The Wisdom Of The Body

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"Eat, drink and be merry, {or tomorrow thou diets!" To tell you how to do so, there are articles and books galore—more than on any other aspect of food. So you can definitely find something to your taste. The Children of Affluence do not wish to look too 'prosperous'; but their question "What should I do?" leads to answers from many quarters—all expert—and to a prosperous 'dietary industry'. That in the U.S., for instance, grosses around a biliion dollars a year. Before describing Gatty's interesting and scientifically-based book, with its many practical suggestions which strike a responsive chord, I shall briefly review the more popular of what may loosely be called the different 'schools of thought'.