Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 4

A practical, encyclopedic diet manual that explains the chemistry of food and the human body and prescribes dietary regimens to prevent and treat digestive and systemic disorders. It organizes lessons on digestion, malassimilation, and common conditions — obesity, neurasthenia, anemia, diabetes, respiratory and skin diseases, rheumatism, and more — and supplies seasonal, condition-specific menus, cooking and meal-planning guidance, and lifestyle advice such as exercise, bathing, and bowel regulation. Sections cover nutrition for pregnancy, nursing, children, athletes, laboring or mentally active people, and the aged, emphasizing assimilation, elimination, and simple recipes to restore vitality and normal digestion.