Let him try the electric rollers and the electric baths, if such be his bent; no doubt they have their value.

And by all means let him consult a qualified physician if he fears either that he is overdoing or underdoing his banting.

Personally, though, I am satisfied with the plan I tried out, of being my own private test tube.
I claim that I have better information touching on what sustenance I need than any outsider ever can hope to have unless he breaks into me surgically.

I claim that a series of rational experiments should tell any rational human how much he needs to eat and what he needs to eat in order to reduce his bulk and yet keep his powers and his bodily vigor unimpaired.

I am not speaking now, understand me, of those unfortunates with whom obesity is a disease, but of those who owe their grossness of outline to gluttony.