No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes Quotes

“To drink when thirsty is right and natural; it shows that the blood is concentrated and is in want of fluid. But to drink merely for the pleasure of drinking, or to carry out some insane theory like that of 'washing out' the system is positively dangerous. The human body is not a dirty barrel needing swilling out with a hose-pipe. It is a most delicate piece of mechanism, so delicate that the abuse of any of its parts tends to throw the entire system out of order.”
― Rupert H. Wheldon, No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes

“But the proof of the pudding is in the eating, and to prove that the vegetarian is the most hygienic diet, we must examine the physical conditions of those nations and individuals who have lived, and do live, upon this diet.”
― Rupert H. Wheldon, No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes

“Dr. Kingsford writes: 'M. Pouchet observes that all the details of the digestive apparatus in man, as well as his dentition, constitute "so many proofs of his frugivorous origin"—an opinion shared by Professor”
― Rupert H. Wheldon, No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes

“He who desires to enjoy life desires to possess good physical health, for a healthy body is almost essential to a happy life;”
― Rupert H. Wheldon, No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes

“Swilling the system out with liquid does not in any way accelerate or aid the process, but, on the contrary, retards and impedes it. It dilutes the blood, thus creating an abnormal condition in the circulatory system, and may raise the pressure of blood and dilate the heart.”
― Rupert H. Wheldon, No Animal Food; and Nutrition and Diet; with Vegetable Recipes