SUGGESTIONS FOR WINTER
First Day: On rising, drink two cups of cool water, and devote from five to ten minutes to vigorous exercises and deep breathing.
BREAKFAST
- A cup of hot water or thin chocolate
- A small portion of boiled wheat
- One exceedingly ripe banana, eaten with cream
- One or two eggs, whipped—cream and sugar added
- One or two figs, with cream and either nuts or nut butter
LUNCHEON
- Two eggs, whipped; add a flavor of sugar, orange juice, and a glass of milk
- A cup of hot water
DINNER
- Turnips, carrots, parsnips, onions—any two of these
- A baked potato or baked beans
- A small portion of fish, white meat of chicken, or an egg
Just before retiring, take exercises as prescribed for the morning, and, if constipated, two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran.
Second Day: The same as the first, slightly increasing the quantity of food if hungry.
Third Day: The same as the second, adding one or two baked bananas to the morning meal, and varying the vegetables according to the appetite for the noon and the evening meal. Nearly all vegetables such as turnips, beets, carrots and parsnips may be substituted for one another.
Fourth Day:
BREAKFAST
- Tokay or Malaga grapes
- A cup of hot water
- Two eggs, lightly poached, or a very rare omelet
- A whole wheat muffin or a bran gem
- A cup of chocolate
- A liberal portion of wheat bran (one-fourth oatmeal), cooked and
- served as an ordinary cereal, eaten with butter
LUNCHEON
Choice of either a or b:
- a Two eggs, prepared as follows: Break into a bowl. Add a teaspoonful of sugar to each egg. Whip five minutes very rapidly
- with a rotary egg beater. Add a glass of milk and a teaspoonful of orange juice to each egg
- A quart of milk and half a cup of bran One baked banana
DINNER
- Any green salad—celery or shredded cabbage (very little), with salt and nuts
Choice of any two fresh vegetables
Choice of:
- a One or two exceedingly ripe bananas, baked, eaten with butter or cream
- b Figs or raisins, with cream A glass of water
Exercise the same as prescribed for the first day.
Fifth Day: The same as the fourth day.
Sixth Day: The same as the first, repeating these menus for a period of three or four weeks.
The nervous person should eat very sparingly of bread and cereal products, with the exception of bran and a few coarse articles, such as flaked or whole wheat or rye, and these should be taken sparingly while under treatment.
A generous quantity of water should be drunk at meals, and mastication should be very thorough.
If the body is overweight or inclined toward obesity, the diet should consist of fewer fat-producing foods, such as grains, potatoes, milk, eggs, and an excess of vegetable proteids. If underweight or inclined toward emaciation, the fat-producing foods should predominate.
Under all conditions of nervousness the patient should take an abundance of exercise and deep breathing in the open air, and sleep out of doors, if possible. An abundance of fresh air breathed into the lungs is the best blood purifier known, and if the blood is kept pure, and forced into every cell and capillary vessel of the body by exercise, the irritated nerves will share in the general improvement.
The cool shower or sponge bath in the morning, preceded and followed by a few minutes' vigorous exercise, is a splendid sedative for irritated nerves.