“It is my firm conviction that man need take no milk at all, beyond the mother’s milk that he takes as a baby. His diet should consist of nothing but sunbaked fruits and nuts.”
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Behind the strict prescription sits a habit worth borrowing: subjecting even everyday routines to your own reasoning instead of inheriting them unexamined. Testing a conviction on your own body, then holding to it, is how a person replaces custom with something they have actually thought through.
When to use it
- Someone skeptical of a diet fad drops it, tracks how they truly feel, and keeps only what works.
- A cook questions why she always adds sugar to a dish, tries it without, and prefers the result.
- A person tests two weeks without late-night coffee before deciding, rather than assuming it's harmless.