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The author presents a revised, expanded program of dietetic economy centered on slow eating and thorough mastication, arguing that careful chewing conserves energy, prevents overindulgence, and improves mental and physical performance. The text critiques social hospitality and habitual gluttony, recommends aesthetic and economical approaches to feeding, and treats bowel function and excreta as important diagnostic indicators. Practical guidance is illustrated with experimental observations and corroborating testimony from scientific and clinical sources, and the work interleaves prescriptive advice with reflections on habit, environment, and the broader effects of nutrition on daily efficiency and well-being.

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Title: The New Glutton or Epicure

Author: Horace Fletcher

Release date: November 23, 2014 [eBook #47439]
Most recently updated: October 24, 2024

Language: English

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THE NEW
GLUTTON OR EPICURE

HORACE FLETCHER'S WORKS

THE A.B.-Z. OF OUR OWN NUTRITION. 462 pp.

THE NEW MENTICULTURE; or, The A-B-C of True Living. Forty-fifth thousand. 310 pp.

THE NEW GLUTTON OR EPICURE; or, Economic Nutrition.344 pp.

HAPPINESS as found in Forethought minus Fearthought. Tenth thousand. 251 pp.

THAT LAST WAIF; or, Social Quarantine. 270 pp.

THE
NEW GLUTTON
OR
EPICURE

BY
HORACE FLETCHER

NEW YORK
FREDERICK A. STOKES COMPANY
1906

COPYRIGHT, 1899, 1903
BY HORACE FLETCHER

Published November, 1903
Reprinted October, 1904, September, 1905
December, 1905

THE UNIVERSITY PRESS
CAMBRIDGE · U. S. A.