THE END OF DR ALLNISON'S MONTH ON MEAL AND WATER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1865, 14 March 1889, Page 4

THE END OF DR ALLNISON'S MONTH ON MEAL AND WATER.

" I have just finished my month's trial diet on whole meal and water ; by the time this is in the hands of the public I shall be on the vegetarian diet as usual. A month of simple diet has got mj palate used to plain fare, and I relish it and enjoy it. Were it not for the former knowledge of savoury foods, I should never crave for them. I will now sum up the results of the experience. My weight has decreased 8-J-lb from the first week in trying to live on one pound of meal a day. My strength of grip has actually increased, and I could squeeze 61b more with my right and 51b more with my left than when I began. My breathing capacity is less by a few inches j this I blame to want of exercise this Christmas week. My sight has improved a little, my nervous system responds to a reaction quicker, and lam altogether in better form. I have worked as usual every day, and found my capacity for mental work much greater. My food has cost me under twopence a day, and it shows how little a person could live on at a pinch. The experiment also shows the great value of whole meal or wheat as an article of food. I doubt very much lif a person could do what I have done on white flour and water. I find, also, that it requires about one and a-half pounds of wheatmeal a day to keep mo in good working order—doing my ordinary work and walking six miles a day. I have not had any pimples, blotches, or eruption since I went on the diet. The outcome is satisfactory, and when the results of the more scientific enquiry for which due notes have been made from day to day —are known, I will let my readers have full particulars."—-T. E. Allinson, L.R.C.P,, in the Weekly Times and Echo.