Bernarr Macfadden’s “Longevity”

Bernarr Macfadden’s “Longevity”

Bernarr Macfadden’s 1919 book entitled “Making old bodies young”. It originally came in a box; in the box were 16 booklets that had a few chapters in each booklet.
Each Blog issue will focus on one chapter.

There were thirty-eight lessons about maintaining a healthy body and the art of postponing old age. Even though it was written in 1919, surprisingly the information is excellent.
When you see the value of this truly remarkable book, you will want to get each issue because, the more you learn, the more your health will improve and it’s going to make you feel real good.

Thank you,
Gerald Hall



“Making old bodies young”

Contents:

Part one - Maintaining youth – the foundation

Introduction
Suggestions for a daily program
Are you as young as your spine?
Keep-young spine exercises
Strengthening the back
Long-life-sitting posture
Longevity and the sleeping position

Part two - Exercise and keeping young

General exercises for postponing old age
Exercises for the heart in latter life
Keeping the endurance of youth
How massage helps to prolong youth

Part three - Keeping internally clean

A method of cleansing the stomach
How we are poisoned in old age
The quintessence of fletcherism
How colon cleansing is attained
New methods of cleansing the alimentary canal

Part four - Food and diet for deferring old age

Foods that keep one young
How much food and how often
Fasting and abstemious diets
A natural stomach tonic
Correct body weight in old age

Part five - Life saving habits

Sleep and rest
Other forms of rest
Keeping the skin young
Hot water and its life preserving methods
Cold water at three to four score
Proper clothes

Part six - Basic principles of longevity

What is age?
A man is as old as his arteries – why?
The ductless glands in relation to age
Sex and age
Old age and marriage
On the senses in old age
Why thinking keeps you young
A man is as old as he feels
People who remain young

By Bernarr Macfadden