ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
DIET

A Treatise on the Food Question

IN FIVE VOLUMES

Explaining, in Plain Language, the
Chemistry of Food and the Chemistry of
the Human Body, together with the Art of
Uniting these Two Branches of Science in the
Process of Eating so as to Establish Normal
Digestion and Assimilation of Food and
Normal Elimination of Waste, thereby
Removing the Causes of Stomach,
Intestinal, and All Other
Digestive Disorders

BY

Eugene Christian, F. S. D.

Volume II

NEW YORK CITY
CORRECTIVE EATING SOCIETY, INC.
1917

Copyright 1914
BY
EUGENE CHRISTIAN

Entered at
Stationers Hall, London
September, 1914

BY

EUGENE CHRISTIAN, F. S. D.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published August, 1914

[CONTENTS]

Volume II
Lesson VIIIPage
Foods of Vegetable Origin[287]
Grains[289]
Uses of Grains:
(1) Grain as a Source of Energy[295]
(2) Grain as a Source of Nitrogen[297]
(3) Grain as a Remedial Food[298]
Nuts[300]
Peanuts[306]
Legumes[307]
Fruits[308]
Classification of Fruits according to acidity[313]
Vegetables[317]
Classification of Vegetables[319]
Sugars and Sirups[324]
Beet-Sugar[325]
Honey[330]
Confections[332]
Vegetable Oils[335]
Lesson IX
Drugs, Stimulants, and Narcotics[341]
Alkaloids and Narcotics[349]
Opium[350]
Cocain 353
Nux Vomica and Strychnin[356]
Quinin[356]
Acetanilid[357]
Tobacco[361]
Coffee[363]
Tea[365]
Cocoa and Chocolate[366]
Alcohols and Related Compounds[367]
Alcohol[367]
Chloroform, Ether, and Chloral 372
Poisonous Mineral Salts and Acids[373]
Mercury[373]
Potassium Iodid[374]
Lead and Copper[375]
Purgatives and Cathartics[375]
Lesson X
Importance of Correct Diagnosis and Correct Treatment[379]
Lesson XI
Common Disorders—Their Cause and Cure[403]
Health and Dis-ease Defined[405]
Overeating[413]
Superacidity[418]
The Cause[420]
The Symptoms[421]
The Remedy[423]
Fermentation (Superacidity)[424]
The Cause[425]
The Symptoms[426]
The Remedy[428]
Gas Dilatation[431]
The Symptoms[432]
Importance of Water-drinking[434]
Constipation[434]
The Cause[434]
The Remedy[436]
Foods that May Be Substituted for One Another[439]
Constipating and Laxative Food[446]
Constipating and Laxative Beverages[446]
Gastritis[447]
The Cause[449]
The Symptoms[449]
The Remedy[450]
Nervous Indigestion[453]
The Cause[454]
The Symptoms[455]
The Remedy[458]
Subacidity[460]
The Cause[461]
The Symptoms[462]
The Remedy[463]
Biliousness[465]
The Cause[466]
The Symptoms[466]
The Remedy[466]
Cirrhosis of the Liver[467]
The Cause[467]
The Symptoms[468]
The Treatment[469]
Piles or Hemorrhoids[471]
The Cause[471]
The Symptoms[472]
The Treatment[472]
Diarrhea[474]
The Cause[474]
The Treatment[476]
Emaciation or Underweight[477]
The Cause[478]
The Symptoms[481]
The Remedy[482]
Obesity or Overweight[491]
The Cause[493]
The Remedy[495]
Neurasthenia[503]
The Cause[505]
The Symptoms[506]
The Remedy[506]
Malnutrition[511]
Cause and Remedy[511]
Locomotor Ataxia[511]
The Cause[511]
The Symptoms[514]
The Remedy[515]
Colds, Catarrh, Hay Fever, Asthma, Influenza[519]
Colds—The Cause[520]
The Symptoms[521]
The Remedy[523]
Catarrh—The Cause[527]
The Symptoms[528]
The Remedy[528]
Hay Fever—The Cause[530]
The Symptoms[531]
The Remedy[531]
Asthma—The Cause[533]
The Symptoms[533]
The Remedy[534]
Influenza—The Cause[536]
The Symptoms[537]
The Remedy[537]
Insomnia[538]
The Cause[538]
The Remedy[539]
Rheumatism[543]
Rheumatism—The Cause[544]
The Symptoms[545]
Gout—The Cause[546]
The Symptoms[547]
Rheumatism, Gout—The Remedy[547]
Bright's Dis-ease[550]
The Cause[551]
The Symptoms[551]
The Remedy[552]
Diabetes[556]
The Cause[556]
The Symptoms[557]
The Remedy[557]
Consumption[560]
The Treatment[564]
Heart Trouble[569]
The Cause[571]
The Remedy[573]
Dis-eases of the Skin[574]
The Cause[575]
The Treatment[578]
Appendicitis[580]
The Symptoms[582]
The Treatment[583]
Chronic or Severe Cases of Appendicitis[586]

[LESSON VIII]