SPRING MENU
NO APPETITE
A very sharp distinction should be drawn between appetite and hunger. Appetite is a cultivated desire expressed through a sense of Craving. Hunger is the normal demand for food, expressed through the salivary glands. Appetite is the desire for liquor, coffee, tobacco, morphin, etc., and for food when one habitually overeats. It is expressed by an empty feeling or craving in the stomach, while hunger is felt only in the salivary glands, and in the region of the throat and the mouth. Appetite weakens the body; hunger stimulates thought and action.
Normal hunger can be produced by limiting the quantity of food below the actual needs of the body, for three or four days, or perhaps a week.
When normal hunger returns, the quantity may be increased, but the combinations should be observed for a week or two.
The following are limited menus composed of foods that will produce hunger after the third or fourth day:
On rising, devote at least five minutes to vigorous deep breathing exercise before an open window, or in the open air. Take a bit of juicy fruit and a glass of water.
BREAKFAST
Cherries or berries (very ripe); neither cream nor sugar