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.