The Movements of the Food in the Œsophagus, by W.B. Cannon and A. Moser 285 The Movements of the Stomach, by W.B. Cannon 301 The Movements of the Intestines, by W.B. Cannon 342 The Battle Creek Laboratories.H.F. 389 Experimental Investigation of the Influence of Mastication and Cooking of Food, etc., in the Laboratories of the Battle Creek, Michigan, Sanitarium, under the direction of Dr.J.H. Kellogg 391 Dr. Edward Hooker Dewey and the “No Breakfast Plan.” H.F. 396 Professor Jaffa and the Fruitarians.H.F. 397 Dr.H.P. Armsby.H.F. 397 Explanation of the A.B.C. Series.H.F. 399 INDEX 409 INTRODUCTION _DO WE EAT TOO MUCH?_ CAN WE LEARN TO EAT RIGHT? WITHOUT LOSS OF ENJOYMENT? WITHOUT CARE BEING A NUISANCE? WITHOUT SOCIAL INTERFERENCE? WITH ASSURANCE OF HEALTH? WITH INCREASE OF ENERGY? WITH INCREASE OF ENDURANCE? * * * * * TO ALL THESE VITAL QUESTIONS, THIS BOOK ANSWERS ONLY “YES.” * * * * * VERIFY THIS BY PERSONAL EXPERIMENT. IRRESISTIBLE DESIRE FOR PHYSICAL EXERCISE WILL FOLLOW, AS A MATTER OF COURSE, PROBABLY FRUITING IN USEFUL ACCOMPLISHMENT BY THE SAME INVITATION OF HEALTHY IMPULSE WHICH CAUSES CHILDREN TO PLAY TIRELESSLY. DO RIGHT YOUR FEEDING OF THE BODY. NATURE WILL DO ALL THE REST FOR YOU ARIGHT. Introduction DO WE EAT TOO MUCH? (_A propos of the Scientific-Military Experiments at Yale University_) Do we eat too much? Nine out of every ten physicians tell us “Yes,” and tell us true! How much too much? * * * * * Luigi Cornaro suggested that all persons in his time ate more than was necessary; most persons ate twice as much as was good for them; and some, who were extravagantly gluttonous, ate ten times as much as was their most economic need; and Cornaro, who was a dissipated wreck at forty, reformed his manner of eating and lived to be a hundred to prove his declaration. Experiments carried on in this country and in Europe during the past five years confirm this estimate of habitual excess; but fortunately they have also revealed a natural protection, heretofore unappreciated, available to all, which can regulate the appetite to suit the real needs of nutrition and thus avoid the dangerous excess which predisposes to discomfort and disease. * * * * *