[32] “Logic of Vegetarianism,” p. 55.
[33] “Hydropathic Cook Book,” p. 107.
[34] It is important to note, in this connection, that but a small percentage of the starch is ever converted into sugar, even by the most thorough mastication. I say this on the authority of Dr John Goodfellow, F.R.C.S., author of “The Dietetic Value of Bread,” etc., who conducted a number of careful experiments on this very point. (See his letter to Dr Densmore, in “How Nature Cures,” pp. 237-239.) In raw cereals, only about one per cent. was converted! As this process of conversion cannot go forward in an acid medium—i.e. in the stomach—it is evident that the bowels must be called upon to effect this conversion—a useless tax upon them, and a cause of constipation as well.
[35] It is an error—though a common one—to suppose that the fruitarian diet causes a loss of weight. My own weight has remained about the same for ten years, no matter what I eat, or how much. On this diet the weight will go to normal—and, generally speaking, it is necessary that some weight should be lost, in order to effect this.
[36] “Further Investigations Among Fruitarians,” etc., p. 79.
[37] “La réforme alimentaire,” vol. xiii., No. 2. For much valuable information on this subject consult Dr J. L. Buttner’s book, “A Fleshless Diet” (1910).
[38] If this theory were true, it would agree very well with Professor Loeb’s recent physiological researches. He has come to the conclusion that the energy of food-stuffs is not due to the production of heat, or to chemical energy, but to electrically charged molecules This would seem to agree very well with the theory outlined above.
[39] “The Dietetic Value of Bread,” p. 166.
[40] “Logic of Vegetarianism,” p. 27.
[41] “The Science of Living,” p. 145.