Food and Feeding [Paperback]

Herbert M. Shelton (Author)

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Series: Kessinger Publishing's Rare Reprints | Publication Date: March 31, 2003

The author's aim in this little book is to teach the reader how to eat. This book is intended to be different from others on diet. The purpose is to give the reader a working knowledge of dietetics as it had been so far worked out in the laboratory and in practical experience. Shelton set himself the task of unraveling the problem of the nonexistence of a textbook on dietetics while he was a teacher in the American School of Naturopathy and this work is the outcome.

Product Details

• Paperback: 172 pages
• Publisher: Kessinger Publishing, LLC (March 31, 2003)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0766145905
• ISBN-13: 978-0766145900
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.3 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,958,887 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars The Art and Science of Digestion, November 27, 2009

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This is a book of facts and logic. Shelton does not merely tell you what to eat, he leads you to figure it out for yourself, appealing to your own logic. He shows how simple and easy it is to eat for health and longevity, by obeying the laws of nature and your own constitution. Because nature is wiser than "drug-peddling bipeds." He cites legitimate scientific experiments, and warns against following "the great god Mumbo Jumbo."

He discusses the processes of digestion, the causes of indigestion and constipation, the arguments for the fruit-based vegetarian diet, the arguments against meat-eating, the use of condiments, etc. The difference between hunger and appetite. The dangers of excess protein consumption. And of course, his forte, food combining. He talks about fasting, when and how to do it. He debunks the "fallacy" of measuring food value in calories and insists that food intake must be adjusted to the digestive capacity of the eater, because good nutrition requires more than just good food.

This book was poorly edited, if edited at all, but is readable and understandable. Published in 1926, it sometimes shows its age. For example, he is not quite sure that "such things as vitamins exist." He links polio outbreaks to improper feeding of children--there may be some truth to that. He recommends laying babies on their stomachs, not on their backs, calling it the natural position. So read this book critically. But read it, because most of it is both valid and valuable.

2.0 out of 5 stars full of persuasive but might not right suggestions, October 5, 2011

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it is the first book on diet i read as a new mom. the author gave bold suggestions. sometimes absurd ones. yet he is very onto his own theories. it is not common to see a scientist speaking in this way today. after pounding on this book for a while, i finally threw it away.