FLETCHERISM:  Pronounced  Fletch·er·ism

n :  the practice of eating in small amounts and only when hungry and of chewing one's food thoroughly.

Fletcher, Horace (1849-1919), American dietitian, Horace Fletcher had a lot to say about how we eat, what to eat, and how it affected him. He was forty years old, his hair was white, he was overweight, he got the flu every six months, and was turned down for life insurance. He was a disciple of Prime Minister William Gladstone and this is where he began his eating adventure. After five months of being on this diet, he had lost sixty pounds, he felt the best he had in 20 years, he hadn’t even had the least little cold, and his stamina and endurance increased. It took a while before he convinced the world that this was the way we should eat but he affected many people at that time including John D Rockefeller and John Harvey Kellogg.

Here are the Simple details of the Diet.

First: Wait for a true earned appetite.

Second: Select from the food available that which appeals most to appetite, and in the order called for by appetite. 

 Third: Get all the good taste there is in food out of it in the mouth, and swallow only when it practically “swallows itself.”

Fourth: Enjoy the good taste for all it is worth, and do not allow any depressing or diverting thought to intrude upon the ceremony.

Fifth: Wait; take and enjoy as much as possible what appetite approves; nature will do the rest.

SUMMARY OF DIET

Wait until you have an earned hunger. Preferably two meals a day about 11:00 am and 6:00 pm. Breakfast only gratifies appetite. Hunger is caused by work.

Chew your food at least 32 times or more depending on what you are eating, more or less until it becomes liquid in your mouth.

Eat whatever you desire or are hungry for. Normally you are full after 20 to 30 minutes of chewing.

It takes 20 minutes for your brain to tell you that you are full. Listen to your system. You are satisfied and full after 20 minutes and you have consumed less food thus cutting calories in half.