"Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New Hygiene" by Upton Sinclair and Michael Williams is a scientific publication written in the early 20th century." The book discusses contemporary thoughts on health, nutrition, and hygiene while emphasizing a diet reform movement led by Horace Fletcher. The authors share their journey toward understanding health through personal experiences, scientific explorations, and experiments in nutrition. "At the start of the ... Read More book, Upton Sinclair recounts his own health struggles during his college years." He expresses his desire for proactive health management rather than reactive treatment, leading to his discovery of Horace Fletcher's dietary practices focusing on chewing food thoroughly. Sinclair shares his early experiments with diet, the challenges he faced, and the gradual accumulation of knowledge through studies and consultations with health experts. This introduction sets the stage for the authors to explore the scientific foundation of nutrition and health that forms the crux of the book. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Show Less

Author Sinclair, Upton, 1878-1968 Author Williams, Michael, 1878-1950 LoC No. 09002074 Title Good Health and How We Won It, With an Account of the New Hygiene Contents The battle of the blood -- How to eat: the gospel of dietetics according to Horace Fletcher -- The Yale experiments -- How digestion is accomplished -- How foods poison the body -- Some important food facts -- How often should we eat -- Health and the mind -- The case as to meat -- The case against stimulants -- Diet reform in the family -- Breathing and exercise -- Bathing and cleanliness -- A University of Health -- Health reform and the Committee of One Hundred. Credits Tim Lindell, Les Galloway and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at https://www.pgdp.net (This book was produced from images made available by the HathiTrust Digital Library.) Reading Level Reading ease score: 54.3 (10th to 12th grade). Somewhat difficult to read. Language English LoC Class RA: Medicine: Public aspects of medicine Subject Hygiene Category Text EBook-No. 66077 Release Date Aug 17, 2021 Copyright Status Public domain in the USA. Downloads 226 downloads in the last 30 days. Project Gutenberg eBooks are always free!

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