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.
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Citation
Armand Gautier, “Diet and Dietetics,” ourheritage.ac.nz | OUR Heritage, accessed November 6, 2024, https://otago.ourheritage.ac.nz/items/show/9533.