EATING AND DRINKING

The Alkalinity of the Blood, the Test of Food and Drink in Health and DiseaseThe importance of diet to health and well being has long been recognized, and writers, from the days of the early philosophers to the present time, have dwelt upon it. Unfortu nately, however, during all these years no one has formulated an accurate statement of what constitutes wholesome diet. The saying that one man s food is another man s poison, is but the expression of the impossibility of fixing a rigid dietary for civilized man in his present condition, but it is still possible to determine what elements in food and drink are likely to be injurious to some individuals or to all.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.