Fletcherism, What It Is

Fletcherism, What It Is
ISBN-10
1429010606
ISBN-13
9781429010603
Category
Cooking
Pages
260
Language
English
Published
2008-03-24
Publisher
Applewood Books
Author
Horace Fletcher

Description

Horace Fletcher, an American health-food advocate of the Victorian era, earned the nickname ""The Great Masticator"" through his advocation that food needed to be chewed thirty-two times before being swallowed. At the age of 58, he conducted a series of strength and endurance experiments at the Yale Gymnasium versus college athletes which claimed that Fletcher could outperform these athletes. Fletcher also had a great interest in human excreta, believing that it evidenced one's true nutrition. He also advocated for a low-protein diet as a means of health and well-being. Through this 1913 volume Fletcher explains his theories of health and well-being and how, you too, can become a Fletcherite.

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