Dinner: Soup 4½ to 5½ oz.; meat with fat sauce; green vegetables; fresh fruit; 2-3 glasses light wine.
Afternoon: Tea as at breakfast.
Supper: Tea, 1 egg, fat roast meat or ham, smoked fish; about 1 oz. bread with plenty of butter; a little cheese and fresh fruit; potatoes, sweets and sugars forbidden.
Dietetic Treatment.—The following menus are suggested by the author: The carbohydrates and fats are restricted and the fluids reduced to a minimum. The meals as far as possible are kept “dry”; soups, milk, cocoa are avoided; water is not permitted at meals; alcoholic beverages, white bread, butter, potatoes, sugar, candy, pastry, cakes, puddings, gravies, sauces, bread dressings, griddle cakes, sirups, molasses, honey, ice cream, cereals, pork of all sorts, ham, bacon pork chops, etc., olive oil, spaghetti, macaroni, and noodles are prohibited.
Allowable Foods.—The following foods are allowed: Black coffee or tea, small cup twice daily without milk, cream, or sugar—saccharin may be used to sweeten if desired; fresh or stewed fruit with the exception of bananas, raisins, and dates, served without sugar; all green vegetables cooked or served without butter or fat of any description; salads, except potato or banana, served with a special dressing (no oil or sugar); water ices; watermelon and other melons served without sugar; 1 egg a day; gluten toast, no butter; brown bread or muffins made with gluten flour and prepared bran.
The following menus may be used as guides in the treatment of obesity:
| Breakfast— | 1 sliced orange (no sugar) |
| 1 small cup coffee or tea without cream, milk, or sugar (sweeten with saccharin if desired) | |
| 1 poached egg on 1 slice of gluten toast (no butter) | |
| Lunch— | Cottage cheese and lettuce salad with special dressing |
| 2 broiled lamb chops | |
| 1 slice gluten bread; 3 ounces (1 serving) apple sauce (sweetened if necessary with saccharin) | |
| Dinner— | Roast beef |
| Spinach or greens (cooked without fat meat) | |
| Green peas | |
| Tomato and lettuce salad with special dressing | |
| Orange or wine jelly (sweetened with saccharin) | |
| 1 slice of gluten bread or toast | |
| 7 A.M. or 1 hour before breakfast— | 1 cup of water containing juice of ½ lemon |
| Breakfast— | ½ grapefruit without sugar |
| 1 small cup black coffee or tea | |
| Beefsteak broiled and served without butter (lean) | |
| 1 slice of gluten toast | |
| Lunch— | Tuna fish salad (no olive oil in dressing) |
| 1 bran muffin or 1 slice (1 oz.) gluten toast | |
| 1 baked apple (without cream or sugar) | |
| Dinner— | Roast or boiled chicken (no gravy or bread dressing) |
| Green vegetables (peas, string beans, cabbage,[160] turnips, artichokes (without butter)) | |
| Fruit salad (special dressing) | |
| Lemon ice |
Amount of Food.—The amount of food is limited to a certain extent. Green vegetables may be eaten in abundance, but the protein foods such as meat, fish and eggs must be limited.[161] The bread (even gluten and bran breads) must be limited to 1-2 slices at each meal. All meals are eaten without fluids except breakfast, when one small cup of coffee or tea without milk, cream, or sugar is allowed. If fruit juice is to be served instead of fruit, it must be prepared with little if any water and no sugar. The juice may be poured over cracked ice, if desired.
The following reducing diet is suggested by Dr. Rose for the use of over-fat women: