This website presents the (sometimes strange) health advice from Fredrich Nietzsche's book Ecco Homo. Many of the site's animations react to the user's mouse, so be sure to hover over anything that catches your eye. If you want to listen to Nietzsche's favorite composer, click the 'Wagner Mode' button on the top right of the page.
Nietzsche On Health
Food
On English Cuisine
“But English diet, too- which is, compared to the German and even to the French, a kind of ‘return to nature,’ meaning to cannibalism - is profoundly at odds with my instinct: it seems to that it gives the spirit heavy feet.”
On German Cuisine
“But German cuisine quite generally - what doesn’t it have on its conscience! Soup before the meal... overcooked meats, vegetables cooked with fat and flour; the degeneration of pastries and puddings into paperweights!”
On Food and the German Spirit
"The German spirit is an indigestion: it does not finish with anything."
On Meal Timing and Size
"A hearty meal is easier to digest than one that is too small....One has to know the size of one’s stomach... no meals between meals."
Food
On English Cuisine
“But English diet, too- which is, compared to the German and even to the French, a kind of ‘return to nature,’ meaning to cannibalism - is profoundly at odds with my instinct: it seems to that it gives the spirit heavy feet.”
On German Cuisine
“But German cuisine quite generally - what doesn’t it have on its conscience! Soup before the meal... overcooked meats, vegetables cooked with fat and flour; the degeneration of pastries and puddings into paperweights!”
On Food and the German Spirit
"The German spirit is an indigestion: it does not finish with anything."
On Meal Timing and Size
"A hearty meal is easier to digest than one that is too small....One has to know the size of one’s stomach... no meals between meals."
