THOMPSON, VANCE - Eat and Grow Thin the Mahdah Menus

New York, NY: E. P. Dutton & Company, 1916. Reprint. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and is lacking a dust jacket. The book and its contents are in generally clean, bright condition. There is some light bumping and wear to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. "Thompson authored several books on healthy living, such as 1914's Eat and Grow Thin and 1916's Drink and Be Sober. His diet book Eat and Grow Thin was popular, by 1931 it was in its 112th printing. It advocates a low-carbohydrate diet and contains a list of "forbidden foods". Thompson believed that dairy, pork, ham, bacon, beans, bread, grains, cereals, flour, rice, potatoes, sugar, and all alcoholic drinks should be avoided. He recommended eating all kinds of meat (except pig) , game, sea-food, eggs, fruit and green vegetables. The book was criticized for misrepresenting nutritional science. " (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ .

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