Encyclopedia of Diet (Vol. 1-5) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. A Treatise on the Food QuestionBy Eugene Christian
Length20h 51m
About this audiobook
Eugene Christian's Encyclopedia of Diet (Vols. 1–5) is an ambitious early twentieth-century compendium on nutrition, digestion, food selection, and the regulation of bodily health through disciplined eating. Combining practical menus, physiological explanation, and reformist advice, the work belongs to the Progressive Era literature of dietetics, when science, moral self-mastery, and natural-health movements often converged. Its style is didactic, encyclopedic, and prescriptive, aiming not merely to inform but to reorganize daily life around dietary law. Christian was a prominent American food reformer and lecturer whose writings reflect the period's fascination with natural hygiene, preventive medicine, and the curative possibilities of diet before modern nutrition had fully professionalized. His emphasis on simplicity, moderation, food combinations, and individualized regimens suggests both a reaction against industrialized eating and an effort to make bodily self-care systematic, rational, and accessible to lay readers. This work is recommended for readers interested in the history of nutrition, alternative medicine, health reform, and the cultural origins of modern dietary advice. Though some claims require historical distance, the encyclopedia remains a revealing, substantial document of its age.
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Audiobook details
GenreHealth and Wellness
Length20 hrs 51 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 28, 2021
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Introduction
26MENUS FOR SUPERACIDITY
2Volume 1
27MENUS FOR FERMENTATION
3PREFACE
28MENUS FOR CONSTIPATION
4LESSON I
29MENUS FOR GASTRITIS
5LESSON II
30MENUS FOR NERVOUS INDIGESTION
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6LESSON III
31MENUS FOR NERVOUSNESS
7LESSON IV
32MENUS FOR SUBACIDITY
8LESSON V
33INDIGESTION (ACUTE)
9LESSON VI
34MENUS FOR BILIOUSNESS
10LESSON VII
35MENUS FOR CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
11Volume 2
36MENUS FOR DIARRHEA
12LESSON VIII
37MENUS FOR EMACIATION
13LESSON IX
38Volume 4
14LESSON X
39Lesson XV. CURATIVE AND REMEDIAL MENUS CONCLUDED
15LESSON XI (pt. 1)
40NASAL CATARRH
16LESSON XI (pt. 2)
41MENUS FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN AND FOR THE NURSING MOTHER
17Volume 3
42THE NURSING MOTHER
18LESSON XII
43MENUS FOR THE NURSING MOTHER
19LESSON XIII
44MISCELLANEOUS MENUS
20LESSON XIV
45BUILDING UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
21LESSON XV
46FOR AGED PERSON
22RECIPES
47STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE (HEALTHY PERSON)
23CHOICE OF MENUS
48MALASSIMILATION AND AUTOINTOXICATION
24NORMAL MENUS
49NO APPETITE
25CURATIVE MENUS
50ATHLETIC DIET
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