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• An Abstract of the Methods of Curing Diseases of the Eyes, Legs and Breasts; and on the Cure of Cancerous, Scrophulous and Other Chronic Diseases, by Mild Internal Remedies; To Which are Added, Observations on the Dangerous Effects of Altering the Accustomed Diet of Patients and the Ill Effects of Salt Water, Hemlock, &c. (London: Printed for F. Newbery, 1774), by William Rowley (page images at NIH)
• Traitez Nouveaux et Curieux du Cafè, du Thé et du Chocolate (in French; Lyon: J. Girin and B. Riviere, 1685), by Philippe Sylvestre Dufour, contrib. by Bartolomeo Marradon
  • muliple formats at Google
  • multiple formats at archive.org

• Select Works of Porphyry: Containing His Four Books On Abstinence From Animal Food; His Treatise on the Homeric Cave of the Nymphs; and His Auxiliaries to the Perception of Intelligible Natures; With an Appendix Explaining the Allegory of the Wanderings of Ulysses (London: Printed for T. Rodd, 1823), by Porphyry, trans. by Thomas Taylor (page images at HathiTrust)

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• Dietary Reference Intakes: Calcium, Phosphorus, Magnesium, Vitamin D, and Fluoride (1997), by National Research Council Food and Nutrition Board (page images with commentary at NAP)
• Toward Healthful Diets (1980), by National Research Council Food and Nutrition Board (HTML at archive.org)
• How and When to Be Your Own Doctor (1997), by Isabelle A. Moser and Steve Solomon
  • PDF with commentary at soilandhealth.org
  • Gutenberg text
• Diet and Health, With Key to the Calories (Chicago: Reilly and Lee Co., 1918), by Lulu Hunt Peters (Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML)
• Diet in Sickness and in Health (London: Scientific Press; Philadelphia: W. Saunders, 1895), by Mrs. Ernest Hart, contrib. by Henry Thompson (multiple formats at archive.org)
• No More Alibis! (Chicago: Photoplay Pub. Co., 1935), by Sylvia of Hollywood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cure Yourself (third edition; Los Angeles: National Diet and Health Association of America, c1929), by Paul C. Bragg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Influence of Flesh-Eating on Endurance (reprinted from Yale Medical Journal; Battle Creek, MI: Modern Medicine Pub. Co., 1908), by Irving Fisher (page images at HathiTrust)
• Maintaining Health, by Rasmus Larssen Alsaker (Gutenberg text)
• Science in the Kitchen: A Scientific Treatise on Food Substances and Their Dietetic Properties, Together With a Practical Explanation of the Principles of Healthful Cookery, and a Large Number of Original, Palatable, and Wholesome Recipes (Chicago: Modern Medicine Pub. Co., 1893), by E. E. Kellogg (multiple formats with commentary at MSU)
• Diet for the School Child (health education #2 (revised); Washington: GPO, 1922), by Lucy H. Gillett
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Don't Be a Faddist: Eat-Drink-and-Live-Long (Common Sense Suggestions for Ordinary Diet and Hygiene) (Philadelphia: Boericke and Tafel, 1913), by Eloise O. Randall Richberg (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Word of Wisdom: A Modern Interpretation (fourth edition; Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Co., 1938), by John Andreas Widtsoe and Leah D. Widtsoe (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hollywood Undressed: Observations of Sylvia as Noted by Her Secretary (New York: Brentano's, 1931), contrib. by Sylvia of Hollywood (page images at HathiTrust)
• Good Health Cookery Book (Melbourne: Signs Pub. Co., 1909), by Lauretta Eby Kress, contrib. by Daniel H. Kress (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)

• Protein-Energy Requirements of Developing Countries: Evaluation of New Data, ed. by Benjamin Torún, Vernon R. Young, and William N. Rand (HTML at UNU Press)

• Protein-Energy-Requirement Studies in Developing Countries: Results of International Research, ed. by William N. Rand, Ricardo Uauy, and Nevin S. Scrimshaw (illustrated HTML at UNU Press)

• Forests and Food: Addressing Hunger and Nutrition Across Sustainable Landscapes (Cambridge, UK: Open Book Publishers, 2015), ed. by Bhaskar Vira, Christoph Wildburger, and Stephanie Mansourian (multiple formats with commentary at Open Book Publishers)
• Six Arguments for a Greener Diet: How a More Plant-Based Diet Could Save Your Health and the Environment (Washington, DC: Center for Science in the Public Interest, c2006), by Michael F. Jacobson (PDF files at cspinet.org)

• ABC Health Cards (New York: American Child Health Association, 1915) (page images at Princeton)

• The French Paradox and Beyond: Living Longer With Wine and the Mediterranean Lifestyle, by Lewis Perdue, Keith Marton, and Wells Shoemaker (HTML at french-paradox.net)

• Journal of the American Dietetic Association (partial serial archives)

• Slow (partial serial archives)

• Vegetarian Times (partial serial archives)

• Dietary Guidelines for Americans (7th edition; Washington: GPO, 2010), by United States Department of Agriculture and United States Department of Health and Human Services (PDF with commentary at health.gov)
• The Food Gap: Poverty and Malnutrition in the United States: Interim Report Together with Supplemental, Additional, and Individual Views (also known as the McGovern Report; Washington: GPO, 1969), by United States Senate Select Committee on Nutrition and Human Needs, contrib. by George S. McGovern (page images at HathiTrust)

• Food for the Sick and How to Prepare It; With a Chapter on Food for the Baby (Louisville: J. P. Morton and Co., 1900), by Edwin Charles French (page images at Cornell)

• A Devotion to Nutrition (New York: Vantage Press, c1954), by Frederick Hoelzel (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Fasting Cure (New York and London: Mitchell Kennerley, 1911), by Upton Sinclair
  • Gutenberg text and illustrated HTML
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • PDF at soilandhealth.org

• The Feasts of Autolycus: The Diary of a Greedy Woman (Akron et al.: Saalfield Pub. Co., 1900), by Elizabeth Robins Pennell
  • Gutenberg text
  • multiple formats at archive.org
• The Physiology of Taste (text from the 1854 Philadelphia edition; illustrations from 1848 Paris edition), by Brillat-Savarin, trans. by Fayette Robinson, illust. by Bertall (illustrated HTML with commentary at fiftywordsforsnow.com)
• The Physiology of Taste: or, Transcendental Gastronomy, by Brillat-Savarin, trans. by Fayette Robinson (Gutenberg text)
• Artistic Cookery: A Practical System Suited for the Use of the Nobility and Gentry and for Public Entertainments (London: Longmans, Green and Co., 1870), by Urbain Dubois (page images at HathiTrust)

• Is It Kosher? Encyclopedia of Kosher Foods, Facts, and Fallacies (with other resources), by E. Eidlitz (illustrated HTML with commentary at kosherquest.org)

• Nutrition and Physical Degeneration (author died in 1948; c1939), by Weston A. Price (PDF in Australia; NO US ACCESS)

• Mrs. Knox's "Be Fit, Not Fat" Recipes: A Grand Collection of Favorite Recipes With Calories Reduced From 1/3 to 2/3 (Johnstown, NY: Charles B. Knox Gelatine Co., c1939), contrib. by Rose Markward Knox (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Global Benefits Of Eating Less Meat (Hampshire, UK: Compassion in World Farming Trust, 2004), by Mark Gold, contrib. by Jonathon Porritt (PDF in the UK)
• Fruits and Farinacea the Proper Food of Man: Being an Attempt to Prove, From History, Anatomy, Physiology, and Chemistry, That the Original, Natural, and Best Diet of Man is Derived From the Vegetable Kingdom (from the second London edition; New York et al.: Fowler and Wells, 1854), by John Smith, ed. by R. T. Trall (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Perfect Way in Diet: A Treatise Advocating a Return to the Natural and Ancient Food of Our Race (fifth edition; London: Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner and Co., 1892), by Anna Bonus Kingsford (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Vegetarianism in the Light of Theosophy, by Annie Besant (HTML at anandgholap.net)
• History of the Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church for the First Century of its Existence, from 1817 to 1917 (Philadelphia: J. B. Lippincott, 1922), by Philadelphia Bible-Christian Church Maintenance Committee (multiple formats at archive.org)
• The Moral Basis of Vegetarianism, by Mahatma Gandhi (multiple formats at mkgandhi.org)
• The Golden Rule Cook Book: Six Hundred Recipes for Meatless Dishes (new edition; Boston: Little, Brown and Co., 1912), by M. R. L. Sharpe (multiple formats at archive.org)
• La Mesa del Vegetariano: Libro de Cocina Racional Para Sanos y Enfermos (in Spanish; Barcelona: Centro Naturista "Vigo,", 1911), by José Falp i Plana
  • multiple formats at Google; US access only
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust; US access only
• The Laurel Health Cookery: A Collection of Practical Suggestions and Recipes for the Preparation of Non-Flesh Foods in Palatable and Attractive Ways (Melrose, MA: Laurel Pub. Co., c1911), by Evora Bucknum Perkins
  • multiple formats at archive.org
  • page images at HathiTrust
• Wheatless and Meatless Days (New York and London: D. Appleton and Co., 1918), by Pauline Dunwell Partridge and Hester Martha Conklin (page images at Wisconsin)

• Studies of Nutrition: The Physique and Health of Two African Tribes (London: HMSO, 1931), by John Boyd Orr and John Langton Gilks (page images at HathiTrust)

• Studies of Nutrition: The Physique and Health of Two African Tribes (London: HMSO, 1931), by John Boyd Orr and John Langton Gilks (page images at HathiTrust)

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