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Fletcherism, What It Is

Book information

Publisher
Applewood Books
Year
2008
ISBN
1429010606, 9781429010603
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
483 kB (494625 bytes)
Pages
256\179
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

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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