Diet and Dietetics

Creator

Date

1906

Identifier

Truby King Collection WB 400 G851 1906

Type

Publisher

London: Archibald Constable

Abstract

Herbert Spencer’s phrase: ‘Success in life depends more on energy than information’, was added to by King with: ‘no system which sacrifices energy for information is good.’ With diet and good food an integral component of his recovery plans, King consulted an English edition of Armand Gautier’s Diet and Dietetics. Gautier, Professor at the Sorbonne, divided food of mankind into two sorts: meat and vegetables. Aiming towards national regeneration, Gautier maintained a balance was required, with the former (meat) fostering the aggressive pursuit of self-interest; the latter (vegetables) acting as a restraining, moralising force. Here King uses Gautier’s data for his own ‘energy’ calculations.

Files

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Citation

Armand Gautier, “Diet and Dietetics,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed March 29, 2024, https://ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/9533.