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Chapter ten of the Science of Being Well by Wallace D. Waddles.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Read by
Daniel Sanchez. What to Eat? The current sciences of medicine
and hygiene have made no progress toward answering the question
what shall I eat? The contests between the vegetarians and
(00:24):
the meat eaters, the cooked food advocates, raw food advocates,
and various other schools of theorists seem to be interminable,
and from the mountains of evidence and argument piled up
for and against each special theory, it is plain that
if we depend on these scientists, we shall never know
what is the natural food of man? Turning away from
(00:46):
the whole controversy, then we will ask the question of
nature herself, and we shall find that she has not
left us without an answer. Most of the errors of
dietary scientists grow out out of a false premise as
to the natural state of man. It is assumed that
civilization and mental development are unnatural things. That the man
(01:09):
who lives in a modern house in city or country,
and who works in modern trade or industry for his living,
is leading an unnatural life and is in an unnatural environment.
That the only natural man is a naked savage, and
that the farther we get from the savage, the farther
we are from nature. This is wrong. The man who
(01:32):
has all that art and science can give him is
leading the most natural life, because he is living most
completely in all his faculties. The dweller in a well
appointed city flat, with modern conveniences and good ventilation is
living a far more naturally human life than the Australian
savage who lives in a hollow tree or a hole
(01:54):
in the ground. That great intelligence, which is in all
and through all, has in reality practically settled the question
as to what we shall eat. In ordering the affairs
of nature. It has decided that man's food shall be
according to the zone in which he lives. In the
frigid regions of the Far North, fuel foods are required.
(02:18):
The development of brain is not large, nor is the
life severe in its labor tax on mussel, and so
the Eskimo live largely on the blubber and fat of
aquatic animals. No other diet is possible to them. They
could not get fruits, nuts, or vegetables even if they
were disposed to eat them, and they could not live
(02:39):
on them in that climate if they could get them so.
Notwithstanding the arguments of the vegetarians, the Eskimo will continue
to live on animal fats. On the other hand, as
we come toward the tropics, we find fuel foods less required,
and we find the people naturally inclining toward a vegetarian diet.
(03:00):
Millions live on rice and fruits, and the food regimen
of an Eskimo village, if followed upon the equator, would
result in speedy death. A natural diet for the equatorial
regions would be very far from being a natural diet
near the North Pole, and the people of either zone,
if not interfered with by medical or dietary scientists, will
(03:24):
be guided by the all intelligence, which seeks the fullest
life in all to feed themselves in the best way
for the promotion of perfect health. In general, you can
see that God, working in nature and in the evolution
of human society and customs, has answered your question as
to what you shall eat, and I advise you to
(03:46):
take his answer in preference to that of any man.
In the temperate zone, the largest demands are made on
man in spirit, mind and body, and here we find
the greatest variety of foods provided by nature. And it
is really quite useless and superfluous to theorize on the
(04:06):
question what the masses shall eat, for they have no choice.
They must eat the foods which are staple products of
the zone in which they live. It is impossible to
supply all the people with a nut and fruit or
raw food diet. And the fact that it is impossible
is proof positive that these are not the foods intended
(04:27):
by nature. For nature, being formed for the advancement of life,
has not made the obtaining of the means of life
an impossibility. So I say, the question what shall I eat?
Has been answered For you eat wheat, corn rye oats, barley, buckwheat,
(04:48):
Eat vegetables, eat meats, eat fruits. Eat the things that
are eaten by the masses of the people around the world.
For in this matter, the voice of the people is
the voice of God. They have been led generally to
the selection of certain foods, and they have been led
generally to prepare these foods in generally similar ways. And
(05:10):
you may depend upon it that in general they have
the right foods and are preparing them in the right way.
In these matters, the race has been under the guidance
of God. The list of foods in common use is
a long one, and you must select therefrom according to
your individual taste. If you do, you will find that
(05:32):
you have an infallible guide, as shown in the next
two chapters. If you do not eat until you have
an earned hunger, you will not find your taste demanding
unnatural or unhealthy foods. The wood chopper who has swung
his axe continuously from seven in the morning until noon,
does not come in clamoring for cream puffs and confectionery.
(05:56):
He wants pork and beans, or beef, steak and potatoes,
or cornbread and cabbage. He asks for the plain solids.
Offer to crack him a few walnuts and give him
a plate of lettuce, and you will be met with
huge disdain. Those things are not natural foods for a
working man, and if they are not natural foods for
(06:16):
a working man, they are not for any other man.
For work hunger is the only real hunger, and requires
the same materials to satisfy it, whether it be in
wood chopper or banker, in man, woman or child. It
is a mistake to suppose that food must be selected
with anxious care to fit the vocation of the person
(06:38):
who eats. It is not true that the wood chopper
requires heavy or solid foods and the bookkeeper light foods.
If you are a bookkeeper or other brain worker, and
do not eat until you have an earned hunger, you
will want exactly the same foods that the wood chopper wants.
Your body is made of exactly the same elements as
(06:59):
that of the wood chopper, and requires the same materials
for cell building. Why then feed him on ham and
eggs and corn bread and yew on crackers and toasts. True,
most of his waist is of muscle, while most of
yours is of brain and nerve tissue. But it is
also true that the wood chopper's diet contains all the
(07:21):
requisites for brain and nerve building in far better proportions
than they are found in most light foods. The world's
best brain work has been done on the fare of
the working people. The world's greatest thinkers have invariably lived
on the plain, solid foods common among the masses. Let
(07:42):
the book keeper wait until he has an earned hunger
before he eats, and then, if he wants ham, eggs
and corn bread, by all means, let him eat them,
But let him remember that he does not need one
twentieth of the amount necessary for the wood chopper. It
is not eating hardy foods which gives the brain worker indigestion.
(08:04):
It is eating as much as would be needed by
a muscle worker. Indigestion is never caused by eating to
satisfy hunger. It is always caused by eating to gratify appetite.
If you eat in the manner prescribed in the next chapter,
your taste will soon become so natural that you will
never want anything that you cannot eat with impunity. And
(08:28):
you can drop the whole anxious question of what to
eat from your mind forever, and simply eat what you want. Indeed,
that is the only way to do if you are
to think no thoughts but those of health, For you
cannot think health so long as you are in continual
doubt and uncertainty as to whether you are getting the
(08:49):
right bills of fare. Take no thought what ye shall eat,
said Jesus, and he spoke wisely. The foods found on
the table of any then ordinary middle class or working
class family will nourish your body perfectly, if you eat
at the right times and in the right way. If
(09:10):
you want meat, eat it, and if you do not
want it, do not eat it, and do not suppose
that you must find some special substitute for it. You
can live perfectly well on what is left on any
table after the meat has been removed. It is not
necessary to worry about a varied diet so as to
(09:30):
get in all the necessary elements. The Chinese and Hindus
build very good bodies and excellent brains on a diet
of few variations, rice making almost the whole of it.
The Scotch are physically and mentally strong on oatmeal cakes,
and the irishman is husky of body and brilliant of
(09:51):
mind on potatoes and pork. The wheat berry contains practically
all that is necessary for the building of brain and body,
and a man can live very well on a mono
diet of navy beans. Form a conception of perfect health
for yourself, and do not hold any thought which is
not a thought of health. Never eat until you have
(10:14):
an earned hunger. Remember that it will not hurt you
in the least to go hungry for a short time,
but it will surely hurt you to eat when you
are not hungry. Do not give the least thought to
what you should or should not eat. Simply eat what
is set before you, selecting that which pleases your taste most.
(10:36):
In other words, eat what you want. This you can
do with perfect results if you eat in the right way,
and how to do this will be explained in the
next chapter. End of chapter nine
Chapter ten of the Science of Being Well by Wallace D. Waddles.
This LibriVox recording is in the public domain. Read by
Daniel Sanchez. What to Eat? The current sciences of medicine
and hygiene have made no progress toward answering the question
what shall I eat? The contests between the vegetarians and
(00:24):
the meat eaters, the cooked food advocates, raw food advocates,
and various other schools of theorists seem to be interminable,
and from the mountains of evidence and argument piled up
for and against each special theory, it is plain that
if we depend on these scientists, we shall never know
what is the natural food of man? Turning away from
(00:46):
the whole controversy, then we will ask the question of
nature herself, and we shall find that she has not
left us without an answer. Most of the errors of
dietary scientists grow out out of a false premise as
to the natural state of man. It is assumed that
civilization and mental development are unnatural things. That the man
(01:09):
who lives in a modern house in city or country,
and who works in modern trade or industry for his living,
is leading an unnatural life and is in an unnatural environment.
That the only natural man is a naked savage, and
that the farther we get from the savage, the farther
we are from nature. This is wrong. The man who
(01:32):
has all that art and science can give him is
leading the most natural life, because he is living most
completely in all his faculties. The dweller in a well
appointed city flat, with modern conveniences and good ventilation is
living a far more naturally human life than the Australian
savage who lives in a hollow tree or a hole
(01:54):
in the ground. That great intelligence, which is in all
and through all, has in reality practically settled the question
as to what we shall eat. In ordering the affairs
of nature. It has decided that man's food shall be
according to the zone in which he lives. In the
frigid regions of the Far North, fuel foods are required.
(02:18):
The development of brain is not large, nor is the
life severe in its labor tax on mussel, and so
the Eskimo live largely on the blubber and fat of
aquatic animals. No other diet is possible to them. They
could not get fruits, nuts, or vegetables even if they
were disposed to eat them, and they could not live
(02:39):
on them in that climate if they could get them so.
Notwithstanding the arguments of the vegetarians, the Eskimo will continue
to live on animal fats. On the other hand, as
we come toward the tropics, we find fuel foods less required,
and we find the people naturally inclining toward a vegetarian diet.
(03:00):
Millions live on rice and fruits, and the food regimen
of an Eskimo village, if followed upon the equator, would
result in speedy death. A natural diet for the equatorial
regions would be very far from being a natural diet
near the North Pole, and the people of either zone,
if not interfered with by medical or dietary scientists, will
(03:24):
be guided by the all intelligence, which seeks the fullest
life in all to feed themselves in the best way
for the promotion of perfect health. In general, you can
see that God, working in nature and in the evolution
of human society and customs, has answered your question as
to what you shall eat, and I advise you to
(03:46):
take his answer in preference to that of any man.
In the temperate zone, the largest demands are made on
man in spirit, mind and body, and here we find
the greatest variety of foods provided by nature. And it
is really quite useless and superfluous to theorize on the
(04:06):
question what the masses shall eat, for they have no choice.
They must eat the foods which are staple products of
the zone in which they live. It is impossible to
supply all the people with a nut and fruit or
raw food diet. And the fact that it is impossible
is proof positive that these are not the foods intended
(04:27):
by nature. For nature, being formed for the advancement of life,
has not made the obtaining of the means of life
an impossibility. So I say, the question what shall I eat?
Has been answered For you eat wheat, corn rye oats, barley, buckwheat,
(04:48):
Eat vegetables, eat meats, eat fruits. Eat the things that
are eaten by the masses of the people around the world.
For in this matter, the voice of the people is
the voice of God. They have been led generally to
the selection of certain foods, and they have been led
generally to prepare these foods in generally similar ways. And
(05:10):
you may depend upon it that in general they have
the right foods and are preparing them in the right way.
In these matters, the race has been under the guidance
of God. The list of foods in common use is
a long one, and you must select therefrom according to
your individual taste. If you do, you will find that
(05:32):
you have an infallible guide, as shown in the next
two chapters. If you do not eat until you have
an earned hunger, you will not find your taste demanding
unnatural or unhealthy foods. The wood chopper who has swung
his axe continuously from seven in the morning until noon,
does not come in clamoring for cream puffs and confectionery.
(05:56):
He wants pork and beans, or beef, steak and potatoes,
or cornbread and cabbage. He asks for the plain solids.
Offer to crack him a few walnuts and give him
a plate of lettuce, and you will be met with
huge disdain. Those things are not natural foods for a
working man, and if they are not natural foods for
(06:16):
a working man, they are not for any other man.
For work hunger is the only real hunger, and requires
the same materials to satisfy it, whether it be in
wood chopper or banker, in man, woman or child. It
is a mistake to suppose that food must be selected
with anxious care to fit the vocation of the person
(06:38):
who eats. It is not true that the wood chopper
requires heavy or solid foods and the bookkeeper light foods.
If you are a bookkeeper or other brain worker, and
do not eat until you have an earned hunger, you
will want exactly the same foods that the wood chopper wants.
Your body is made of exactly the same elements as
(06:59):
that of the wood chopper, and requires the same materials
for cell building. Why then feed him on ham and
eggs and corn bread and yew on crackers and toasts. True,
most of his waist is of muscle, while most of
yours is of brain and nerve tissue. But it is
also true that the wood chopper's diet contains all the
(07:21):
requisites for brain and nerve building in far better proportions
than they are found in most light foods. The world's
best brain work has been done on the fare of
the working people. The world's greatest thinkers have invariably lived
on the plain, solid foods common among the masses. Let
(07:42):
the book keeper wait until he has an earned hunger
before he eats, and then, if he wants ham, eggs
and corn bread, by all means, let him eat them,
But let him remember that he does not need one
twentieth of the amount necessary for the wood chopper. It
is not eating hardy foods which gives the brain worker indigestion.
(08:04):
It is eating as much as would be needed by
a muscle worker. Indigestion is never caused by eating to
satisfy hunger. It is always caused by eating to gratify appetite.
If you eat in the manner prescribed in the next chapter,
your taste will soon become so natural that you will
never want anything that you cannot eat with impunity. And
(08:28):
you can drop the whole anxious question of what to
eat from your mind forever, and simply eat what you want. Indeed,
that is the only way to do if you are
to think no thoughts but those of health, For you
cannot think health so long as you are in continual
doubt and uncertainty as to whether you are getting the
(08:49):
right bills of fare. Take no thought what ye shall eat,
said Jesus, and he spoke wisely. The foods found on
the table of any then ordinary middle class or working
class family will nourish your body perfectly, if you eat
at the right times and in the right way. If
(09:10):
you want meat, eat it, and if you do not
want it, do not eat it, and do not suppose
that you must find some special substitute for it. You
can live perfectly well on what is left on any
table after the meat has been removed. It is not
necessary to worry about a varied diet so as to
(09:30):
get in all the necessary elements. The Chinese and Hindus
build very good bodies and excellent brains on a diet
of few variations, rice making almost the whole of it.
The Scotch are physically and mentally strong on oatmeal cakes,
and the irishman is husky of body and brilliant of
(09:51):
mind on potatoes and pork. The wheat berry contains practically
all that is necessary for the building of brain and body,
and a man can live very well on a mono
diet of navy beans. Form a conception of perfect health
for yourself, and do not hold any thought which is
not a thought of health. Never eat until you have
(10:14):
an earned hunger. Remember that it will not hurt you
in the least to go hungry for a short time,
but it will surely hurt you to eat when you
are not hungry. Do not give the least thought to
what you should or should not eat. Simply eat what
is set before you, selecting that which pleases your taste most.
(10:36):
In other words, eat what you want. This you can
do with perfect results if you eat in the right way,
and how to do this will be explained in the
next chapter. End of chapter nine
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