Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected.Variations in hyphenation and accents have been standardised but allother spelling and punctuation remains unchanged.
A paragraph on the Mincopies in Chapter VIrefers to the killing of guianas and bugongs, this may be misspellingof iguana and dugong. Additionally the Mincopies are referred to asAfrican whereas they were Andaman Islanders.
The layout of the tables in Chapter IV has been modified to improveclarity and manage width. In addition the large table "Selections fromAtwater and Bryant’s Tables", originally occupying pages 64 to 71, hasbeen relocated to the end of the book as an additional appendix inorder to preserve the flow of the text. This has been added to the TOCand a link placed in the original location.
Proteid and protein are both used and have not been standardised.
The index refers to pages 332 and 333, these do not exist.
The cover was prepared by the transcriber and is placed in the publicdomain.
BEING AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE FROM COMPARATIVE
ANATOMY, PHYSIOLOGY, CHEMISTRY AND
HYGIENE, THAT THE ORIGINAL,
BEST AND NATURAL DIET OF
MAN IS FRUIT AND
NUTS
BY
HEREWARD CARRINGTON
AUTHOR OF
“VITALITY, FASTING AND NUTRITION,” “THE COMING SCIENCE,” “DEATH:
ITS CAUSES AND PHENOMENA” (JOINTLY), ETC., ETC.
LONDON
C. W. DANIEL
AMEN CORNER, E.C.
1912
To
MY MOTHER
IN LOVING MEMORY
America has just passed through a great financial crisis—oneof the many which occur from time to time, because of badlyadjusted financial conditions, and as the result of greed—andwe hear much talk of “hard times,” and the lack of moneywherewith to buy the necessities of life. Now, I believe thatsuch “hard times,” and such conditions, could be largelyaverted if only the people were taught to live correctly:taught how to economise their food, and how to take care oftheir bodies. There can be no doubt but that much of thewaste which occurs throughout the land is due to ignorance ofthe great laws of life and health; and if people were onlytaught how to reduce their food-supply scientifically—andnot to expend so much money on their bodies, and especially ontheir food—there would be but a small amount of sufferingcompared with that which has existed in the past. Teach thepublic how to preserve the body in a state of health, upon asmall amount of money, and we shall have solved one of thegreatest economic factors confronting us to-day. I believethat this may be brought about, in a large part at least, byadopting the principles of nutrition outlined in this book; andI submit it to the public largely with that idea in mind.But that is only part of my object, none the less. My desireis to help humanity to secure better health—to teach themhow to live cheaply and economically; above all, how to liveso as to preserve the highest standard of health, strength andenergy. We should thus have a cleaner, a hardier and ahappier race of individuals; and I firmly believe that all true6reform—social economic religious—must come primarilythrough the body—i.e. these reforms can only be effected byfirst of all reforming the body, and its habits; and when thathas been