"As a rule, men fast when they can no longer eat if they would.
Even a long annual fast is better than that; but, as stated, a daily
fast by dropping out one meal a day is the best method of fasting.
Two meals a day, I am convinced, would result in increased health
to the majority of mankind, and would greatly lessen the labor
of those who are at present troubled and worried about much
serving, to such an extent that they have no time for anything
else."— "Life Boat" June, ip/p.
Mr. W. Earl Flinn is quoted on the same point:
"In most cases it has been demonstrated that two meals are
sufficient for all kinds of work. Of course the food must be scien-
tifically selected, as well as right combinations, and well masticated.
The Greeks built up the most beautiful women and men ever
known on two meals a day." — Elmira "Star Gazette," November
8, 1911.
The Holy Scriptures tell us that when God commanded the
ravens to feed the prophet Elijah, in a time of great famine, they
brought him but two meals a day. (i Kings 17:2-6.)
A man who is engaged in severe physical exercise or work,
will not suffer so acutely from an excess of protein, or from the
habit of eating a hearty meal at night, as will a person who has
little exercise, or is weak physically. His system is better able
to eliminate excess of waste products. However, to preserve the
health by reasonable and timely care is much better than to regain
it when it is lost. Those who, for a reasonable length of time,
live on a moderately low protein diet, and eat only two meals a
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day, or at most a light lunch for the evening meal, soon observe
a clearness of mind and an increase of physical endurance that
are most gratifying.
ADAPTATION OF FOOD
The diet that is most conducive to good health, necessarily
varies with circumstances, depending largely upon the occupation
of the individual, the climate in which he lives, and the season of
the year. Some foods adapted for use at one season or in one
climate are not suited to another; and different foods are best
suited to persons of different occupations. Often food that can
be used with benefit by persons engaged in hard physical labor
is unsuitable for those of sedentary habit.
Some people make the mistake of eating in warm weather the
same foods and the same quantities of food that they consume in
the winter; but the quantity of food should be reduced during the
spring and summer months. The digestive organs cannot readily
care for the same quantity or the same quality in spring that they
are capable of digesting during the winter. Wisely, therefore, with
the return of spring, nature takes away the desire for many of the
more solid foods, and furnishes us with fruits, greens, and succu-
lent vegetables, which are appetizing and cooling to the system.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
"As a rule, men fast when they can no longer eat if they would. Even a long annual fast is better than that; but, as stated, a daily fast by dropping out one meal a day is the best method of fasting. Two meals a day, I am convinced, would result in increased health to the majority of mankind, and would greatly lessen the labor of those who are at present troubled and worried about much serving, to such an extent that they have no time for anything else."— "Life Boat" June, 1919.
Mr. W. Earl Flinn is quoted on the same point:
"In most cases it has been demonstrated that two meals are sufficient for all kinds of work. Of course the food must be scientifically selected, as well as right combinations, and well masticated. The Greeks built up the most beautiful women and men ever known on two meals a day." — Elmira "Star Gazette," November 8, 1911.
The Holy Scriptures tell us that when God commanded the ravens to feed the prophet Elijah, in a time of great famine, they brought him but two meals a day. (i Kings 17:2-6.)
A man who is engaged in severe physical exercise or work, will not suffer so acutely from an excess of protein, or from the habit of eating a hearty meal at night, as will a person who has little exercise, or is weak physically. His system is better able to eliminate excess of waste products. However, to preserve the health by reasonable and timely care is much better than to regain it when it is lost. Those who, for a reasonable length of time, live on a moderately low protein diet, and eat only two meals a
day, or at most a light lunch for the evening meal, soon observe a clearness of mind and an increase of physical endurance that are most gratifying.
ADAPTATION OF FOOD
The diet that is most conducive to good health, necessarily varies with circumstances, depending largely upon the occupation of the individual, the climate in which he lives, and the season of the year. Some foods adapted for use at one season or in one climate are not suited to another; and different foods are best suited to persons of different occupations. Often food that can be used with benefit by persons engaged in hard physical labor is unsuitable for those of sedentary habit.
Some people make the mistake of eating in warm weather the same foods and the same quantities of food that they consume in the winter; but the quantity of food should be reduced during the spring and summer months. The digestive organs cannot readily care for the same quantity or the same quality in spring that they are capable of digesting during the winter. Wisely, therefore, with the return of spring, nature takes away the desire for many of the more solid foods, and furnishes us with fruits, greens, and succulent vegetables, which are appetizing and cooling to the system.