A couple years ago a long-lost Walt Whitman manifesto was discovered and it has now been digitized. It is basically a diet book. Here are some of his rules:
•For breakfast, eat a plate of lean meat cooked rare, no sauce, with a hunk of bread.
•Ice-cold drinks are bad for you.
•Hot drinks are also bad for you. This includes coffee. If you like it, you can have one tepid cup at the end of a meal. Same with tea.
•Eat potatoes in moderation.
•Sauces are bad for you.
•Don’t eat ham.
•Go to bed no later than 10pm. Sleep for 6-8 hours.
•Indigestion is the great American evil.
•Don’t take Pepto Bismol.
“Indigestion is the great American evil”. Whole-heartedly agree, Walt.
