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The A.B.-Z. of our own nutrition

Chapter 2: The A. B.-Z. of OUR OWN NutritioN
By Horace Fletcher
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The work advocates a method of economic nutrition centered on careful mastication and attending to natural appetite cues so as to avoid overconsumption while preserving enjoyment. It combines practical instructions and a concise primer on the psychology, mechanics, and chemistry of digestion with summaries of physiological experiments and expert observations that examine salivary and gastric secretions, intestinal movements, and appetite regulation. The author assembles evidence, case observations, and proposals for systematic research, and closes with accessible guidance intended to increase health, energy, and endurance by aligning eating habits with bodily signals and digestive efficiency.

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The A. B.-Z.
of OUR OWN
NutritioN

By HORACE FLETCHER
Author of “Menticulture,” “Happiness,” “That
Last Waif,” “Glutton or Epicure,” Etc., Etc.

Experimentally Assisted by
DR. ERNEST VAN SOMEREN,
M. R. C. S., L. R. C. P., of Venice, Italy
& DR. HUBERT HIGGINS, M.A.,
M. R. C. S., L. R. C. P., of Cambridge, England

NEW YORK • FREDERICK A.
STOKES COMPANY • PUBLISHERS

COPYRIGHT, 1903
BY HORACE FLETCHER

Published November, 1903
Reprinted February, 1904, August, 1904
February, 1905, August, 1905

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
CAMBRIDGE U. S. A.