Fasting and Man’s Correct Diet
1921
Pearson emphasized raw foods and a hygienic diet in addition to periodic fasting for health.
Key Takeaways:
- Pearson blends natural hygiene and Ehret‑style ideas, claiming that disease results from accumulated waste and wrong food rather than germs alone.
- Fasting is presented as nature’s own healing method, allowing the body to cleanse itself when digestion is temporarily suspended.
- A "correct" diet emphasizes raw, fresh, simple foods—especially fruits and vegetables—while rejecting heavy, processed, and highly seasoned dishes.
- The book encourages readers to trust natural law and personal experience over medical orthodoxy, foreshadowing later alternative‑health movements.