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.