Food science for all and a new sunlight theory of nutrition : lectures to teachers of domestic economy / M. Bircher-Benner ; translated and edited with an introduction by Arnold Eiloart.

  • Bircher-Benner, Max Oskar, 1867-1939.
Date:
1928
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Credit: Food science for all and a new sunlight theory of nutrition : lectures to teachers of domestic economy / M. Bircher-Benner ; translated and edited with an introduction by Arnold Eiloart. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    CONTENTS Introduction Preface First Lecture The process of nutrition—The three foodstuffs— The nutritive salts—The vitamins. Second Lecture Calories and nutritive value—The central point of view—The “ fall ” of chemical nutritive energy. Third Lecture The “ miracle of the daily bread—Light spectra —Into the interior of the atoms—Identity of light and chemical energy—Nutrition potential— Final observations. Fourth Lecture Klingsor s enchanted garden and the rediscovered Grail—Relations between food and mental life— Dimly lighted food means a barricade against the spirit Arrangement of foods in three categories. Fifth Lecture .. The power of mother-love—Specific action of certain foods—The task of the sense of taste— Chittenden’s experiment—The economy of nu- trition Stimulants—Alexander Haig : uric acid —The exodus from Egypt. PAGE 7 13 17 47 68 95 1x7