Project Gutenberg 2014-10-02 Public domain in the USA. 225 Fletcher, Horace 1849 1919 13021892 Fletcherism: What It Is; Or, How I Became Young at Sixty Produced by Mark C. Orton, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) "Fletcherism: What It Is; Or, How I Became Young at Sixty" by Horace Fletcher is a health and nutrition guide written in the early 20th century. This work explores the principles of "Fletcherism," a dietary philosophy emphasizing the importance of thorough mastication (chewing) to improve digestion and overall health. The author shares his personal journey from poor health in his forties to a revitalizing transformation through his nutritional practices, which he believes can benefit anyone seeking a healthier and happier life. At the start of the book, Fletcher details his struggles with health issues at age forty, including obesity and frequent illnesses, and how these challenges led him on a quest for better nutrition. He recounts the moment he decided to change his lifestyle after being declined for life insurance, realizing he needed to understand and correct his dietary habits. Drawing inspiration from various sources, including philosophical insights on eating and digestion, Fletcher introduces the Five Principles of Fletcherism: waiting for a true appetite, eating what appeals most, extracting maximum taste, enjoying the experience, and trusting nature to guide nutritional needs. His narrative sets the stage for a broader exploration of how careful eating can lead to better health and longevity. (This is an automatically generated summary.) en Nutrition Mastication QP Text Browsing: Health & Medicine Browsing: Nutrition 286411 286420 2024-09-19T15:03:45.789771 2023-09-20T11:01:21.580720 text/html text/html 282949 2014-10-02T10:06:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 574863 2014-10-02T10:06:28 text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 600121 2024-09-19T15:03:51.623738 application/epub+zip 601495 2024-09-19T15:03:47.054750 application/epub+zip 159379 2024-09-19T15:03:46.482762 application/epub+zip 692372 2024-09-19T15:03:55.062722 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 653695 2024-09-19T15:03:50.902732 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 212624 2022-09-21T11:16:23.859405 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 234680 234476 2024-09-19T15:03:45.105757 2023-09-20T11:01:20.849743 text/plain; charset=us-ascii text/plain 234539 2014-10-02T10:06:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 90730 2014-10-02T10:06:28 text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 application/zip 234548 2014-10-02T10:06:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 90667 2014-10-02T10:06:28 text/plain; charset=us-ascii application/zip 20247 2024-09-19T15:03:55.199698 application/rdf+xml 8304 2024-09-19T15:03:46.569747 image/jpeg 1603 2024-09-19T15:03:46.525746 image/jpeg 575851 2024-09-19T15:03:45.835773 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 en.wikipedia