Introduction chapter I - Food-its digestion, absorption, and assimilation chapter II - How the body works chapter III - Our daily food chapter IV - How the nation's food is debased chapter V - The need for pure food chapter VI - Eating for health, not disease chapter VII - The art of combining foods chapter VIII - Vegetarianism and meat-eating chapter IX - The feeding of children chapter X - Conclusion appendix - A complete guide to health The Short Fast Regime-The All-Fruit Diet-Fruit and Milk Diet-Restricted Diet-A Week's Health Menus-When and What to Drink, and Why-Constipation, and its Cure-The Use of the Enema-Dry Friction-The Sitz-Bath-The Cold Sponge-Remedial Exercises-Breathing Exercises-Epsom Salts Baths-Special Mental Tonic.