Contents

The Wonderful World Within You (1977, 1987, 1998)

Preface to 1998 Edition [by Donald R. Davis] ix

Author's Preface xiii

I. What This Book Is About 1

II. You, Me, and a Partnership 9

III. Good Nourishment: Nature’s Universal Problem 21

IV. How Cellular Metabolic Machinery Works 31

V. How Can We Obtain What We Need to Sustain Life From the Environment? 43

VI. More About Your Inner Workings: Individuality 55

VII. Your Crucial Human Equipment: Your Mind and Personality 75

VIII. Large-Scale Environmental Errors From History 89

IX. Nutrition Begins Early 101

X. Internal Nutrition 107

XI. What Kinds of Troubles Can Be Helped by Good Nutrition? 113

XII. What Improved Nutrition Has Done For Me 127

XIII. Nutrition and Intelligence 135

XIV. Pollution of Our Internal Environments 139

XV. How to Choose Your Own Nourishment 149

XVI. What We Still Need to Learn About Nutrition 205

XVII. Who Needs to Know? 211

Appendix I. A Few Suggestions About Further Study 219

Appendix II. Structural Formulas and Symbols for Human Nutritional Alphabet Items 223

Appendix III. Notes for Table 1, List of Growth and Maintenance Chemicals 235

Index 237