Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...would tend to a nervousness which would probably effect the result. As regards food, Dr. Sargent said he would give a man to eat what his natural appetite craved, but the kind of food depended on what he had to do. Beef and mutton were the foundation of the diet, and oat meal, graham bread, cracked wheat and vegetables were all good, but pastry, condiments and made dishes should never be used. He believed in letting a man drink all the cold water a systematic thirst required, and that if it was really necessary to reduce the weight...
...They must be training the boating men at Exeter down to a fine point," says the Exonian; "the animated skeletons of the middle class will soon begin to train for the crew. They will be kept on a bread and water diet, and what is left of them at the end of the year will be sent to Dartmouth...
...system which permits a student from the beginning of his sophomore year to ramble at will among the intellectual meats, preserves, pastries and desserts of that grand old storehouse. A less marked feature, but one found necessary from the natural desire of youth for an eccentric and somewhat heterogeneous diet, is the honor system which by holding out a bauble, induces the inconstant youth to adopt a more rational and regular course of intellectual food, much as an indulgent mother persuades her darling boy to eat meat and forego pie by promising him a new rocking-horse...
...intend to disparage regularity in sleep, diet or exercise, but we think that crew men can do all the work necessary without beginning to train as crews so early in the season. It seems to us that much more would be gained by giving to each man a course of exercise suited to him individually; he would thus be freed from the necessity of presenting himself at a definite hour each day. We hope for a radical change in this matter, so that hereafter rowing in the class crews will not be so much opposed to the enjoyment...
...will serve as a substitute for the cards heretofore employed, and will also act as a more specific guide to the use of the new system of apparatus." It may also be serviceable to outsiders who follow a regular method of physical training. Then follow general remarks upon exercise, diet, sleep, air, bathing, and other subjects of the same class. In these are given first of all some general directions, and, later on, rules applying to special cases. The rest of the book is given to a full indication of the proper use of each apparatus in the gymnasium, stating...