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We use fruits and vegetables liberally. I have lived for eight months
upon two meals a day. I have applied myself to writing the most of the
time for above a year. For eight months have been confined closely
to writing. My brain has been constantly taxed, and I have had but
little exercise. Yet my health has never been better than for the past six
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months. My former faint and dizzy feelings have left me. I have been
troubled every spring with loss of appetite. The last spring I had no
trouble in this respect. Our plain food, eaten twice a day, is enjoyed
with a keen relish. We have no meat, cake, or any rich food upon our
table. We use no lard, but in its place, milk, cream, and some butter.
We have our food prepared with but little salt, and have dispensed with
spices of all kinds. We breakfast at seven, and take our dinner at one.
It is seldom I have a faint feeling. My appetite is satisfied. My food is
eaten with a greater relish than ever before.
I have, since a child, been afflicted with dropsy and heart disease,
occasioned by my misfortune when about nine years old. For several
years, in the spring, I have had a shock of paralysis which has nearly
cost me my life. But, in answer to prayer, I have recovered from
its effects. The last spring I had no symptoms of this much-dreaded
affliction. I have no trouble with dropsy or heart disease. I have within
eight months lost twenty-five pounds of flesh. I am better without it. I
have more strength than I have realized for years.
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