ria , ▁consult ing ▁many ▁do ctors ▁and ▁other ▁pract ition ers ▁for ▁what ▁he ▁described ▁to ▁his ▁capt ors ▁in ▁Britain ▁as ▁a ▁long ▁list ▁of ▁a il ments ▁involving ▁the ▁kid ne ys , ▁colon , ▁gall ▁bl ad der , ▁bow els ▁and ▁heart . ▁H ess ▁was ▁a ▁veget arian , ▁and ▁he ▁did ▁not ▁smoke ▁or ▁drink . ▁He ▁brought ▁his ▁own ▁food ▁to ▁the ▁Berg hof , ▁claim ing ▁it ▁was ▁bi olog ically ▁dynamic , ▁but ▁Hitler ▁did ▁not ▁appro ve ▁of ▁this ▁practice , ▁so ▁he ▁dis cont in ued ▁taking ▁me als ▁with ▁the ▁F ühr er . ▁ ▁H ess ▁was ▁interested ▁in ▁music , ▁enjoyed ▁reading ▁and ▁loved ▁to ▁spend ▁time ▁h ik ing ▁and ▁clim bing ▁in ▁the ▁mountains ▁with ▁Il se . ▁He ▁and ▁his ▁friend ▁Al bre cht ▁Haus ho fer ▁shared ▁an ▁interest ▁in ▁ast ro log y , ▁and ▁H ess ▁also ▁was ▁keen ▁on ▁cla ir voy ance ▁and ▁the ▁occ ult . ▁H ess ▁continued ▁to ▁be ▁interested ▁in ▁av iation . ▁He ▁won ▁an ▁air ▁race ▁in ▁ 1 9 3 4 , ▁flying ▁a ▁B F W ▁M . 3 5 ▁in ▁a ▁circuit ▁around ▁Zug sp it ze ▁Mountain ▁and ▁returning ▁to ▁the ▁air field ▁at ▁Mun ich ▁with ▁a ▁time ▁of ▁ 2 9 ▁minutes . ▁He ▁placed ▁sixth ▁of ▁ 2 9 ▁participants ▁in ▁a ▁similar ▁race ▁held ▁the ▁following ▁year . ▁With ▁the ▁out break ▁of ▁World ▁War ▁II