Word: dieting
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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Prof. Louis Agassiz, it is said, being asked at one time by a bumptious litterateur how much of a fish diet would benefit his brain, advised him to begin with two small whales...
...college, meant, doubtless, to suppress gluttony. On the other hand the following appears among the proceedings of the overseers: "At a meeting of the overseers ye 30 day of ye 3d month For as much as the overseers have been certified that there hath been uncomfortable defects in the diet of the students as also in their lodging: It is ordered that the Corporation speedily inquire into the causes [14] thereof, & take order with the Steward & Treasurer or any other Colledg Officer, whom may concern for the just redress of the same, & the Overseers do promise their best assistance...
...most enthusiastic advocacy that we have yet seen of athletic exercises among students says: "If the ranking system included relative physical proficiency and attention to sanitation, it would be a sensible enlargement of the schedule. Failure to allow sufficient time for sleep, imprudence in diet, or neglect of exercise, might be marked, like a failure in a lesson, or like an error in deportment. The main tendency of the student's life may be indicated more by physical shortcoming than by any mental lapse...
...audience of over one hundred and fifty students attended Dr. Sargent's lecture yesterday on "Food and Diet." The subject of the next lecture is "Baths and Bathing," next Tuesday at 2 P. M., in Sever...
...ounces to 70 ounces is the average amount eaten daily by men in training. Over-eating produces an unnatural appetite. In regard to quality, the refining of flour, etc., often renders it more indigestible. One should not take anything distasteful to him. There should be a variety in diet, in order to obtain all the principal elements of subsistence which are not found in any one form of nutriment. Benefit results from what is digested, not from what is eaten merely. A man's natural appetite and sense of hunger should determine his times of eating, and meals should...