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Rh though not by any means a hardship for those following mental and other sedentary occupations, would be rather difficult for the manual worker who begins early and labor until late.

I have personally followed the one daily meal for a month or more at one time, and have lost no weight worth mentioning and have been able to do my work with the same energy as usual. One very pleasant feature about this plan is the keeness of the appetite. There is no "dilly dallying" at meal time under these circumstances. You are there to eat, and even if your food is of the plainest kind every morsel is dwelt upon and enjoyed to the fullest extent. The great importance of enjoying your food has been explained in a previous chapter, and this one-meal plan will quickly, in every case, entirely cure any lack of appetite. And for this purpose alone—that is, creating a keen relish for food—it is especially advised and should be adopted in every case as the first means of remedying lack of appetite.

Of course, the meal under such circumstances is always quite heavy and no active