Martin Luther on Diet
On April 2, 1538 Martin Luther sat at home and mentioned the rigid diet prescribed by physicians as a consequence of which many men are debilitated. “It’s true that a good diet is the best medicine when it suits the individual, but to live medically is to live wretchedly.” Then he related some examples of deceased persons who starved themselves to death on the advice of their physicians. “I eat what I like and will die when God wills it. The times fade away, and we grow old with the silent years. When I now think of my contemporaries who are fifty years old, oh, how few they are. About every thirty years a new generation arises. We all belong in the ground; there’s no way around it.”
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