The Normal Diet of Humans

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Normal Diet of Humans

There are probably many diets which would prove
satisfactory for human consumption. There is no
special diet to represent how humans should eat.
(a normal or natural diet and) Historically one can
see the difficulties, and the weakness of
arguments, when reading the various claims of socalled experts on the vegan diet, the vegetarian
diet or the mixed diet. All enthusiasts of the
various dietary practices have attempted to prove
their position based on a wide range of
observations and especially on comparative
studies.
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Long dissertations on comparative anatomy,

physiology and biochemistry have be written
and published to support various dietary
theories. Currently there are arguments about
the paleolithic diet.
Hygienists too have been guilty of suspect
arguments and irrational claims. In 1982 Natural
Hygiene Press published, Fit Food for
Humanity, based on an earlier presentation,
Fit Food for Man by Arthur Andrews published
in 1970. Carringtons book, The Natural Food of
Man, published in 1912, a comprehensive and
remarkable book for its time.
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It is legitimate to argue from the point of view of

comparative anatomy, physiology and biochemistry, that
this represents, in a limited way, evidence. However, to go
as far as to say that these simplistic applications of the
comparisons are proofs is a fallacy. Unfortunately there are
people who one might legitimately refer to as extremists
who believe that there is more or less a specific diet which
is suitable for all human beings. Some people who call
themselves fruitarians, who consume predominately raw
food much of it fruit, although from my observations they do
tend to eat a number of foods that would be classified as
vegetables. I must say at the outset that I do no consider
the all fruit diet desirable or adequate. However, I do not
wish to condemn the all raw fruit and vegetable diet.
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It is also a common finding that many who write

about natural diet, natural living or whatever,
repeatedly refer to natural law and while one
appreciates that they do not refer to any legal
enactment when they use the word law, but they
use the word as we might refer to the law of
gravity, the law of thermodynamics, etc. The
latter laws dont represent any god given principle
but rather the observations and precise
measurements of certain uniformities observed in
nature which can be expressed in mathematical
terms. The laws of life, that the hygienist speaks
about, must be qualified because they are not
capable of being reduced to mathematical
theorems or mathematical equations, so in this
respect the so-called law is merely a claim made
on the basis of belief and belief without concrete
evidence. Regrettably, the use of the word law
seems to provide the necessary emphasis to
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elevate the claim to authority. When we refer to

A law is only a descriptive statement explaining

observed uniformities in Nature. To be meaningful it
must be capable of mathematical expression.
Otherwise the relationships it relates to cannot be
compared or correlated. As someone once said,
Science is measurement.

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Arcadia Health Centre is a

residential/outpatient lifestyle,
fasting, natural hygiene,
naturopathic, chiropractic and
osteopathic clinic with a
dominant health re-education
program. One week is the

minimum stay at the Centre.

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