Project Gutenberg 2014-08-05 Public domain in the USA. 227 Christian, Eugene 1860 1930 Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 1 Produced by Juliet Sutherland, Jane Robins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net "Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 1" by Eugene Christian is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century. The work delves into the complex interrelations between human nutrition, the chemistry of food, and overall health. It aims to provide readers with an understanding of how proper dietary choices can significantly impact both physical well-being and longevity. The opening of the work presents a compelling argument for the vital role of food in human health, emphasizing that many physical ailments can be traced directly to improper eating habits. Christian outlines the importance of aligning one's diet with the natural needs of the body, referencing the symbiotic relationship between food chemistry and physiological processes. He further argues that the causes of many diseases stem from "superacidity" resulting from poor dietary practices, suggesting that a return to natural dietary principles can facilitate healing and enhance vitality. This introduction sets the stage for a detailed exploration of nutrition and health that follows in subsequent chapters. (This is an automatically generated summary.) file:///public/vhost/g/gutenberg/html/files/46511/46511-h/images/coverpage.jpg en Food Diet Diet in disease RM Text Browsing: Encyclopedias/Dictionaries/Reference Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Nutrition 387564 387573 2024-09-19T12:04:59.237437 2023-09-20T08:11:53.475180 text/html text/html 373914 2014-08-05T14:10:32 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 382423 2014-08-05T14:12:26 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 408999 2024-09-19T12:05:07.726354 application/epub+zip 412601 2024-09-19T12:05:00.894389 application/epub+zip 180304 2024-09-19T12:04:59.883406 application/epub+zip 526822 2024-09-19T12:05:12.314411 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 500287 2024-09-19T12:05:06.922369 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 269411 2022-09-21T07:11:10.066537 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 297278 2024-09-19T12:04:58.073438 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 296949 2014-08-05T14:10:30 text/plain; charset=utf-8 97231 2014-08-05T14:12:24 text/plain; charset=utf-8 application/zip 297020 2014-08-05T14:10:44 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 97247 2014-08-05T14:12:24 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 297050 2014-08-05T14:12:08 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 97227 2014-08-05T14:12:24 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 21838 2024-09-19T12:05:12.460345 application/rdf+xml 17757 2024-09-19T12:05:00.157392 image/jpeg 3209 2024-09-19T12:05:00.098434 image/jpeg 383237 2024-09-19T12:04:59.274408 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://www.gutenberg.org/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog