
Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New Hygiene
by Michael Williams Upton Sinclair
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About This Book
In Good Health, Sinclair discovers after his contraction of whooping cough, advice from doctors about having a healthier lifestyle could be a great resource for people wanting longer, fuller lives. The Battle of the Blood, How to Eat, How Digestion is Accomplished, Some Important Food Facts, cont.
Chapters (372)
- GOOD HEALTH AND HOW WE WON IT
- CONTENTS
- ILLUSTRATIONS
- INTRODUCTION BY UPTON SINCLAIR
- I THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD
- THE DEFENSES OF THE BODY
- HEALTHY BODIES ARE GERM-PROOF
- THE WHITE CELLS ON GUARD
- HOW THE WHITE CELLS DO THEIR WORK
- THE PROBLEM OF HEALTH
- HEALTH, LIKE DISEASE, IS CATCHING
- OUR FOOD IS THE CHIEF FACTOR
- II HOW TO EAT: THE GOSPEL OF DIETETICS ACCORDING TO HORACE FLETCHER
- THE STORY OF HORACE FLETCHER
- HOW A STRONG MAN BROKE DOWN
- FIGHTING FOR LIFE
- MR. FLETCHER’S DISCOVERY
- THE MAGIC OF MASTICATION
- DR. ANDERSON’S REPORT
- FLETCHERISM
- HOW CHEWING STIMULATES DIGESTION
- THE “FOOD FILTER”
- III THE YALE EXPERIMENTS
- FLETCHER’S CLAIMS SUPPORTED
- CHITTENDEN’S EXPERIMENTS ON HIMSELF
- THE OTHER CHITTENDEN TESTS
- PROFESSOR CHITTENDEN’S CONCLUSIONS
- HOW TO INCREASE ENDURANCE
- VICTORY FOR THE LOW PROTEID DIET
- THE RESULT OF THE MASTICATION TEST
- ANYBODY CAN APPLY THE NEW KNOWLEDGE
- IV HOW DIGESTION IS ACCOMPLISHED
- THE WORK OF THE STOMACH
- THE ELEMENTS OF FOOD
- THE WORK OF THE DIGESTIVE JUICES
- HOW MUCH SHOULD WE EAT
- PRACTICAL APPLICATION OF DIETARY RULES
- V HOW FOODS POISON THE BODY
- THE INVESTIGATIONS OF METCHNIKOFF
- HOW TO PREVENT DEGENERATION OF TISSUE
- HOW TO ENLIST THE SERVICES OF FRIENDLY GERMS
- VI SOME IMPORTANT FOOD FACTS
- WHAT COOKING DOES FOR GRAINS
- ABOLISH THE FRYING PAN!
- DAIRY PRODUCTS NEED ATTENTION
- VII HOW OFTEN SHOULD WE EAT?
- TWO MEALS A DAY THE BEST
- DON’T EAT BEFORE SLEEPING
- DRINKING AT MEALS
- HOW THE BODY PRODUCES “APPETITE JUICE”
- VIII HEALTH AND THE MIND
- IX THE CASE AS TO MEAT
- THE BELGIAN EXPERIMENTS
- DR. TURCK’S INVESTIGATIONS
- THE DANGER OF INFECTION FROM MEAT
- THE NUMBER OF GERMS WE EAT
- CANCER AND MEAT EATING
- INVESTIGATIONS IN NEW YORK
- THE PROTEID ARGUMENT
- X THE CASE AGAINST STIMULANTS
- TEA AND COFFEE
- XI DIET REFORM IN THE FAMILY
- XII BREATHING AND EXERCISE
- THE INDISPENSABILITY OF OXYGEN
- HOW TO CALCULATE ROOM VENTILATION
- TUBERCULOSIS POINTS THE MORAL
- HOW BREATHING AIDS THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD
- HAVE FRESH AIR AT NIGHT
- HOW EXERCISE AIDS THE BATTLE OF THE BLOOD
- EXERCISES MAKE NEW BLOOD
- EXERCISES WHICH RETARD AUTO-INTOXICATION
- EXERCISES WHICH PROMOTE DEEP BREATHING
- XIII BATHING AND CLEANLINESS
- THE VALUE OF BATHING
- HOW COLD BATHING AIDS NUTRITION
- THE CARE OF THE TEETH
- “THE VESTIBULE OF LIFE”
- HOW MOUTH INFECTION SPREADS
- XIV A UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH
- XV HEALTH REFORM AND THE COMMITTEE OF ONE HUNDRED
- “THE NEGLECT OF HEALTH A NATIONAL EVIL”
- APPENDIX Diet List
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