Keeping fit / by Orison Swett Marden.

  • Marden, Orison Swett, 1848-1924.
Date:
[1914]
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Credit: Keeping fit / by Orison Swett Marden. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    crepitude and feebleness are caused by poi- sons from the fermentation and putrefaction of excessive food, from that which is imper- fectly digested because of mental disturbance, such as worry, fear, anxiety, jealousy, or from that which is not adapted to the requirements of the various tissues. He also claims that old age is very materially hastened, in perhaps the majority of cases, by overeating; not only be- cause of the consequent poisoning of the sys- tem, but also on account of the tremendous waste of energy and vitality in trying to dis- pose of this dangerous excess of nutriment, a waste which the body can ill afford because of its lessened power to generate new life force. Longevity is largely dependent upon the scientific choice and eating of food and upon scientific health habits,—temperance in all things,—and yet every day of our lives most of us violate all of these principles. We eat foods which poison us, or do not nourish us, but which we happen to have been “brought up” on. In other words, we violate every health law, every scientific health principle, and yet we cling to life with all the desperation of a drowning man grasping a bit of driftwood.