ZONE 
FOOD 
SCIENCE 
OGDEN ZONE 
FOOD 
SCIENCE 
- cBy - 
La Verne G. Ogden, A. B. 
Author of "Zone Food Science,'' 
Originator of "Correlated Breathing 
Science," Founder President and 
Director of the Ogden Health Institute, 
Andrews Building, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Copyright 1920, by LaVerne G. Ogden. 
THE L.S. MURDOCK CO. 
PRINTERS-CINCINNATI FOREWORD 
I HAVE no theory to advance nor any apology 
to offer for the appearance of Zone Food 
Science. In the past many food books have 
been published advancing many theories 
concerning food values, yet these books 
have failed in their mission because the vital 
principle of proper food selection was not under- 
stood. The fact is, we have been theorizing too 
long and it is high time to cease theorizing, come 
to our senses and get down to the hard, actual 
facts that govern food and it's relation to the 
general health. 
X The food problem has always 
been a stumbling block. Ignorant of the effect 
of food combinations on the general health, the 
human family has gorged and gorged the stom- 
ach with all kinds of food mixtures until, alas, 
it has been made a garbage can instead of a 
recepticle for food to generate health and energy. 
In the wake of this gluttony sickness has 
followed. Then to right the harm done, the 
system has been dosed with medicines, sans 
number, in the hope of obtaining a cure. It is 
generally conceded that medicine has hopelessly 
failed to right the wrong. In my judgment it is 
the extreme height of folly to dose the system 
with medicine when the real cause of the ail- 
ment lies in the wrong selection of food. The 
sensible method of treatment is to remove the 
cause and the ailment will disappear. People 
generally rebel against any sane advice on the 
subject of diet. Just because certain foods taste 
good they gorge to overflowing and then wonder 
why they become ill. It is conceded by the 
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majority of physicians that about ninety-five per 
cent of human ills have their origin in the 
stomach. Usually the first two questions asked 
by physicians when called to attend a patient 
are, let me see your tongue and how are your 
bowels. The tongue is a good mirror of the 
condition of the stomach and since it is con- 
ceded that most sickness originates in the stom- 
ach, the only conclusion 1 can come to is that 
the improper selection of foods is the direct 
cause of most of our ailments. 
It is the author's aim to set forth 
the principles of Zone Food Science in a clear 
and concise manner in order that all may ben- 
efit thereby. The fundamental principles of Zone 
Food Science originated with me several years 
ago after a serious illness. After thoroughly 
testing the principle myself and applying it to 
hundreds of severe cases of stomach disorders 
without a single failure, 1 now offer it to the 
general public. It is with unwavering confidence 
in the principle that 1 send this little book forth 
well knowing that it will give health to those 
who will adopt the principle and follow it. 
Sincerely, 
LaVerne G. Ogden, A. B. 
Zone Foood Scientist and Correlated Breathing Scientist. 
Andrews Building, Cincinnati, Ohio, 
August, 1920. 
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THE food problem has always been 
and will continue to be of vital in- 
terest to man. It has been said that, 
"the fate of nations depends on how they 
are fed." As a nation is an association of 
individuals, one's success or failure is de- 
termined largely by the nature of the foods 
eaten. The functions of food are to yield 
energy, build tissue and regulate the body 
processes. To carry on these functions and 
to maintain harmony in the digestive tract, 
great care must be given to the proper 
selection of food. The reason is obvious. 
Some food combinations promote digestive 
harmony, while other foods fight each other 
and produce serious digestive disturbances. 
The sour stomach, the belching of gases, the 
palpitating heart, nausea, coated tongue, 
frequent headaches and bilious attacks in- 
dicate a serious disturbance in the ali- 
mentary canal. So common is indigestion 
that few escape it. The remedy is simple. 
Exercise good judgment in the selection of 
foods and the system will remain in a 
normal condition. 
The question naturally arises, 
"how can I know what foods to select?" 
Let Nature answer. Certain foods grow in 
one region and other foods grow in another 
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and so on the world over. Foods are to 
be eaten in the region where they grow. In 
early days, prior to the development of 
transportation facilities, our forbears raised 
their foods and fared quite well on them. 
They were a strong, sturdy, healthy race 
of people and suffered little with digestive 
disorders that are so common today. The 
development of transportation facilities to 
a high state has brought foods from all 
parts of the world to our markets. In our 
cities one can dine as they do in Tokio, 
Hongkong, Berlin and London if they have 
the price. Since transportation has made 
it possible, the chief aim of food venders 
has been to keep the markets well stocked 
with native and foreign foods. Their pur- 
pose has been not to promote the health of 
the people but to fatten their purses. A 
great variety of foods are offered for con- 
sumption today. And it may be said that 
human ills have increased in proportion to 
the increase in the variety of food products. 
Variety always tends to overeating and 
overeating deranges the digestive system 
causing many serious ailments. The remedy 
lies not in the multiplicity but in the sim- 
plicity of foods-a return to the simple 
method of eating that prevailed among our 
forefathers. 
Page Four Z O N E FOOD SCIENCE 
What are the facts? Geog- 
raphically, the Northern as well as the 
Southern hemisphere is divided into three 
zones-the Frigid, Temperate and Torrid. 
These zones produce foods according to 
the nature of the soil and climate. Flowers 
do not flourish in the Frigid, neither do 
Polar Bears in the Tropics. Acid fruits 
abound in the Tropics, but not in the 
Temperate and Frigid zones. Non-acid 
fruits and cereals flourish in the Temperate 
zone. Each zone produces the products on 
which the natives thrive best. Just as the 
products of the different zones differ, so 
do the people of the respective zones differ 
in temperament and civilization. The 
Temperate zone furnishes the brains that 
run the world. The inhabitants of the dif- 
ferent zones should eat only the food prod- 
ucts that are native to the zone in which 
they reside. The mixing of the different 
food products of the different zones has 
been and is the source of much sickness 
and poor health. As most of our ailments 
originate in the stomach, the underlying 
cause must be wrongly selected foods. As 
soon as you begin to mix the various prod- 
ucts of the different zones out of season, 
you will start trouble in the stomach. As 
proof of this, eat a meal composed of the 
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fats, oils and whale blubber of the Frigid, 
the starches of the Temperate and the cof- 
fee and acid fruits of the Torrid and note 
the effect on the system. The Eskimos 
could not exist on the acid fruits and 
products of the Tropics. The Frigid zone 
requires oils and fats to furnish heat and 
energy. Likewise feed the people of the 
Torrid Zone the fats and oils of the Frigid 
and sickness follows. The people of the 
Tropics need the acid fruits and coffee for 
stimulating owing to the inertia caused by 
the intense heat. People living in the 
Temperate Zone should not drink the cof- 
fee or eat the acid fruits of the Torrid. The 
products of the two zones will not harmon- 
ize and stomach disorders follow. In ex- 
treme hot weather when the thermometer 
registers 90 to 100 degrees in the shade, the 
inhabitants of the Temperate zone can eat 
freely of the acid fruits of the Torrid but 
at no other season of the year. Temperate 
clime people can drink lemonade freely 
during the heat of summer but at no other 
season of the year. If the residence is 
changed from the Temperate to the Torrid, 
change the diet to the food products of the 
Torrid. Likewise, if the residence is chang- 
ed from the Torrid to the Temperate or 
Frigid zones, change the diet to the products 
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of these zones. No matter where you hap- 
pen to reside, change to the products native 
to the region. Thus, the underlying prin- 
cipl of Zone Food Science is, determine the 
foods native to the region and eat moder- 
ately only of these foods. 
The most uncommon thing in 
the world is common sense in regard to 
eating. Never gorge the stomach. Always 
leave the table feeling that you could eat a 
half more than you have eaten. It is 
far better to feel a little lank and loose 
under the waist belt and have good health 
than it is to be sick from gormandizing. 
Remember, what and how you eat in 
ninety-nine cases out of every one hundred 
determine the state of health. One cannot 
afford for the sake of gratifying a depraved 
appetite to overload the stomach with food 
concoctions that produce sickness. Apply 
common sense and judgment to the prin- 
ciple of right eating and health will be 
yours. 
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Page Seven HOME EXTRAVAGANCE 
MANY American homes spend enough 
money during the year on unneces- 
sary foods, medicines and doctor 
bills to clothe the family. The chief purpose 
of food is that it shall repair the body and 
produce heat, strength and energy. Food 
taken in excess of what the body requires 
is detrimental to health. The body de- 
mands four kinds of foods-(1) Carbo- 
hydrates (Starches), (2) Fats (Cream, but- 
ter, bacon, fat in meats, oil, etc.), (3) 
Proteids (meat, eggs and cheese), (4) Min- 
eral salts found in vegetables. The Car- 
bohydrates supply the body with heat and 
energy, the Proteids furnish the materials 
which build the body while the Mineral 
Salts give stability to the skeleton. The 
system can digest very little Proteid matter 
and when taken in large quantities, rheum- 
atism, gout, and skin disorders result. The 
different foods should not be mixed (see 
chapter on Zone Food Science). 
The vast majority eat twice as 
much food at a meal as is necessary to 
maintain health and strength and keep the 
body in good repair. Overeating is our 
weakness and the following illustration 
fully illustrates the overeating habit. The 
Page Eight HOME EXTRAVAGANCE 
essentials of a hot fire are a clean fire box, 
a few pieces of dry kindling, a little coal 
and a good draught. Apply a lighted 
match and heat and energy result. To the 
hot fire produced by the combustion of 
essentials, add such unessentials as water- 
soaked wood, a bucket of watery mud, 
then close the draught and the fire is 
smothered. It will smoulder and produce 
a great deal of smudge and smoke but 
little heat and energy. As dry kindling, 
coal and air are the essentials of a hot fire 
to produce heat and energy, so is one or 
two properly selected native foods for a 
meal the essentials of health and strength. 
It is the custom in most families, after the 
essentials have been eaten, to gorge the 
system with unessential foods,-tea, coffee, 
pie, cake, doughnuts, ice cream, and fancy 
desserts-which smother out the health 
and energy that would be produced by the 
essentials, double the cost of living and 
produce sickness. Added to the doubled 
cost of table maintenance, there is the 
further unnecessary expense of doctor 
bills and medicines to rid the system of 
the conglomerated food mass. Besides 
this there is the mental and physical in- 
capacity for efficient work and the loss of 
Page Nine HOME EXTRAVAGANCE 
time from sickness. Sum up the whole 
food proposition in the light of common 
sense and the conclusion will be reached 
that it is a burdensome expense to over- 
eat. One should eat to live, enjoy good 
health and a keen mind and not merely 
live to gormandize and gratify a depraved, 
uncontrolled appetite. 
I repeat the assertion made in 
the beginning that the unnecessary ex- 
pense would clothe the family. In the 
average home, extravagance reigns 
supreme. In her haste to prepare a meal, 
the housewife calls up the grocery and 
orders the desired foods. Whatever the 
appetite happens to dictate is ordered. No 
advance thought was given to the cost of 
the meal about to be prepared. Look over 
the order and there will be found several 
expensive food products when one expen- 
sive food with others less expensive would 
suffice. The buying for the home is a hit 
and miss proposition throughout. The 
home menus should be as carefully thought 
out and planned as the menus of hotels 
and restaurants. Were hotels and restaur- 
ants run on the same plan as the average 
American home, they would soon become 
Page Ten HOME EXTRAVAGANCE 
bankrupt. Hotel and restaurant managers 
figure the cost of a meal even to the frac- 
tion of a cent. If this is necessary in pub- 
lic eating places, then it is doubly nec- 
essary in homes where the income is lim- 
ited. A little thought given to home ex- 
travagance will save many a dollar and 
add greatly to the health and happiness of 
the members of the household. At least 
it is worth an honest effort. 
To reduce the expense of 
table up-keep, it is a good plan to prepare 
in advance the menus for one week. By 
so doing the meals can be well balanced, 
waste can be avoided and money saved for 
other purposes. 
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Page Eleven THE HUMAN BODY 
THE human body is a wonderfully 
constructed organism. It may be 
called (for illustration purposes) a 
complete manufacturing plant. The sev- 
eral departments-the lungs-heart-stom- 
ach - bowels - liver - kidneys - and skin 
are delicate organs and require delicate 
treatment. The vital organs can be made 
to function for health or disease according 
to the care given them. As the raw mate- 
rials used in a manufacturing plant and 
the workmanship determine the nature of 
the product, so does the food that is fed 
into the human furnace and the care of 
the body determine the state of the health. 
Violate Nature's laws of food science and 
just as sure as the sun shines ill health will 
follow. On the other hand adhere closely 
to Nature's laws in supplying the human 
factory with the proper amount of rightly 
selected foods and health will flow in a 
never-ending stream to promote happiness. 
Perfect elimination is the 
secret of good health. The channels for 
eliminating the toxic poisons are the lungs, 
skin, kidneys and bowels. To enjoy vigor- 
ous health these channels must be kept in 
a perfect functioning condition. The lungs 
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must be kept in vigorous condition through 
Correlated Breathing Science in order to 
purify the blood and expel the Carbon 
Dioxide poison; the skin, next to the lungs, 
must be kept in an active condition to 
prevent auto intoxication; the kidneys and 
bowels require attention to keep them 
functioning properly. When one or more 
of these channels become inactive and 
clogged up, the toxic poison is retained in 
the system and produces a stagnant, un- 
healthy condition of the blood and tissues 
often resulting in serious illness. 
It is an easy matter to keep the 
channels of elimination active. Drink 
water freely to enable the kidneys to func- 
tion properly; follow the constipation diet 
to regulate the bowels and practice Corre- 
lated Breathing Science to keep the lungs 
and skin active. This plan insures perfect 
elimination of the topic poisons and a 
healthy body. 
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Page Thirteen INTERNAL EXERCISE 
THOUGHTFUL men and women know 
that exercise is absolutely essential 
to enjoy good health, but the kind of 
exercise they require is often the puzzling 
question. The people of sedentary occupa- 
tions have little need of large, cumbersome, 
external muscles, but they require strong 
internal muscles and strong, active vital 
organs. The housewife with her many 
duties gets considerable nerve racking 
exercise, but at no time does she get the 
kind of exercise that will calm and soothe 
her overwrought, tired nerves. What the 
housewife and other sedentary workers 
require is a form of exercise that will build 
strong, active lungs, a strong heart, and 
produce a natural, healthy action of the 
stomach, liver, kidneys and bowels. The 
best form of exercise yet devised to develop 
and strengthen the vital organs is internal 
exercise, which gently exercises the internal 
body. 
The vital organs should be 
thoroughly exercised daily. They require 
motion and squeezing. Internal exercise 
stirs up, kneads and massages the vital 
organs and renders them strong, vigorous 
and healthy. Perfect digestion, absorption 
Page Fourteen INTERNAL EXERCISE 
and assimilation require an abundance of 
pure, rich blood. The flow of blood to the 
vital organs is greatly accelerated by in- 
ternal exercise. The stomach and intes- 
tines are composed of muscles which re- 
quire action and exercise to keep them 
healthy. Their natural action is termed- 
"Peristaltic Action"-a peculiar worm-like 
movement which pushes along the contents 
of the intestines. In sedentary people the 
peristaltic action grows weaker and weaker 
and finally fails to move the contents of 
the intestines. The fecal matter lies dor- 
mant and constipation with its attendant 
ills-blurred vision, nausea, biliousness, 
dizziness, nervousness, sleeplessness, head- 
aches, lack of ambition and that tired- 
draggy-all-in-feeling,-result. Internal ex- 
ercise strengthens the muscles of the stom- 
ach and intestines, restores the peristaltic 
action, massages the digestive organs, stirs 
up the contents of the stomach, mixes 
them with the digestive fluids and assists 
the process of digestion; it massages the 
liver forcing out the secretional bile, 
changes the circulation in the kidneys and 
enables these organs to function perfectly. 
Internal exercise produces perfect diges- 
tion and bowel action, improves the circu- 
Page Fifteen INTERNAL EXERCISE 
lation, nourishes the nerve cells, builds up 
nerve force and mental vigor. It does 
away with hard, strenuous exercise, opens 
up the body's sewerage system, overcomes 
auto intoxication, insures perfect elimina- 
tion of toxic poisons through the natural 
channels-the lungs, skin, kidneys and 
bowels. Internal exercise is an easy road 
to health. The best plan ever offered for 
developing internal exercise is the Ogden 
System of Correlated Breathing Science 
taught by mail in a series of five personal, 
individual lessons. 
Could the reader but partially 
realize what internal exercise will do for 
him in the upbuilding of his mental and 
physical energy, he would not let an hour 
pass until he mailed me his order for my 
course. It insures health, endurance and 
power. 
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Page Sixteen MENTAL INFLUENCE 
THE importance of right thinking on 
the digestive process and the gen- 
eral health cannot be over estimated. 
Worry and fear are two deadly enemies 
of health and happiness. Worry sets 
loose poisonous humors in the alimentary 
tract which interfere with digestion and 
rob one of energy. When one is worried, 
weary, and tired out, food should not be 
taken into the stomach. It is far better to 
miss a meal than to admit food when one 
is in a worried, depressed mental state. 
Food taken under these conditions only 
adds to the seriousness of the mortal up- 
set. Cheerfulness and an even mental 
state should be cultivated. If the mind is 
constantly dwelling on a particular ail- 
ment, brain cells which aggravate the 
trouble are developed. The Will should 
be called on constantly to force right 
thinking. It is true, it requires an effort to 
break the worrying habit but if one will 
keep cheerful and look on the bright side 
of life, brain cells will be developed that 
will produce health and happiness. Worry 
should be fought like one would fight to 
put out a fire that was destroying his home. 
Most of our worries are needless, then why 
worry as it only ruins the health. The 
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simplest rule to follow in breaking the 
worrying habit, is to dislodge the worrying 
thought by doing something else. The 
moment a worrisome thought enters the 
mind, kick it out before it masters you. 
Be a mental master and not a weak, vacil- 
lating whiner. Thousands go insane while 
other thousands go to untimely graves be- 
cause they worry over trifles. Many people 
make no attempt to banish worry or to 
control the temper. At the slightest pro- 
vocation they fly into a rage. If one be- 
comes angry at every little thing, it reveals 
a very weak will power. If one never puts 
forth an effort to attain a well balanced 
mental state, the influence that individual 
will exert on others will be trifling. If one 
cannot control himself, it is certain that he 
cannot control anyone else. A strong will 
enables its possessor to be calm in victory 
and sober in defeat. Exert the Will and be 
a person of some force of character. A 
weak, vacillating dispositioned individual 
never accomplishes anything worth while. 
Think right thoughts, cultivate cheerful- 
ness, decide upon a certain course, then 
execute it with all the vim and vigor you 
possess. By so doing one will gain strength 
and become a master. You are the 
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architect of your own fortune, health and 
happiness. You can be strong, healthy and 
happy, if you have enough will power to 
think right, eat right, bathe right and 
breathe right. 
Two classes of people-the 
pessimists and the optimists-make up the 
world. The pessimists are a draw-back to 
any community. They waste their time 
knocking and accomplish little. The op- 
timist is a valuable asset to any community. 
He is thoughtful, speaks well of others and 
does his duty in making the world better. 
The world today needs more optimists and 
fewer pessimists. The optimist employs 
his mental influence to uplift others, while 
the pessimist employs his mental influence 
to ruin others. Be an optimist. 
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Page Nineteen AUTO SUGGESTION 
MANY bad habits and imaginary 
diseases can be overcome with 
auto suggestion which is nothing 
more than talking to oneself before enter- 
ing the sleeping state. The human mind 
is very much like an alarm clock. It can 
be set to do almost anything that one de- 
sires to accomplish. For instance, upon 
retiring, concentrate the mind very def- 
initely on this suggestion, "I will awaken 
at six o'clock," and if the concentration is 
definite enough, precisely at six o'clock, the 
eyes will open. The suggestion may have 
to be repeated many times and it may re- 
quire several days until one can concen- 
trate on the suggestion to the exclusion 
of all other thoughts, After one develops 
the concentration to the point where he 
can arouse himself from slumber at any 
hour he desires, then apply the principle 
of auto suggestion to any habit or ailment. 
If one is nervous, concentrate the mind on 
this suggestion, "Tomorrow I will not be 
nervous," and let this be the dominant 
thought in the mind as the sleeping state 
is entered. Keep repeating the suggestion 
the next day. No matter what the trouble 
is, word the suggestion so as to counteract 
the trouble. If one persists the results will 
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be astonishing. Let the suggestion be the 
only thought in mind as you go to sleep. 
Whatever you desire to accomplish, frame 
a suggestion to suit your purpose and 
fasten it definitely in mind. Keep ever- 
lastingly at it and success will crown your 
efforts. Put determination into all of your 
work. Lie down once or twice during the 
day for ten minutes and practice concen- 
trating on the thing in which you are the 
most interested. The thought you have in 
mind as you go to sleep will exercise a pow- 
erful influence over you the next day. Never 
retire while angry as you will be hateful 
in the morning. Concentrating the mind 
on some beautiful thought will improve 
the disposition to a marvelous extent. As 
you think, you are. Daily practice of auto 
suggestion will improve one wonderfully. 
Life will hold a brighter outlook for one 
who thinks right and strives to banish bad 
habits by the power inherent in the mind. 
A great aid, in attaining right thinking, 
clearness of mind and the power of con- 
centrating is correct breathing. The Ogden 
System of Correlated Breathing Science 
will make one more fit mentally and 
physically for the battles of life and 
promote health, strength and happiness. 
Page Twenty-one LUNG CULTURE IMPORTANT 
N' OT one person in ten realizes the 
essential part oxygen plays in the 
digestion of food. The lungs consti- 
tute the purifying plant of the human 
machine. Certain facts show that the lungs 
are the weakest organs of the body. United 
States Government statistics state that one 
out of every three people dies eventually 
with some disease of the lungs. The 
majority are afflicted with catarrh which 
shows a low degree of lung culture. In 
nineteen years of experience I have found 
that Correlated Breathing Science will 
increase the average chest measurement 
two to five inches in a few weeks-a con- 
vincing fact that the lungs are the weakest 
organs and sadly in need of development. 
These facts reveal that the great majority 
are far below normal in lung capacity. The 
average man's idea of breathing science is 
to inhale a long breath, then exhale it. The 
fundamental principle of breathing science 
is grossly misunderstood by the medical 
profession and laiety as well, yet all agree 
that right breathing is the life of the body. 
Important as correct breathing is to health, 
not five people in a hundred know how to 
breathe correctly or use the full capacity 
of the lungs. The vast majority do not 
Page Twenty-two LUNG CULTURE IMPORTANT 
use even two-thirds of the lung area. 
Owing to this lack of oxygenation, the 
blood becomes very stagnant and destruc- 
tive poisons are retained in the body. In 
the lungs oxygen oxidizes or burns the 
decayed cells, reduces them to ashes and 
they are expelled as Carbon Dioxide 
poison. The retaining of the poisonous 
substances in the blood and tissues is very 
destructive to health. Correct breathing 
serves the same purpose in the human 
organism in furnishing energy as steam 
does in an engine. To maintain the speed 
the engineer must have a full head of 
steam. In like manner does the efficiency 
of the human organism depend on rightly 
selected foods and the activity and full 
capacity of the lungs to supply an abund- 
ance of oxygen to burn or oxidize the 
food and convert it into energy. Perfect 
digestion and assimilation demand a copi- 
ous oxygen supply. Without this abund- 
ance of oxygen, the food only partially 
digests, lies dormant and foments. Hence, 
the food must be thoroughly oxidized or 
burned. To accomplish this all-import- 
ant factor in digestion, The Ogden System 
of Correlated Breathing Science insures 
one hundred per cent lung capacity and 
Page Twenty-three LUNG CULTURE IMPORTANT 
affords an abundant supply of oxygen to 
oxidize the food, thereby perfecting the 
digestion and greatly increasing the effici- 
ency of the human machine. 
A ME RICA'S FOLLY 
The Americans consume more sweets 
than the people of any other nation. The 
present age can be called an age of exces- 
sive sugar eating, of rich candies, cakes, ice 
cream and the various ice-cold drinks. It 
is an age also of decayed, rotten teeth. The 
prime cause of the American's decayed 
teeth is the excessive use of sweets which 
derange the stomach and produce an acid 
stomach. This acid condition affects the 
teeth and causes them to decay. As proof 
of this I offer the fact that as long as the 
Eskimo confines his diet to the native prod- 
ucts he has no tooth trouble, but when he 
adopts the modern foods, the services of a 
dentist are soon required. It pays to eat 
right to preserve the teeth. 
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Page Twenty-four CONSTIPATION DIET 
MORE people are afflicted with con- 
stipation than any other single 
ailment. Few escape its ravages. 
The causes are many. Coffee, Tea, lack 
of water drinking, neglect in stooling, 
straining at stool, gluttony, white flour 
pastries, nervousness, lack of the proper 
amount of fruit in the diet, lack of oxygen 
and exercise, rapid eating and worry tend 
to choke up the colons and produce consti- 
pation. The only sure way to overcome 
constipation is a rightly balanced diet and 
Correlated Breathing Science. The follow- 
ing diet plan (if faithfully followed) will 
conquer the most stubborn cases in a few 
weeks. 
DRINKS 
Omit tea, coffee and sweet milk 
altogether. Upon arising drink one quart 
of either hot or cold water and follow this 
with a glass of water every hour during the 
day. Copious water drinking is absolutely 
necessary. Make it a rule to drink around 
a gallon of water daily. If a hot drink is 
desired with the meals, prepare one of the 
following: Place a rounding teaspoonful 
of Instant Postum in a cup, fill seven- 
eighths full of boiling water, add a little 
Page Twenty-five CONSTIPATION DIET 
cream and sugar and drink while hot; or 
fill a cup one-third full of milk and add 
hot water and a little sugar. These drinks 
are easily prepared, inexpensive and very 
healthful. 
FRUITS 
Rightly selected fruits in abundance 
are absolutely necessary in remedying con- 
stipation. One-half of an orange, three or 
four prunes, or a small service of other 
fruits do not constitute enough fruit. The 
morning meal should consist almost en- 
tirely of native ripe, raw or stewed fruits. 
A pint to a quart of native fruits should 
be eaten at breakfast. Raw fruits in 
season or properly canned fruits serve the 
same purpose. In selecting fruits deter- 
mine the zone and eat only of native fruits. 
For instance, in the North Temperate Zone, 
the native fruits are apples, peaches, pears, 
quinces, cherries, plums, grapes, straw- 
berries, blackberries, raspberries, etc. The 
above are non-acid fruits and will harmon- 
ize with the starches of the North Temper- 
ate Zone. In cold weather such fruits as 
grape fruits, pineapples, legumes, apricots, 
lemons, sour oranges and bananas should 
not be eaten as they contain too much acid 
Page Twenty-six CONSTIPATION DIET 
and will not harmonize with the starches 
and fats. They grow in the tropics and 
should be eaten only in extreme hot 
weather. Lemonade can be used to good 
advantage during the hot summer months. 
Apply the Zone Food principle in selecting 
fruits and the stomach will not offend so 
much. If the stomach is kept sweet, 
the possessor of it will find little difficulty 
in keeping sweet and in being pleasant to 
those about him. A sour, gas-bloated stom- 
ach works havoc with the disposition and 
causes untold misery. 
COFFEE AND TEA 
The annual household expense of 
coffee and tea is an extravagant waste of 
money. They contain no food value what- 
ever. The drinking of these poisonous 
beverages enslaves millions. Quite in- 
nocently people drain to the very dregs 
the coffee cup and tea cup, little thinking 
that the drugs in tea and coffee impair the 
nervous system, seriously affect the stom- 
ach and decrease the energy of the human 
machine. Coffee, tea and starchy rolls 
have put many in their graves with acute 
indigestion. Ask the average tea and 
coffee drinker to give up the habit and 
Page Twenty-seven CONSTIPATION DIET 
invariably the reply is, "I must have my 
coffee or tea in the morning or I have a 
severe headache." This statement is ample 
evidence of the hold these beverages have 
on the addicts. It is far better to have a 
headache for a few days than to be in ill 
health throughout the years of life. Coffee 
contains the drug Caffein, a powerful stim- 
ulant, while tea containes Tannin, another 
powerful stimulant, neither of which 
should enter the stomach of Temperate 
and Frigid Zone people. The very mod- 
erate use of these beverages is very det- 
rimental to health. Even one cup in the 
morning is enough to upset the stomach 
and nerves and cause one to tire easily. 
Headaches, biliousness, torpid liver, gas- 
tritis, indigestion, kidney ailments, consti- 
pation, sleeplessness, nervousness, heart 
palpitation, lack of energy and the feeling 
of exhaustion upon arising in the morn- 
ing, sour stomach, the belching of gases 
and the lack of vitality generally accom- 
pany sooner or later the use of these 
poisonous beverages. The choice is be- 
tween these beverages and good health. 
The use of tea and coffee is permis- 
sible only when one requires a stimulant 
to perform some mental feat. 
Page Twenty-eight CONSTIPATION 
DIET 
FRIED FOODS 
The coffee pot, tea kettle, and fry- 
ing pan are three destructive agencies of 
health. In many homes the common way 
of preparing foods is to slap them in a fry- 
ing pan and grease them up until they are 
unfit for the stomach. The mother who has 
the health of her family at heart will not 
fry foods. The healthful way of prepar- 
ing foods is boiling. Place enough water 
over the vegetable or meat and allow to 
simmer down. Never drain the broth of 
the meat or vegetable in the sink as you 
throw away the valuable part-the mineral 
salts which the body needs badly. Make use 
of the broths in gravies or in some other 
way. Enough said. A word to the truly 
wise is sufficient. Do away with the above 
utensils and improve your health. 
BREAKFAST 
In remedying constipation the break- 
fast is the important meal. It should con- 
tain four elements-bulk, liquids, lubrica- 
tion and stimulation. Upon arising drink 
one quart of either hot or cold water. 
Every other morning eat two heaping 
tablespoonsful of scalded wheat bran with 
a little cream and sugar. Along with the 
Page Twenty-nine CONSTIPATION DIET 
bran eat one pint (at least) of stewed or 
raw native fruit. One or two soft-boiled 
eggs (never fried), a cup of postum or hot 
water. Omit white flour pastries altogether 
and eat freely of corn bread, bran bread, 
bran gems, graham gems, and corn meal 
muffins with butter and honey. The other 
mornings in place of the bran, eat two 
shredded wheat biscuits prepared as fol- 
lows: First salt them a little, then scald 
them, drain off water (immediately) and 
add a large lump of butter and a little 
sugar to each biscuit. Eat a pint to a quart 
of native stewed or raw fruits, drink a cup 
of Postum, one or two soft-boiled eggs and 
any one of the gems (mentioned above) 
with butter and preferably strained honey. 
If living in the Temperate Zone, refer to 
the chapter on fruits for native fruits. 
In place of the bran or shredded wheat, 
secure at the flour mill five to ten pounds 
of plain cracked wheat. Steam a portion 
of it in a double boiler and eat an ordinary 
oyster bowl full with butter and a little 
sugar. An excellent fruit mixture is made as 
follows: Stew together one pound of 
seedless raisins, one pound of prunes and 
a half pound of figs. Eat a large bowl of 
the mixture with the bran, shredded wheat 
Page Thirty CONSTIPATION DIET 
or cracked wheat. Always include the cup 
of Postum, the butter and honey and fruit 
in abundance in the morning meal. 
LUNCHEON 
The noonday meal should contain 
plenty of bulk but no meats or white flour 
pastries. Any of the bran, graham or other 
gems mentioned above, with butter and 
honey. A pint of Postum or a pint of 
buttermilk. Baked, boiled, mashed or 
creamed potatoes and one or two stewed 
vegetables such as carrots, beets, onions, 
cabbage, peas, beans, pasnips, etc. Office 
workers and brain workers should eat a 
very light lunch. One vegetable, one or 
two gems and a glass of water or a cup of 
Postum. 
DINNER 
In severe cases of constipation of 
long standing the evening meal should be 
the same as the breakfast outlined above. 
Plenty of bran, shredded wheat, cracked 
wheat, bran gems, bran bread, graham 
gems with butter and honey, fruit in 
abundance and Postum. In milder cases 
the evening meal can be made up of a 
broiled steak, roast beef, mutton, baked 
Page Thirty-one CONSTIPATION DIET 
chicken or fish and an abundance of green 
foods, such as lettuce, spinach, green string 
beans, green peas, vegetable salad (with- 
out vinegar) stewed onions. In fact green 
foods of all kinds. When eating meat or 
cheese eat only green foods as suggested. 
Avoid bread, potatoes, pie, cake, dough- 
nuts-in fact everything but the green 
foods. The bran or graham gems with 
butter and honey, the pint of Postum or 
buttermilk should accompany either of the 
evening meals selected. 
NOTE 
The foregoing diet outline has 
proved successful in the great majority of 
cases in breaking up the worst cases of 
constipation. It is a splendid diet outline 
for one not so afflicted. In many cases 
where the bowels have been weakened by 
serious illness such as influenza, grippe, 
fevers, operations, etc., or where the case 
is of years standing it has been necessary 
for the patient to take my system of Cor- 
related Breathing Science in order to 
strengthen the stomach and bowels and 
induce normal action-in fact nearly all, 
who study and follow my Zone Food 
Science take up my Correlated Breathing 
Page Thirty-two CONSTIPATION DIET 
Science in order to become fully efficient 
mentally and physically. My Correlated 
Breathing Science is taught by mail in a 
series of five individual applications. 
T HE LIVER 
The chief function of the liver is to 
secrete a bright, golden red fluid called 
bile which aids the digestive process. Quite 
frequently the liver becomes lazy from 
overeating and lack of activity and the free 
flow of bile into the alimentary canal is 
impeded. When this free flow is checked 
by a lazy liver (or popularity called torpid 
liver) the contents of the alimentary canal 
undergo certain changes which leads to the 
development of various products, especi- 
ally ill-smelling gases. Like the other vital 
organs the liver needs oxygen and stimula- 
tion. A lot of hard exercise is not nec- 
essary to arouse the liver into action. The 
Ogden System of Correlated Breathing 
Science supplies the liver with an abund- 
ance of oxygen and provides a very free 
flow of bile into the alimentary canal, 
thereby improving the digestion and rend- 
ering the liver normally active and healthy. 
One endowed with a healthy, active liver 
is always healthy and happy. 
Page Thirty-three AFTER EFFECTS OF THE "FLU" 
THE Influenza numbers its victims far 
into the thousands. It has ravaged 
the human family in a pittiless man- 
ner and left a train of ills in its wake that 
are very serious. There is considerable 
doubt as to what the disease really is. 
Some hold the opinion that it is noth- 
ing more than the old-fashioned Grippe 
while others are divided in their opinions 
as to its real nature. It has been termed 
a disease of the "crowd" yet scores who did 
not frequent the "crowds" have succumbed 
to the disease. Whatever the real nature 
of the disease is, it has baffled the 
most skilled practitioners. It has been ar- 
gued that the "Flu" seemed to attack only 
the strong, vigorous and healthy people. 
To the casual observer, this might appear 
true but a closer observation will show the 
reverse to be the case. The majority of 
large, flabby muscled, overweight men and 
women are vitally weak and possess a low 
degree of resistant power. Their bodies 
are fertile soil for most any disease. Let 
it be remembered that large, flabby mus- 
cles, inactive lungs and an excess of fatty 
tissue do not constitute vigorous health, 
but generally the opposite. My personal 
observation of many cases leads me to the 
Page Thirty-four AFTER EFFECTS OF THE "FLU" 
conclusion that people of low vitality and 
feeble resistant power fall ready victims 
of the disease. In many cases the attack 
was followed by pneumonia which shows 
a low degree of lung power. In the aver- 
age man or woman, fully one-third of the 
lung cells are inactive. These inactive air 
cells are breeding places for disease. To 
possess a strong degree of resistant power 
all of the air cells of the lungs must be kept 
active and the full capacity of the lungs 
utilized. Add to this lack of lung capacity, 
a foul, inflamed, gas-bloated stomach, con- 
stipation and catarrh and the system is a 
veritable hot-house for disease. With the 
channels of elimination clogged up, stagna- 
tion is sure to follow. People in this con- 
dition posses very little disease resisting 
power. It is little wonder that thousands 
whose internal condition was badly disor- 
dered, fell easy prey to the disease. There 
is a scientific way to avoid the disease and 
correct the after effects. The important 
requirement is to improve the general 
health, increase the capacity of the lungs 
to normal by practicing Correlated Breath- 
ing Science and regulate the diet by follow- 
ing Zone Food Science. Should the reader 
be suffering with such after effects as a 
Page Thirty-five AFTER EFFECTS OF THE "FLU" 
weak heart, weak lungs, constipation, a 
catarrhal condition, lack of energy and 
general weakness due to the "Flu" or other 
diseases, my system of Correlated Breath- 
ing Science insures speedy recovery from 
these weaknesses. Correlated Breathing 
Science produces full lung activity and ca- 
pacity, builds up the resistant power and 
affords the best protection known against 
future attacks of the "Flu." Not one of my 
many local clients who have taken my sys- 
tem of Correlated Breathing Science has 
ever suffered an attack of the "Flu." This 
is proof positive that when the full capacity 
of the lungs is utilized, they posses suffi- 
cent resistant power to ward off disease. 
One can build up his re- 
sistant power to a high degree. For twenty 
years the author has been free from colds, 
catarrh and bronchial trouble. I attribute 
this splendid physical condition to the fact 
that I employ my full lung capacity daily 
by practicing Correlated Breathing Science. 
Zone Food Science Insures Better Health. 
Correlated Breathing Science Builds Human Energy. 
Page Thirty-six THE MONO DIET 
A GREAT many people are natural 
gluttons. It seems utterly impossible 
for them to control the appetite. As 
long as there is any food in sight, they 
haven't enough will power to stop eating. 
As long as they can crowd in another bite, 
they munch and munch until they become 
shaped more like barrels than human be- 
ings. They put all kinds of food mixtures 
and concoctions into the stomach at one 
meal. These food mixtures set up fermenta- 
tion in the stomach and intestines. Poison- 
ous gasses form and fill the stomach and in- 
testines even to bloating. The delicate mem- 
branes become highly inflamed and the 
inflamation produces an unnatural craving 
(not appetite) for food mixtures to satisfy 
it. The victim of gluttony feels hungry 
all of the time and cannot eat enough to 
satisfy the craving. The glutton feels do- 
pey, possesses little energy, considers life 
a burden and is of little use to the com- 
munity. To one in this condition I recom- 
mend the Mono Diet. The underlying 
principle of the Mono Diet is to eat only 
one article of food at a meal and that in 
moderation. The Mono Diet has converted 
many a lazy glutton into an individual 
of usefulness and energy. 
Page Thirty-seven THE MONO DIET 
HOW TO PROCEED 
In severe cases of stomach disor- 
ders, it is best to fast for seven to ten days. 
If the fasting plan is adopted, drink freely 
of water but take no other nourishment 
during the fast period. It is best to fast 
until the tongue clears to a bright red color. 
The third and fourth days are usually the 
hardest. It takes a little grit to complete 
a ten day fast. Take a cold towel sponge 
bath both night and morning and a warm 
two quart enema every night before retir- 
ing. The more the system is saturated with 
toxic poison, the harder it will be to fast. 
A ten day fast will do wonders in cleansing 
the system of impurities. In breaking the 
fast the following Mono Diet Plan should 
be followed rigidly. 
FIRST DAY 
Breakfast-The juice of a sweet 
orange sipped or taken slowly 
through a straw. 
Luncheon-One-half glass of milk 
taken slowly through a straw. 
Dinner-One-glass of milk taken 
slowly through a straw. 
Page Thirty-eight THE MONO DIET 
SECOND DAY 
Breakfast-One large baked apple 
or a half pint of stewed peach- 
es, prunes, plums or pears if 
in Temperate Zone or one half 
of large grapefruit or one 
large banana if in Torrid Zone. 
Luncheon-One pint of plain stewed 
carrots, beets, parsnips or 
string beans with a little but- 
ter. 
Dinner-An ordinary sized bowl of 
vegetable, bean, barley, to- 
mato or potato soup. 
THIRD DAY 
Breakfast-Two heaping tables- 
spoons of scalded wheat bran 
with a pint of stewed native 
fruit or ripe raw fruits. 
Luncheon-One extra large or two 
medium sized baked potatoes 
with butter. 
Dinner-One large bowl of stewed 
sweet corn, peas or succotash. 
Page Thirty-nine THE MONO DIET 
FOURTH DAY 
Breakfast-An ordinary sized bowl 
of steamed cracked wheat with 
butter and a little sugar. 
Luncheon-A medium steak, or roast 
beef, lamb or chicken, with 
lettuce or some other green 
food served without vinegar. 
Dinner-Three or four baked apples 
or a quart of stewed or raw 
native fruits. 
FIFTH DAY 
Breakfast-An ordinary sized bowl 
of steamed rolled oats with 
butter and a little sugar. 
Luncheon-One quart of stewed na- 
tive fruits or the equivalent in 
raw fruits. 
Dinner-A large bowl of plain 
stewed carrots, or beets, pars- 
nips, asparagus or boiled 
cabbage without vinegar. 
SIXTH DAY 
Breakfast-An ordinary sized bowl 
of milk toast. 
Page Forty THE MONO DIET 
Luncheon-Baked fish, roast beef, 
lamb or chicken with lettuce 
or some other green food. 
Dinner-Bran bread or bran gems 
or graham gems, etc., with but- 
ter and honey. 
The above outline for the six- 
day period affords a clear idea of how to 
adopt and follow the Mono Diet plan. A 
glass of water or a cup of Postum is per- 
missable with all meals. I have purposely 
omitted pastries and most of the starches. 
Fruit should predominate in one meal, a 
little starch in another and vegetables in 
another. One can eat freely and until 
satisfied of the food selected for the meal. 
A ten-day fast and the Mono Diet are ex- 
cellent in severe cases of stomach disorders 
and a month's trial will prove the merit 
of the plan. 
In remedying stomach disor- 
ders, Breathing Science plays a most im- 
portant part. My system of Correlated 
Breathing Science should be practiced 
along with the Mono Diet, as it will 
strengthen and give new life to the diges- 
tive system. 
Page Forty-one COMMON ILLS 
I WRITE with authority on the major 
cause of these common ills: Stomach 
coughs, tonsilitis, sore throat, bronchi- 
tis, catarrh, asthma and hay fever. For 
fifteen years I have been a Reader, Enter- 
tainer and Lecturer. In the beginning of 
my career I would often be seized with a 
severe cough, cold and sore throat a day 
or two before an important entertainment 
or lecture. Like scores of others I resorted 
to all kinds of cough drops and medicines 
to put my throat in condition. I have had 
to cancel many engagements on account 
of the condition of my throat. I failed to 
secure a year's contract with a Lecture 
Bureau because I didn't have sense enough 
to avoid tea, coffee, starches in excess and 
acid fruits which produced a bad gaseous 
condition of the stomach and irritated the 
membranes of the throat and nose. From 
bitter experience I know the effects of a 
foul, acid, gas-filled stomach on the mem- 
branes of the throat and nose. Thousands 
of needless operations are performed on 
the Tonsils, Throat and Nose. In my judg- 
ment, the biggest piece of foolishness in 
the world is to try and cure an annoying 
stomach cough with cough syrups, bron- 
chial trochies and cough drops and to per- 
Page Forty-two COMMON ILLS 
form operations on the Tonsils, Throat and 
Nose when the underlying cause of these 
ills lies in a gas-filled, highly inflamed, dis- 
ordered stomach. When food concoctions 
foment in the stomach, vile, poisonous 
gases, which irritate and highly inflame the 
delicate membrances of the Throat and 
Nose, are generated. The throat becomes 
irritated and inflamed. There is a con- 
stant tendency to cough and raise the 
phlegm that forms. The nose becomes filled 
with mucus and shortly catarrh manifests 
itself. In some cases the irritation is ac- 
companied by a dry, hacking, annoying 
cough, known as the stomach cough. These 
coughs stick closer to one so afflicted than 
a brother. The season of the year when 
stomach coughs, tonsilitis, bronchitis, sore 
throat and catarrh is most prevalent is 
from the middle of January until the first 
of July. During the summer months when 
people live mostly on green foods, fruits 
and drink freely of water, these ills are 
scarcely known. The trouble begins when 
the diet is changed from the green foods 
and fruits to the diet of bread, sweets, pas- 
tries, meats, potatoes, tea and coffee-a 
starchy diet. Following the Thanksgiving 
gluttonous food spree and the holiday de- 
Page Forty-three COMMON ILLS 
bauch on rich candies, starches and fats, 
and the continuance of the starchy diet to 
the exclusion of fruits and green foods, 
Stomach Goughs, Tonsilitis, Bronchitis, 
Sore Throat, Colds and Catarrh are very 
prevalent. These ills often continue well 
into the summer, leaving in their wake 
Asthma and Hay Fever, which ultimately 
become chronic. Medical treatment has 
little or no effect on these ills. Frequently 
one hears the remark, "I have taken sev- 
eral bottles of Cough Syrup and my cough 
is no better." To free the system of an 
annoying stomach cough, the stomach must 
be put in condition by eliminating the 
starches. More can be done for Asthma 
and Hay Fever by regulating the diet than 
in any other treatment. The best method 
of treating these ailments is-stop all 
starchy foods for at least two weeks; for 
breakfast, eat ripe, raw or stewed native 
fruits (see chapter on fruits); plain stewed 
vegetables or vegetable soup for dinner; 
roast or broiled meats with green foods 
for supper. When the cough has ceased 
and the irritation and inflammation have 
disappeared from the throat and nose, eat 
starchy foods only once per day, preferably 
at dinner (see chapter on starchy foods). 
Page Forty-four COMMON ILLS 
SPECIAL NOTE 
Spasmodic cases of Asthma, stub- 
born cases of Catarrh and Hay Fever of 
long standing often require a thorough 
course in Breathing Science in connection 
with the diet suggested above to effect a 
complete cure. In many cases of catarrh 
the breathing tract almost closes up, breath- 
ing becomes very difficult, the sufferer be- 
ing very short of breath, and often com- 
pelled to breathe through the mouth. The 
same condition often prevails in Asthma 
and Hay Fever. If any difficulty whatever 
is experienced in breathing, I suggest that 
you enroll at once for my course in Cor- 
related Breathing Science, which will open 
up the breathing tract, give free breathing, 
remove shortness of breath, prevent mouth 
breathing, insure full lung capacity and 
prove a lasting benefit in many ways. 
One cannot estimate the health-pro- 
ducing value of my course in Breathing 
Science in dollars and cents-in fact one 
should not even consider it an expense, 
but a gilt-edged investment that will re- 
turn compound interest in increased health 
and happiness. 
Page Forty-five WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
can I reduce my weight," is 
I-I a question uppermost in the 
A * minds of people burdened with 
an excess of Adipose tissue. It is a 
recognized fact that obesity is caused 
by the overeating of fats, sugars and 
starches and the undereating of foods 
containing mineral salts. It is a common 
remark of the overweight class to say, "I'm 
the smallest eater in the family." One may 
be the smallest eater in the family, yet 
upon investigation the foods eaten are 
foods of a fat-producing nature. A large, 
fat woman once remarked to the writer, "I 
never eat much. All I eat in the morning is 
coffee cake and drink a cup of coffee." 
This wasn't much in her opinion, yet she 
did not realize that the coffee cake was 
causing the trouble. To reduce weight the 
diet plays a tremendous part. The ma- 
jority of obese people are afflicted with such 
ailments as enervation, a weak heart, gout, 
rheumatism and a tendency to Apoplexy. 
The quickest way to reduce the weight is 
to change the eating from a diet of fats, 
sugars and starches to a diet of native 
fruits and vegetables. Activity and copious 
draughts of oxygen supplied by Correlated 
Breathing Science will prove a great aid 
in reducing the fat cells. All medicines to 
Page Forty-six WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
reduce weight should be avoided, as the 
after effects are often quite serious. A safe 
reduction is at the rate of one to two 
pounds a week. When the surplus Adipose 
tissue is removed at the rate of a pound a 
week, the skin will be left in a firm, elastic 
condition. A fast reduction usually leaves 
the skin hang on the body like a sack. 
Should one desire to reduce twenty-five 
pounds, twenty to twenty-five weeks should 
be the time limit. A fifty-pound reduction 
should require one year. The eating of an 
excess of sugar and starches reduces the 
alkalinity of the blood, and when the alka- 
linity is low the power to assimilate tissue 
-or cell-salts is almost lost. As the lack 
of tissue salts is the chief cause of over- 
weight, the weight-reducing diet should be 
rich in tissue-salts, which are found in 
abundance in green foods and vegetables. 
To get the full benefit of tissue-salts, the 
water in which vegetables are cooked 
should be eaten as a broth with the vege- 
tables. The cook who drains the vegetable 
broth in the sink possesses only rudimen- 
tary knowledge of cooking. The mineral 
salts of the vegetables are needed to give 
stability to the body. The best way to 
begin the process of weight reduction is 
Page Forty-seven WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
an absolute three-day fast. During the fast 
drink water freely. After the fast eat one 
fruit meal, one very light starch meal and 
one vegetable meal. The following classi- 
fication of "Fat Producing and Non-Fat 
Producing" foods and the accompanying 
diet plan for ten days will prove a good 
guide to one desiring to reduce. 
FAT PRODUCING FOODS 
I class the following foods as decid- 
edly fat producing because they are rich 
in starches and fats: 
Sweet and Irish potatoes, 
corn, wheat, rye, barley, rice, tapioca, dry 
beans and peas, white flour pastries, buck- 
wheat cakes, pork, veal, bananas, corn- 
starch, preserves, salmon, sausage, greasy 
soups and gravies, butter, fats, oils, candies 
and sugar. 
NON-FAT PRODUCING FOODS 
I class the following foods as non- 
fat producing because they abound in min- 
eral salts: 
Spinach, asparagus, rhubarb, 
tomatoes, cucumbers, string beans, green 
peas, beets, cabbage, carrots, cauliflower, 
sweet oranges, raw or cooked ripe native 
Page Forty-eight WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
fruits, celery, summer squash, egg plant, 
endive, (stewed) greens, okra, onions, oys- 
ter plant, parsnips, turnips, stewed prunes, 
vegetable and native fruit salads, cranber- 
ries, baked apples, strawberries, melons 
and all other berries. 
TEN-DAY DIET OUTLINE 
During the first three days (if the 
fast is adopted) no food whatever should 
be eaten. While the fast is in progress 
drink freely of water whenever the desire 
for food arises. The third day will be the 
hardest, yet the fast will prove a great 
benefit, as it frees the system of the accu- 
mulated food mass. 
FOURTH DAY 
Breakfast-One cup of hot water and 
a pint of cooked or ripe raw 
native fruits. 
Luncheon-One glass of water or 
creamed buttermilk. One or 
two slices of bran or whole 
wheat bread and a baked or 
a boiled potato. 
Dinner-One cup of hot water and 
an ordinary sized bowl of 
stewed carrots, parsnips, or 
Page Forty-nine WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
beets with the broth. Dress 
the vegetable with a little pep- 
per, salt and butter. 
FIFTH DAY 
Breakfast-One cup of hot water and 
a pint of ripe raw or stewed 
native fruit. 
Luncheon-One glass of water or 
creamed buttermilk. One or 
two bran or graham gems and 
a moderate service of either 
cooked dried beans or peas. 
Dinner-One cup of hot water. Boil- 
ed cabbage, string beans, green 
peas or onions. 
SIXTH DAY 
Breakfast-One cup of hot water. A 
pint of ripe raw or stewed na- 
tive fruit or two or three bak- 
ed apples or a service of the 
various berries in season. 
Luncheon-One glass of water or 
creamed buttermilk. A bowl 
of steamed rice dressed with 
butter and a little sugar. Bran 
or whole wheat bread. 
Page Fifty WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
Dinner-One cup of hot water. A 
moderate sized service of 
roast lamb or chicken or bak- 
ed fish with a service of let- 
tuce, spinach or other greens 
without vinegar. A little but- 
ter, pepper and salt is suffi- 
cient for the dressing. 
SEVENTH DAY 
Breakfast-One cup of hot water. A 
large bowl of stewed prunes 
or two or three baked apples. 
Luncheon-One glass of water or 
creamed buttermilk. One or 
two sweet or Irish potatoes 
and graham or bran gems and 
butter. 
Dinner-One cup of hot water. An 
ordinary sized oyster bowl of 
stewed carrots, parsnips or 
beets. 
EIGHTH DAY 
Breakfast-One cup of hot water. A 
glass of milk, a small piece of 
cheese and prunes. 
Page Fifty-one WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
Luncheon-One or two glasses of wa- 
ter or buttermilk. A bowl of 
steamed rice and whole wheat 
bread and butter. 
Dinner-One cup of hot water. A 
moderate sized service of bak- 
ed fish with lettuce or spinach 
or other greens. 
NINTH DAY 
Breakfast-One cup of hot water. 
Two or three baked apples. 
Luncheon-One glass of water or 
buttermilk. Cooked dried 
beans or peas. Bran bread 
and butter. 
Dinner-One cup of hot water. 
String beans, green peas, 
onions, spinach or cabbage. 
TENTH DAY 
Breakfast-One cup of hot water. 
Two scalded shredded wheat 
biscuits with a little butter 
and sugar and one pint of 
stewed native fruit. 
Page Fifty-two WEIGHT REDUCING DIET 
Luncheon-One glass of water and 
buttermilk. Boiled, mashed 
or baked potatoes, bran bread 
and butter in moderate quan- 
tities. 
Dinner-One cup of hot water. A 
moderate sized service of 
chicken or fish and a vegetable 
salad made of equal parts of 
ripe or canned tomatoes, cel- 
ery and cucumbers. Dress 
with a little pepper, salt and 
sugar. 
It will be observed in the 
above ten-day diet plan that I have al- 
lowed starches in the noonday meal. The 
luncheon of starches should be very light. 
In reducing one should strive to get along 
with as little food as possible. One can 
eat to satisfaction of fruits and vegetables, 
as they are non-fat producing. The best 
dressing for lettuce and other green foods 
is a little pepper, salt and sugar. Vinegar, 
oils and fancy dressings should be omitted 
altogether. Along with the diet one should 
take my course in Correlated Breathing 
Science as it will prove a great aid in giv- 
ing form, plumpness and beauty to the 
body and a keen, active mind. 
Page Fifty-three RHEUMATISM 
FOR ages mankind has been afflicted 
with a disease called rheumatism. To 
the best of my knowledge there is still 
much doubt among medical men as to what 
rheumatism really is and its real cause. It 
is the concensus of opinion that the disease 
is due largely to an acid condition of the 
system. Whatever the cause of the ailment 
is, one thing is very certain, it exists and 
painfully afflicts many people. If the dis- 
ease is caused by an acid condition of the 
system, then the acid condition, being an 
unnatural one, is only the indirect cause 
and the real cause lies in what produces 
the acid condition. In seeking out the cause 
of a common ailment like rheumatism, in 
my judgment, it is necessary to determine 
the season of the year when the disease is 
most prevalent and the nature of the foods 
eaten during this season. Twenty years of 
observation reveal the fact that rheuma- 
tism is more prevalent from the first of 
February until the middle of July than at 
any other season of the year. It is more 
or less prevalent throughout the year, but 
the climax is reached during the winter 
and early spring months. It is less preva- 
lent in hot weather. And why is this? 
The facts are these: During the summer's 
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heat the average man lives mostly on green 
foods and vegetables, drinks water freely 
and perspires profusely. The stomach is 
kept in a much healthier condition and a 
constant process of elimination is carried 
on through the copious water drinking and 
the free perspiration. The poison that 
causes rheumatism is literally driven out 
through the pores of the skin. The ap- 
pearance of pain in the body is evidence 
of a congestion or an accumulation of toxic 
poison from which the system is trying to 
free itself. As the heat of summer sub- 
sides and winter approaches, perspiration 
almost ceases, the pores close up and the 
poison is retained in the blood and tissues, 
producing auto intoxication. In addition 
to the checking of elimination, the diet is 
changed from green foods, vegetables and 
copious water drinking to a hodge-podge 
of starches, fats, meats, citrus fruits, sweets, 
tea and coffee. The stomach becomes foul 
and filled with poisonous gases, which pro- 
duce a high acid condition. The blood and 
tissues become congested with poisonous, 
effete matter, the tongue carries a white 
coat, the breath becomes very offensive, 
shooting pains arise in different parts of 
the body and much suffering ensues. In 
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order to ease the pain, the sufferer drenches 
the system internally with medicines that 
ruin the stomach and then applies hot lini- 
ments externally that further clogg up the 
pores and prevent elimination. It is the 
judgment of the author that the real cause 
of rheumatism lies in wrongly combined 
foods and in faulty elimination. To rem- 
edy the ailment and prevent future attacks, 
the stomach must be put in a normal con- 
dition, the sweat glands must be kept ac- 
tive, and the blood must be thoroughly oxy- 
genated to free it of the accumulated poi- 
sons. Regulate the diet according to the 
principles of Zone Food Science and enroll 
for my course in Correlated Breathing Sci- 
ence and get my further advice on ridding 
the system of rheumatism. 
Zone Food Science Insures Better Health. 
Correlated Breathing Science Builds Human Energy. 
Page Fifty-six NERVOUS DISORDERS 
THIS is an age of "high strung nerves." 
Never before in the history of man- 
kind have nervous disorders been 
so prevalent as today. Neurologists agree 
that all forms of nervous ailments, result- 
ing in nervous prostration, suicide and in- 
sanity, have increased tremendously in the 
past decade. And to the observer the rea- 
son is obvious. The human race has been 
traveling at high speed. The "Mile a Min- 
ute Life" one leads, the excitement and 
strain of the "World War," overwork, over- 
eating, worry, the excessive use of stimu- 
lants and narcotics and the struggle for su- 
premacy have literally torn the nervous 
systems of thousands to shreds and the un- 
fortunate victims of "Nerves" cry out for 
some remedy to calm, soothe and restore 
the impaired nerves to a normal state. 
A well balanced Nervous Sys- 
tem is a precious health asset. An even 
balance between the nerve and physical 
forces should be maintained. When one 
has been under a severe nerve strain and 
becomes strung up, the nerve tension 
should be relaxed by some form of phys- 
ical recreation. Few there are who know 
how to relax and rebuild their Nerve Force. 
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They are constantly on a high tension and 
become victims of their nerves. The vast 
majority are led around by their "Itching 
Nerves" like animals are led to their 
slaughter. Every little nervous impulse is 
obeyed and no effort made to thwart its 
demands. The constant yielding to the de- 
mands of the nerves often results quite se- 
riously. The overwrought, high-strung 
nervous individual is his own worst enemy. 
Out of harmony with himself and irritable 
and cross to those about him, he makes 
mountains out of "mole hills" and cannot 
understand why the world is so unkind. In 
his "Mind's Eye" he is right and everybody 
else is wrong. He runs from doctor to 
doctor, who find nothing wrong, yet he 
knows there is something wrong. It is a 
plain case of Nerve Exhaustion-Lack of 
Nerve Force. His greatest need is to learn 
to relax, rest and build up his Nerve Force 
and strike an even balance between his 
nerve and physical forces. 
Nervous Systems differ in in- 
tensity. Some possess slow, dull nerves, 
are slow brained and fall behind in the on- 
ward march of progress. Others have quick, 
sensitive nerves, are mentally alert and 
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ever ready to grapple with the big, higher 
things of life. To be sensitive nerved is 
an admirable characteristic for sensitive 
nerved men and women stand in the fore- 
front of the world's progress. All the no- 
bler, finer phases of civilization are the 
children of sensitive nerves. The Nervous 
System responds to care and culture. The 
slow, dull nerved person can be quickened; 
the high strung, sensitive nerved individual 
can be toned down and both will benefit 
wonderfully by proper care and culture of 
the nerves. 
The care of the nerves is the 
greatest need of the age. Nerve Force 
means everything-your health, your hap- 
piness, your success in life. One should 
know how to relax, calm and soothe the 
nerves so that after a severe nerve strain 
you can rebuild your lost Nerve Force and 
keep yourself physically and mentally fit. 
Your nerves are the most pre- 
cious possession you have. Through them 
you experience all that makes life worth 
living; for to be dull nerved means to be 
dull brained, insensible to the higher phases 
of life-love, moral courage, ambition, 
Page Fifty-nine NERVOUS DISORDERS 
temperament. The finer your brain is, the 
finer and more sensitive is your nervous 
system, and the more imperative is it that 
you care for your nerves. 
The noted British authority on 
the nerves, Alfred T. Schofield, says: "It 
is my belief that the greatest single factor 
in the maintenance of health is that the 
nerves should be in order." And the best 
means yet devised for putting the nerves 
in order and keeping them in perfect order 
is the Ogden System of Correlated Breath- 
ing Science. 
Zone Food Science Insures Better Health. 
Correlated Breathing Science Builds Human Energy. 
Page Sixty CORRELATED BREATHING SCIENCE 
THE God-given heritage of every son 
and daughter of earth is health and 
happiness. Are you healthy and 
happy? You ought to be. And if you are 
not there's something radically wrong with 
life's machinery. Lack of lung capacity is 
the cause of the ills that are so closely 
hinged to modern life. Mental depression, 
nervous exhaustion and that all-in feeling 
which blankets ambition and keeps in 
check the spirit of energy are the direct re- 
sults of a low degree of lung power. There 
is a sane and scientific way by which one 
can keep in perfect health. 
It was not a part of the Divine 
Plan for humanity that men and women 
should be ill and afflicted with all the aches 
and pains "that flesh is heir to." What we 
need above all else is strong lungs and the 
knowledge that will enable us to use their 
full capacity. This statement may jolt you 
like a thunder-crash from the sky, yet it is 
the vital truth, for our very life depends on 
the air we breathe. After man was cre- 
ated he was only so much clay until the 
Father erf all breathed into his nostrils the 
breath of life and man became a living 
soul. Breathing science is our most val- 
Page Sixty-one CORRELATED BREATHING SCIENCE 
uable asset and a multitude of ills disap- 
pear like fog before the rising sun when the 
entire lung capacity is utilized and Nature 
pumps in the vitalizing oxygen that fills 
one with the thrill of the joyous life. 
As the American Beauty rose 
is the result of careful culture, so is man's 
health and happiness. The rose receives 
its beauty from the sap within the stem on 
which it grows, and man's mental and 
physical stamina depend on the working 
capacity of the lungs to keep the blood 
stream pure and in a condition to nourish 
the tissues properly. Everything in Nature 
grows from within out and the outward ap- 
pearance is only the manifestation of the 
hidden, inner life. Within the human body 
are hidden, dormant powers of health and 
happiness awaiting one's conscious, 
thoughtful, intelligent direction to bring 
them to full maturity. Without one's in- 
telligent direction, these forces lie dormant 
and the individual can be said to be only 
half alive. We are far below par mentally 
and physically and grope along blindly oc- 
cupying a mediocre position because the 
vital health producing powers are in a 
stagnated condition. To attain one hun- 
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dred per cent mental and physical effi- 
ciency the stagnated forces must be aroused 
and developed to full strength. To accom- 
plish this full development of the vital 
forces, Correlated Breathing Science is the 
best means known. 
Let's be quite practical. View 
the body as it really is. Compare the trunk 
of the body to a two-story house. The great 
diaphragm muscle forms the floor of the 
upper story and the roof of the lower story. 
In the upper story we find the lungs con- 
stituting the purifying plant and the heart 
-the pumping station. The lower apart- 
ment holds the stomach, spleen, liver, kid- 
neys, small and large intestines and the 
organs of excretion. The health of the or- 
gans in the lower story depends on the 
health and strength of the organs in the 
upper. If the lungs are in a weak, sub- 
normal state (and this condition exists in 
the majority of people) they fail to thor- 
oughly purify the blood and the heart 
pumps impure, vitiated, stagnant blood 
down to the organs below, thus impairing 
their health. No sane man will deny but 
what pure, rich blood is the key to a healthy 
mind and body. One's power is developed 
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within the body between the shoulders and 
hips. The organs of the body must be con- 
sidered a unit. Each vital organ must be 
placed in a position to do its part, and all 
of the organs must work in perfect har- 
mony under our conscious, intelligent di- 
rection to produce that joyful state-health 
and happiness. 
The most important agent in 
bringing about a perfect functioning, vig- 
orous, healthy set of vital organs is Corre- 
lated Breathing Science. I repeat that the 
body's power is developed internally and 
not externally. Breathing science is to the 
body in developing power what steam is to 
an engine in furnishing driving power. As 
a certain steam pressure is required to 
move the engine at high speed, so is a cer- 
tain air pressure in the lungs absolutely 
necessary for man to attain the most there 
is in life. We can safely say that air is 
life and Breathing Science is the Vital 
Force of Life. One can go days without 
water, weeks without food, but not five 
minutes without air. So essential is air to 
life that the moment it is withdrawn from 
the body death results. Important as 
Breathing Science is to the general health, 
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I repeat what I said in the chapter on Lung 
Culture, "that the subject of breathing is 
grossly misunderstood and not five people 
in a hundred know how to breathe cor- 
rectly or use the full capacity of the lungs 
as a means of building up the health." The 
vast majority are far below normal in lung 
development and this low lung power de- 
prives the body of disease resisting power. 
The body becomes a breeding place for dis- 
ease. When the lungs are fully active and 
worked to capacity, the body possesses a 
high degree of resistant power, the blood 
becomes pure, the mental faculties keen, 
the muscles firm, aches and pains disap- 
pear, ambition and energy return and one 
feels the thrill of new life pulsating in all 
parts of the organism. Correlated Breath- 
ing Science makes life worth the living. 
It is truly wonderful the part 
Breathing Science plays in health. Every 
movement of the body has its Correlated 
Breathing movement. In walking slow, 
the breathing is slow; in walking fast, the 
breathing is fast; in running the breathing 
is still faster, and if the speed is increased 
one breathes hard and fast like a horse 
puffs, blows and snorts in a race. If run- 
ning at high speed is continued for any 
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length of time, one receives a stitch in the 
side, which shows that air is being forced 
into partially active air cells. All of the 
air cells finally become active and the full 
capacity of the lungs is utilized. Among 
athletes this full breathing is called the 
"Second Wind." And this "Second Wind" 
is absolutely necessary to enjoy the great- 
est degree of health and happiness. It is 
not necessary for one to be an athlete to 
attain the "Second Wind." My system of 
Correlated Breathing Science produces it 
in an easy, pleasant way. In twenty years 
of experience in instructing thousands in 
the Science of Breathing I have observed 
that ninety-eight per cent of the people are 
trying to fight life's battles and be success- 
ful on what I term "First Wind." In other 
words, they strive to drive a "Cole 8" with 
a Ford engine. As long as they run on 
level roads they get on quite well, but in 
climbing hills, where power is required, 
they fall behind. To make the greatest suc- 
cess of life man needs his second wind, 
and the Ogden System of Correlated 
Breathing Science imparts to man his "Sec- 
ond Wind" and gives him an abundance 
of mental and physical energy to climb to 
the top of life's hills successfully. 
Page Sixty-six CORRELATED BREATHING SCIENCE 
A bit of my own experience 
may help the reader to comprehend what 
Correlated Breathing Science can do for 
the average human being. An acute at- 
tack of bronchial pneumonia at the age of 
four left me in a weakened, catarrhal con- 
dition. The best physicians were consult- 
ed, their medicines taken, but to no avail. 
Finally a physician advised me that my 
only hope of living more than two years 
was to seek a Western climate. This I 
could not do owing to the depleted state 
of my finances. I had reached my twenty- 
fourth year and had not known a well day 
since my fourth year. I grasped at every 
straw to obtain health. Fate led me into 
the science of breathing and my condition 
forced me to put forth a determined effort 
in my fight for life itself. Days, weeks and 
months passed. Step by step was slowly 
mastered and vigorous, buoyant health re- 
sulted. My chest, measuring 34 inches in 
the beginning, gradually increased to 42 
inches; my weight increased from 131 to 
180 pounds, and since I have known how 
to use the full capacity of my lungs my 
vital energy has hovered around one hun- 
dred per cent, and for nineteen years such 
ills as constipation, indigestion, biliousness, 
Page Sixty-seven CORRELATED BREATHING SCIENCE 
catarrh, bronchitis, insomnia, nervousness, 
headaches and auto intoxication have been 
unknown to me. I have an abundance of 
energy and am able to do the work of two 
ordinary men without ever being tired and 
draggy. 
Words fail me in my endeavor 
to set forth the inestimable value of Corre- 
lated Breathing Science. When the revela- 
tion came to me that I had found a sane 
and scientific way to keep strong and 
healthy, that I had done for myself what 
physicians and medical specialists had 
failed to do-life seemed just one grand 
benediction, and I wanted to go right out 
and preach the Gospel of Correlated 
Breathing Science to those who, like my- 
self, know what it is to lack buoyancy and 
recuperative power so necessary to a life 
which to be successful must be filled with 
the vigor of self-confidence. 
Success in life is largely a 
matter of condition. There are a very few 
who can take up the handicap of poor 
health and play life's game to win. Good 
health is a most valuable asset and the 
quickest and easiest way to obtain it is 
Correlated Breathing Science. 
Page Sixty-eight COBBELATED BBEATHING SCIENCE 
It was in the School of Per- 
sonal Experience that I mastered the easy- 
to-follow system of Correlated Breathing 
Science. It is this system I send you by 
mail, a system that is a delight and not a 
drudge, a system that will make your life 
worth while. 
"Ah! What avail the largest gifts of heaven 
When drooping health and spirits go amiss? 
How tasteless then whatever can be given! 
Health is the vital principle of bliss, 
And exercise of health." 
-Thomson. 
Thomson gave that verse of 
philosophy to the world. It is a gem of 
truth. It fits my own case to a "T." When 
I look back through the years and think of 
the weakling I was for twenty years and 
the splendid specimen of healthy manhood 
that I have been for the past,nineteen years 
-I feel that I must share with mankind 
the knowledge that freed me from all of 
the old weaknesses. There are countless 
thousands today who are just like I was- 
catarrhal, draggy, easily tired, feeling most 
heavily the burdens of life and denied the 
joys and happiness of health. It was no 
physician's prescription that brought me 
out of the depths of despondency into the 
light of the life-giving truth. It was Corre- 
lated Breathing Science that aroused and 
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developed my hidden inner forces and 
made me the strong, vigorous, healthy man 
I am today. 
Before I had mastered Breath- 
ing Science nobody would have picked me 
out as a good specimen of humanity. The 
picture of myself at the age of 24, as pre- 
sented in the first illustration, contrasts in 
a startling way with the man I am today 
at the age of 43, shown in the second illu- 
stration on the opposite page. 
Enthusiastic? Yes. Why 
shouldn't I be? Correlated Breathing Sci- 
ence saved me from an untimely grave, 
has given me an abundance of mental and 
physical energy and enabled me to render 
suffering humanity a grand and noble serv- 
ice. During the past twenty years I have 
instructed thousands in all parts of the 
world in the wonders of Breathing Science. 
Their experience in gaining health has been 
similar to my own. I have perfected my 
system to the extent that it is far superior 
to anything ever offered. I have gone fur- 
ther into the Science of Breathing than any 
other living man. My system of breathing 
goes far beyond any method known today. 
It is unique in that it develops the inner, 
Page Seventy La Verne G. Ogden 
transformed from weakness 
to vigorous health through 
Correlated Breathing Science. CORRELATED BREATHING SCIENCE 
hidden powers to full strength and enables 
one to accomplish far more than he could 
under ordinary circumstances. As it has 
given me and thousands of others new 
hope, new life and a new power, so will it 
give you a new hope, a new power and a 
great driving force. 
One can take ninety-nine other 
so-called systems of breathing, yet to get 
the real science of breathing my system of 
Correlated Breathing Science is an abso- 
lute necessity. My system is not only for 
the weak, ill and afflicted, but it is for those 
who are well and desire to keep well and 
enjoy a greater degree of success in life. 
I have devoted twenty years to the mastery 
of this subject and have something worth 
while to give you. You will miss many of 
the sweetest joys of life if you deprive your- 
self of the knowledge that the Ogden Sys- 
tem of Breathing Science imparts to you. 
Correlated Breathing Science 
strikes at the very root of human weak- 
nesses. It is a method that gives to each 
vital organ the proper degree of strength 
so that it will play its part in the mainte- 
nance of the health of the whole organism. 
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Correlated Breathing Science 
does away with all hard, rigid, tensing, 
straining and weight lifting exercises which 
overtax the heart. My system is an exact 
science so applied to the vital organs that 
it insures a strengthening of the heart, the 
developing of the full capacity of the lungs 
and a perfect functioning set of vital or- 
gans. It is Nature's way of keeping well. 
Correlated Breathing Science 
prevents catarrh, bronchitis, colds and con- 
stipation. A Correlated Breather is free 
from catarrh, colds and constipation and 
always has vigorous health, great endur- 
ance and a sound constitution. 
Correlated Breathing Science 
will do more for the health seeker than a 
change of climate. My lessons are graded 
so that they are adaptable to all men, wo- 
men and children between the ages of six 
and ninety years. It gives health, strength 
and endurance to all and lengthens the 
years of one's life. 
Correlated Breathing Science 
perfects the channels of elimination, frees 
the blood of toxins, straightens round 
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shoulders, broadens narrow, contracted 
chests, steadies and strengthens weak, 
nervous, palpitating hearts and breaks up 
sleeplessness as well as nervousness. It is 
for the healthy as well as the afflicted. 
Correlated Breathing Science 
purifies the blood, perfects the circulation, 
warms up cold hands and feet, beautifies 
the skin, improves the complexion and 
makes the body supple and vigorous. 
Correlated Breathing Science 
will banish mental depression, give you a 
keen, active, alert mind and a pleasant per- 
sonality that will make you a sweeter dis- 
positioned and more congenial human be- 
ing in the home, business or society. It 
will take the grouch out of you and make 
you years younger in appearance, thought 
and action. 
I fully realize that my claims 
for Correlated Breathing Science may ap- 
pear startling to one not familiar with the 
wonders of Breathing Science. However 
startling my claims may appear, all I ask 
is that before you doubt or condemn my 
statements that you be honest enough with 
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yourself to put my system of breathing to 
the acid test. That is the fair way. One 
should never doubt or condemn that with 
which he is unfamiliar until he first inves- 
tigates and proves it to himself. Many re- 
main in poor health and fill a mediocre 
station in life because their brains are filled 
with cob-webs which prevent clear think- 
ing. It is always best to keep an open mind. 
Correlated Breathing Science will clear the 
brain of cob-webs and enable you to take 
your place among men. 
I make no flourishing guaran- 
tee, as is the custom of many. Remember, 
the cheaper and more superficial the prod- 
uct, the stronger and more superficial the 
guarantee. An article of merit needs no 
guarantee. I believe in frankness. I haven't 
anything to give' away nor time to waste 
on curiosity seekers. I want men and wo- 
men who are in dead earnest in this matter 
of health. If you are such a man or wo- 
man I want you to be my student. 
In my course there are five 
richly illustrated, personal lessons graded 
to suit the age, condition and occupation 
of the student. The lessons require only 
a few minutes a day and will not interfere 
Page Seventy-four CORRELATED BREATHING SCIENCE 
in any way with one's business or social 
life. The price is $22.00, in two payments 
of $12.00 with application and the remain- 
ing $10.00 in thirty days, or $19.00 cash 
with order. The cash price saves the stu- 
dent $3.00 and me the expense of a detailed 
system of bookkeeping. The price is only 
a trifle when one considers the personal 
service I give to each applicant and the 
value of the course in promoting health 
and happiness. 
I know that if you will be hon- 
est enough with yourself to take my course 
of Correlated Breathing Science and fol- 
low my advice in developing your hidden, 
inner forces to their full strength, you will 
become just as enthusiastic as I am. Cor- 
related Breathing Science will double your 
mental and physical energy and give you 
a new lease on life in health and happiness. 
The question of better health 
and a more prosperous and successful fu- 
ture now awaits your decision. Will you 
open your mind to the wonders of Breath- 
ing Science and come into possession of 
your God-given heritage of health and 
happiness? 
Page Seventy-five Confidential Health Report and Enrollment Blane 
For Course in Correlated Breathing Science 
Date 
Name 
Address 
Age Height Weight Occupation 
Give chest measure Waist measure 
Have you any organic heart trouble Ever had the Flu.... 
Is tongue coated white or brown 
Have you constipation Indigestion Catarrah 
Are you nervous Do you sleep well 
How many hours Ever been ruptured 
Operated upon Refused insurance 
Do you worry Feel rested upon arising 
Do you use tobacco In what way How much 
Do you desire a strong body, keen mind and good health 
Write me a letter stating how you feel, just what you think i 
the cause of your trouble and tell me frankly of any sex or othc 
disease you have had. 
Cash Plan-Enclosed find $19.00 (U. S. Money) to pay for m 
complete five-lesson course in Correlated Breathing Scienci 
Two-Payment Plan-Enclosed find $12.00 (U. S. Money) as fir; 
payment on course in Correlated Breathing Science. I agre 
to remit the remaining $10.00 by the end of 30 days. 
How To Send Money--Send money by P. O. Order, Registere 
Letter, Express Order, Bank Draft, Personal Check, t 
LaVerne G. Ogden, 606 Andrews Building, Fifth and Rac 
Sts., Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Remember-In taking the Ogden System of Correlated Breathin 
Science you have everything to gain and nothing to los< 
Why not start today? 
LaVerne G. Ogden, 
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for which send one copy of your book, "Zone Food Science," to 
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