"Maintaining Health (Formerly Health and Efficiency)" by Rasmus Larssen Alsaker is a comprehensive guidebook focusing on optimizing health and efficiency through various lifestyle choices. Covering topics such as nutrition, diet, exercise, and hygiene, the book provides practical advice for enhancing overall well-being and productivity. With an emphasis on self-care and disease prevention, Alsaker's work promotes healthy habits and personal development. Readers are guided through strategies to improve physical fitness and wellness, fostering a holistic approach to health maintenance. Through clear and concise recommendations, the book empowers individuals to take control of their health journey, encouraging a balanced lifestyle that prioritizes both physical and mental well-being. By incorporating principles of efficiency into health practices, readers can enhance productivity and achieve their full potential. "Maintaining Health" serves as a valuable resource for those seeking to cultivate healthy habits, prevent disease, and optimize their overall quality of life. It stands as a beacon of guidance in the pursuit of holistic health and wellness.
Rasmus Larssen Alsaker was a Norwegian-American physician and alternative health writer. Alsaker was born in Norway. He received his M.D. from Bennett Medical College in Chicago in 1910. He was licensed to practice medicine in Illinois, Colorado (1910), and Missouri (1915). He served as Health Director of the Sun-Diet Health Foundation in East Aurora, New York, succeeding William Howard Hay. Alsaker wrote a series of books on the "Alsaker Way" to health. Alsaker claimed that his nutritional strategy could treat almost every ailment. Medical professionals cautioned that Alsaker was deceiving the public into self-diagnosing and self-treating heart ailments. Alsaker was the medical director for Bernarr Macfadden's Health Service Bureau and an editor for Health Culture magazine. He also served as the editor of The Key to Health magazine. Alsaker retired and relocated to Florida in 1956. He was an amateur malacologist who collected volutidae shells. He died on June 14, 1960 in St. Petersburg, Florida.
