II--PHYSICAL CONSIDERATIONS 17 III--ETHICAL CONSIDERATIONS 35 IV--THE AESTHETIC POINT OF VIEW 46 V--ECONOMICAL CONSIDERATIONS 52 VI--THE EXCLUSION OF DAIRY PRODUCE 58 VII--CONCLUSION 63 NUTRITION AND DIET I--SCIENCE OF NUTRITION 70 II--WHAT TO EAT 82 III--WHEN TO EAT 97 IV--HOW TO EAT 103 FOOD TABLE 108 RECIPES 111 NO ANIMAL FOOD I URGENCY OF THE SUBJECT Outside of those who have had the good fortune to be educated to an understanding of a rational science of dietetics, very few people indeed have any notion whatever of the fundamental principles of nutrition and diet, and are therefore unable to form any sound opinion as to the merits or demerits of any particular system of dietetic reform. Unfortunately many of those who _do_ realise the intimate connection between diet and both physical and mental health, are not, generally speaking, sufficiently philosophical to base their views upon a secure foundation and logically reason out the whole problem for themselves. Briefly, the pleas usually advanced on behalf of the vegetable regimen are as follows: It is claimed to be healthier than the customary flesh diet; it is claimed for various reasons to be more pleasant; it is claimed to be more economical; it is claimed to be less trouble; it is claimed to be more humane. Many hold the opinion that a frugivorous diet is more natural and better suited to the constitution of man, and that he was never intended to be carnivorous; that the slaughtering of animals for food, being entirely unnecessary is immoral; that in adding our share towards supplying a vocation for the butcher we are helping to nurture callousness, coarseness and brutality in those who are concerned in the butchering business; that anyone of true refinement and delicacy would find in the killing of highly-strung, nervous, sensitive creatures, a task repulsive and disgusting, and that it is scarcely fair, let alone Christian, to ask others to perform work which we consider unnecessary and loathsome, and which we should be ashamed to do ourselves.