Coarse foods, stimulants and laxatives unduly excite the bowels. Avoid them if possible. Be regular in your habits as to meal-times; eat three times daily, and about an equal amount at each meal.

You may take:

Soup: all kinds of meat and vegetable soup; broth; bouillon. Reliable preparations of beef juice, jelly, etc.

Fish: all kinds, broiled or baked; raw oysters; Doxsee's clam preparations.

Meat: boiled or roasted; poultry; game, etc.

Bread: graham; brown; whole wheat; corn; rye; ginger; shredded-wheat biscuit.

Cereals: wheaten grits; wheatena; granose; oatmeal porridge; Milkine; Horlick's and Mellin's food.

Vegetables: cauliflower; spinach; beans; asparagus; carrots; onions; Brussels sprouts; tomatoes; peas; celery; cabbage.

Vegetables should be especially well cooked to render them soft and easy of digestion.

Salads: may be eaten if dressed with a generous supply of olive oil.