come to the rescue. There is no valid reason, says Science, why we should not live almost entirely on a diet of fruit combined with grains, nuts and raw vegetables. Strength and endurance can be increased, and causes of sickness greatly de creased, by this simple diet. The peculiar and popular belief that -an apple a day keeps the doctor away is based strictly on scientific fact. Dr. WebbJohnson demonstrates this. So that a man wisely using a good orchard might seriously rival "Old Parr," who lived for 152 years and incontinently died through overeating at a Royal Banquet. Meat is the enemy. They who consume meat in the belief that it is essential to the maintenance of physical
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