VEGETARIANS.
It is difficult to give an acceptable definition for vegetarianism. For a working basis we shall take it for granted that those are vegetarians who reject flesh foods. Those who wish can also reject dairy products and eggs. It is largely a matter of satisfying the mind.
The chief trouble with the vegetarians is that they believe that the fact that they abstain from flesh will bring them health. So they combine all kinds of foods and take several kinds of starches and fruits at the same meal. The consequence is that they soon get an acid condition of the digestive organs and a great deal of fermentation. Among vegetarians, prolapsus of the stomach and bowels is quite common, and this is due to gas pressure displacing the organs.
Their foods are all right, but their combinations, as a rule, are bad. The various vegetarian roasts, composed of nuts, cereals, legumes and succulent vegetables are hard to digest. It would be much better for them not to make such dishes.
A few suggestions for vegetarian combining follow:
Breakfast: Berries and a glass of milk.
Lunch: Baked potatoes and lettuce with oil.
Dinner: Nuts, cooked succulent vegetables, one or two varieties, sliced tomatoes.
Breakfast: Cottage cheese and oranges.
Lunch: Nuts and raisins.
Dinner: Whole wheat bread, stewed onions, butter, salad of lettuce and celery.
Breakfast: Cantaloupe.
Lunch: Buttermilk, bread and butter.
Dinner: Nuts, stewed succulent vegetables, lettuce and sliced tomatoes, with or without oil.
Breakfast: Boiled brown rice with raisins and milk.
Lunch: Grapes.
Dinner: Cooked lentils or baked beans, lettuce and celery.