Nature is often used as an argument for what is healthy. This is evident in the different types of advertisements that surround us. The combination of nature and health, however, is not of a recent date. Since the end of the 18th century, the natural ideal has been a permanent element in writings on health. But the arguments have constantly been made with and for a new nature and a new healthiness. Health literature deals with more than just the physiological well-being; it also deals with definitions of the good society and the good life. It is these ideals of health information and nature with which Kroppens natur (the Nature of the Body) deals.