Roast beef or mutton, or pork.
Potatoes, baked or boiled.
Olives, celery, or radishes.
Side dish of green vegetables.
Bread and butter.
Dessert, milk-egg custard, sweetened with saccharin.
After a week on either of the above diets, in mild cases, sugar will disappear from the urine. In extreme cases, it may be necessary to follow this strict regime for two weeks. When the patient begins to eat a little starch, potatoes and bread are re-instated first. Sugar is kept out of the diet, except the little in fruit and vegetables, until the urine shows no trace of it.
The following is a list of foods allowable:
Fresh meat, fish, oysters, clams, lobster, turtle, meat extracts, fats of all kinds, eggs, such fresh vegetables as peas, beans, lentils, lettuce, celery, asparagus, cabbage, pickles, clear soups (all kinds), cheese (all kinds), coffee, tea (without sugar), cream, butter, fruit, acid drinks and carbonated waters.