The Control of Protein in the Diet1

A classified bibliography on psychodietetics.

“…The idea seems to be quite prevalent that the less vigorous people, lacking initiative and energy, are vegetarians. The Chinese and Japanese, as well as other Orientals, are frequently referred to in order to support this hypothesis (Adolph,478;Armitage,479;DuBois,486,Lorand,496). Chittenden (413) quotes Oshima (510) as saying that the Japanese rural population of the interior eats fish but once or twice a month and meat almost not at all.…”

“…The specific dynamic action of food, especially protein (480,486,497,507,524), and metabolism in relation to the psychological situation has received some consideration. Whitacre and Blunt (523) investigated the relationship of temperamental type to the dynamic effect of food.…”