The Fasting Cure

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The Fasting Cure by Upton Sinclair presents the writer’s account of discovering health, including discussion of his headaches and stomach troubles. The author explains his decision to put his own case on record by saying that no other case allows him to speak with such authority. The contents list discussions of fasting and doctors, death during a fast, fasting and the mind, and diet after a fast.

The author recalls a boyhood in a well-to-do family where good eating was considered a social grace and the principal interest in life. The author says he is inclined to regard beans as too difficult to digest and too liable to ferment for anyone able to obtain something better. The author reports personally avoiding peanuts because he has found that he does not digest them.

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Upton Sinclair

Upton Sinclair (1878-1968) was an American writer and reformer, author of the muckraking classic The Jungle. A prolific novelist, he won the Pulitzer Prize and profoundly influenced American social thought.