Key Takeaways:

• Densmore argues that the body is fundamentally self‑healing if we stop burdening it with overeating, complex meals, and constant drugging.
• "Natural food" is defined as simple, unrefined fare that matches our biological design; heavy, starchy, and mixed dishes are blamed for much chronic illness.
• Many long‑standing complaints are recast as the cumulative result of breaking basic natural laws of rest, diet, and elimination.
• Hygienic living—fresh air, water, movement, and dietary restraint—is offered as a full alternative system to drug‑based medicine.