Muskett's dietary advice was for the Australian population to eat more fish, salads and vegetables whilst reducing their meat intake.

He noted how the consumption of butcher's meat and tea was in enormous excess, and was paralleled nowhere else in the world and how deep-sea fisheries were not developed.

"[5] Muskett argued that tea in excess "causes severe functional derangement of the digestive organs, and prejudicially affects the nervous system.

[5] Muskett compared the climate of Europe to Australia and suggested they were very similar so the diet should resemble that part of the world.

[6] Muskett was concerned that Australians consumed ten times the amount of meat than Italians do but both live in a similar climate.