Rudolf Steiner performed a similar teaching story for this adherents after a lecture in which he had explained the importance of a vegetarian diet. After the lecture, everyone was very hungry and the only place still open was an Inn that had only meat dishes on the menu. Each person in turn ordered very carefully some side dishes of vegetables, perturbing the Innkeeper to no small amount. When at the very last, the time came for Steiner to order he said, "I'll have the special." When the group was leaving the Inn, the Innkeeper was heard to say, pointing to Steiner, "That man is the only normal person in the group." Apparently his audience had swallowed whole his lecture on eating vegetables as an abstract principle, and Steiner gave them a quick reality check. It was as though he were saying by ordering the meat-filled special, "Eating meat is not necessary nor is it forbidden. Eating only vegetables for some of you is probably pre-mature as it represents a token adherence to an abstract principle, rather than a natural result of your esoteric growth process."

Alcohol produces in the blood what the human would otherwise have to use I-forces to produce.

Milk prepares one to be a human creature on earth, but does not limit one to the earth.

Sugar strengthens the ego. This was demonstrated by exaggeration in the recent John Travolta movie in which he played the angel, Michael, who ate lots of sugar with all of his food. Steiner also points out that in under-developed countries, a low usage of sugar matches a low level of individualization. When such countries become more developed, the natures of the inhabitants of the country becomes more individualized and their sugar usage increases accordingly.

Coffee promotes logical consistency and attention to facts, which is particularly useful to a writer.

Tea promotes dissociation from the facts and stimulates the imagination.

Chocolate is the beverage of choice for various celebrations and family gatherings because it promotes the bourgeois, philistine nature of such events.

On page 56 Steiner pulls out an astounding statement that contradicts what medical science claims to know about the human heart. He says the heart is not a pump. Here's the exact quote: