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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIET

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF
DIET

A Treatise on the Food Question

IN FIVE VOLUMES

Explaining, in Plain Language, the
Chemistry of Food and the Chemistry of
the Human Body, together with the Art of
Uniting these Two Branches of Science in the
Process of Eating, so as to Establish Normal
Digestion and Assimilation of Food and
Normal Elimination of Waste, thereby
Removing the Causes of Stomach,
Intestinal, and All Other
Digestive Disorders

BY

Eugene Christian, F. S. D.

Volume IV

NEW YORK
THE CHRISTIAN DIETETIC SOCIETY
1914

Copyright, 1914
BY
EUGENE CHRISTIAN

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

Published August, 1914

CONTENTS

VOLUME IV

LESSON XV

CURATIVE
AND
REMEDIAL MENUS
CONCLUDED

Low Vitality (continued)

SPRING MENU

LOW VITALITY—UNDERWEIGHT WEAK DIGESTION

Take a cool sponge or a shower bath, a few minutes’ vigorous exercise, and a cup of hot water just after rising.

BREAKFAST

Strained orange juice, diluted—one-half water

One egg whipped five or six minutes with a rotary egg beater, to which add a spoonful of sugar, a flavor of pineapple juice, and a glass of milk

Half-cup of wheat bran, cooked, and a spoonful or two of steamed wheat

LUNCHEON

Three eggs prepared as for breakfast, adding two glasses of milk. Drink slowly

DINNER

A two-egg omelet rolled in cream and grated nuts

Puree of peas or beans

A small baked potato

Take sufficient wheat bran night and morning to keep the bowels in normal action.

SUMMER MENU

LOW VITALITY—UNDERWEIGHT WEAK DIGESTION

A very ripe peach or plum, a cup of cool water, exercise and deep breathing on rising.

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup, peaches, cherries, or any very ripe sweet fruit

Buttermilk or egg, prepared choice

A baked sweet potato

LUNCHEON

Three glasses of milk, taking one-half glass every five or six minutes

A small portion of wheat bran, cooked

DINNER

A green salad

An ear of tender corn

One or two fresh vegetables such as onions, beans, spinach, beets

FALL MENU

LOW VITALITY—UNDERWEIGHT WEAK DIGESTION

BREAKFAST

A small portion of wheat bran, well cooked

A cup of warm milk

One egg, whipped very fine, to which add a very little sugar and lemon juice. Take this uncooked

A few baked chestnuts eaten with butter

LUNCHEON

String beans or carrots—masticate very thoroughly

A large Spanish onion, boiled

A baked potato

Wheat bran

DINNER

Choice of tender fish or chicken

A portion of spinach

A baked potato

Onions, en casserole

A small portion of wheat bran

WINTER MENU

LOW VITALITY—UNDERWEIGHT WEAK DIGESTION

First Day: Drink two glasses of water immediately after rising. Eat one-fourth pound of grapes or some juicy fruit. Devote from three to four minutes to deep breathing exercises.

BREAKFAST

(Half hour later)

Whole wheat, cooked; serve with cream or butter

A baked sweet potato

A cup of milk

A small portion of wheat bran eaten with thin cream

LUNCHEON

A large, boiled Spanish or Bermuda onion

A small portion of carrots, thoroughly cooked

A spoonful or two of wheat bran

DINNER

A cream soup made from celery or onions

Rice made into a thick purée, or a baked potato, carrots, onions, or turnips

A spoonful or two of wheat bran

Just before retiring, take a spoonful or two of wheat bran, uncooked, in a little water, and devote as much time as possible to deep breathing exercises.

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of the above meals. It may be taken hot if preferred. If something hot is desired, as a beverage, take a cup of sassafras tea with a little cream and sugar.

Second Day: The same as the first.

Third Day: The same as the second, slightly increasing the quantity of food if demanded by normal hunger.

Fourth Day: Exercises, water-drinking, and fruit as prescribed for the first day.

BREAKFAST

Two extremely ripe bananas, eaten with thin cream and nut butter or nuts masticated very fine. (They should be baked if not exceedingly ripe)

A cup of sassafras tea or chocolate

LUNCHEON

Three glasses of buttermilk

Two beaten egg whites with three teaspoonfuls of sugar

A tablespoonful of wheat bran

DINNER

A portion of boiled onions and tender carrots, cooked until very soft

Two baked white potatoes eaten with a little butter

Two egg whites prepared any way they are most appetizing

A cup of water, hot or cold

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: The same as the first, repeating the menus for a week or two.

Such vegetables as sweet potatoes, parsnips, baked beans and pumpkin may be added as digestion and assimilation improve.

For recipe for baked bananas, see p. 677; for cooking vegetables, see p. 670.

MENUS FOR OBESITY

SPRING MENU

OBESITY—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS

Fruit-juice, a glass of water, and ten minutes devoted to vigorous exercise and deep breathing just after rising.

BREAKFAST

Choice of fruit

A cup of hot water

Two or three exceedingly ripe bananas (red variety preferred), eaten with raisins, nuts, and cream

LUNCHEON

A portion of fresh fish and a new baked potato

DINNER

A green salad with dressing and nuts

Peas or asparagus

A rare omelet with a dash of grated nuts

A bit of crisp corn bread or a bran meal gem

Most people afflicted with obesity are also afflicted with abnormal appetite, therefore at the outset they may undergo some deprivation, but if this is not yielded to, hunger will soon become normal.

The appetite for an excessive quantity of food is very much like the appetite for coffee, intoxicants, or tobacco, and when the appetite once becomes abnormal and is not held under control, either obesity or chronic autointoxication will be the result.

Luncheon should be omitted unless very hungry.

SUMMER MENU

OBESITY—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS

BREAKFAST

Melon, peaches, or berries

Tender fish, broiled

A new potato or a bran muffin

LUNCHEON

Corn or beans

A salad—lettuce or celery

DINNER

A light soup—vegetable

Eggplant, okra, beans, or squash

Bran gems or a potato

Nuts, with a lettuce salad

FALL MENU

OBESITY—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS

First Day: Immediately on rising, drink a cup of hot water, followed by a cup of cool water. Devote as much time as possible (from three to ten minutes) to such exercises as can be endured. (See Vol. V, pp. 1343 to 1346.) Inflate lungs to their utmost capacity every third or fourth movement.

Secure a spirometer and increase the lung capacity until it registers about two hundred and fifty cubic inches. This is exceedingly important.

BREAKFAST

A cantaloup or soaked, evaporated peaches

Baked chestnuts

Bananas with cream

Bran meal gems

LUNCHEON

A salad

Carrots, squash, beets, parsnips, or turnips

A potato or lima beans

SUPPLEMENTARY LUNCHEON

(To be taken in office)

Two exceedingly ripe bananas, with nut butter and raisins

Two glasses of water

(Or the following at a restaurant or cafe)

Choice of the following vegetables—boiled onions, carrots, parsnips, squash, or tender corn

A baked potato

A glass of water

DINNER

Choice of two vegetables from the selection given for luncheon

A green salad

A baked sweet or a white potato

Two egg whites and one yolk very lightly poached

Two glasses of water

Devote about ten minutes to exercising and deep breathing just before retiring.

Second Day: The same as the first, slightly increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to normal hunger. It will probably be necessary to draw a very sharp distinction between appetite and hunger. (See Spring Menu, “No Appetite,” p. 1081.)

Third Day: The same as the first, if entirely agreeable.

If the bowels should become too lax, a small portion of rice, cooked in milk, might be taken with both the morning and the evening meal, omitting a similar quantity of other foods.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

Two eggs, whipped from five to eight minutes, into which whip a rounded teaspoonful of sugar, and a dessert-spoonful of lemon juice

Half a glass of water

LUNCHEON

A vegetable salad, with a few nuts

A baked sweet potato

(These two articles should compose the entire meal)

DINNER

Spinach (cooked), or a salad of lettuce and celery with English walnuts, masticated infinitely fine

Choice of one or two fresh vegetables, including
a small, baked white potato

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: The same as the first, repeating the diet for about two weeks.

WINTER MENU

OBESITY—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS

First Day: Immediately after rising, drink a glass of cool water, and the juice of a sweet orange. Devote as much time as possible (five to ten minutes) to vigorous exercises.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

One banana

Two egg whites and one yolk very lightly poached

A small, baked white potato, with butter; eat
skins and all

A small portion of wheat bran cooked five minutes

Note: If the quantity seems insufficient, a corn-meal muffin may be eaten.

LUNCHEON

Boiled onions, carrots, or turnips

A baked potato—eat skins and all

One egg boiled two minutes

DINNER

Celery, endive, or lettuce, with nuts or a simple dressing

Turnips, carrots, spinach, boiled onions—any two of these

A baked white potato, served hot with butter and salt

A portion of wheat bran cooked five minutes

A portion of gelatin, with thin cream

Just before retiring, devote from three to five minutes to exercising. Drink a glass of water, take a spoonful or two of wheat bran, and either a few California grapes or the juice of an orange.

Second Day: The same as the first, slightly varying the meals by choosing different vegetables from the following selections:

Third Day: The same as the second, adding one very ripe banana, eaten with thin cream and raisins, to the morning meal, and a few nuts, if desired.

Banana, nut butter, raisins, and cream make a delicious combination. The entire breakfast could be made of these with good results.

Fourth Day: Exercise, water-drinking, and deep breathing just before retiring and just after rising, as prescribed for the first day.

BREAKFAST

A few Malaga grapes or a sweet orange

Two exceedingly ripe bananas, eaten with thin cream and nut butter

A cup of junket, or a small portion of gelatin with a very little sugar and thin cream

One egg prepared as per recipe in “Introduction to Menus” if the appetite will accept it.

(See p. 678.)

LUNCHEON

A green salad

A small portion of fish or chicken

A baked potato

A cup of hot water

DINNER

One or two fresh vegetables—choice

A glass of buttermilk with a small piece of corn bread

A small portion of gelatin with thin cream

If the bowels are not normal, a portion of wheat bran should be taken at the morning and the evening meal.

Both digestion and assimilation of food can be largely increased by daily taking exercise No. 3 (see Vol. V, p. 1344), vigorously, for ten or fifteen minutes just after rising and just before retiring.

Fifth Day: Same as the fourth, slightly increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to hunger.

Sixth Day: Same as the first, repeating, for a period of two or three weeks, the menus as given, varying the meals by choosing different vegetables in the same class as those prescribed.

SPRING MENU

ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY—DROWSINESS

Menus No. 1 are slightly heavier than Menus No. 2. Choice may be exercised between them, according to hunger, or according to activity or amount of work done.

One glass of water should be drunk at each of the dinner meals.

Two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran should be taken twice a week with both the morning and the evening meal. The bran should be cooked five minutes, and eaten with a spoonful of cream.

SUMMER MENU

ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY—DROWSINESS

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

The accumulation of gas after meals can be largely controlled by extreme mastication, very slow, deliberate eating, and copious water-drinking at meals.

If constipated, take, immediately on rising and just before retiring, a half pound of grapes, swallowing the skins, seeds and pulp. Do not masticate the seeds or pulp. If preferred, half a cup of coarse wheat bran may be taken twice daily instead of grapes.

If the bowels should become slightly lax, the seeds of the grapes should be omitted at night.

Health is Nature’s gift to the young; after that, it is a thing that must be earned.

FALL MENU

ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY—DROWSINESS

First Day:

BREAKFAST

One glass of water

A melon

Two or three extremely ripe peaches

Three egg whites, poached very lightly

A bran meal gem

One exceedingly ripe red banana (must be black spotted), with nut butter and thin cream

LUNCHEON

One egg, whipped, mixed with a large glass of milk (A half hour later, eat two or three exceedingly ripe peaches)

DINNER

Half a glass of water

Half a cantaloup

A lettuce and tomato salad

Two medium ears of tender corn

A small portion of tender fish

Note: I would advise a spirometer for measuring the capacity of the lungs. The normal lung capacity for a man 5 feet 7 to 10 inches in height should be about 300 cubic inches, and for a woman 5 feet 3 inches, 180 to 200 cubic inches. The ability to use surplus food, which the appetite will continue to demand for some time, will depend upon the amount of exercise and deep breathing taken, and the consequent lung capacity.

Second Day: Same as the first, slightly increasing the quantity of food taken at each meal, if demanded by Normal Hunger.

Third Day:

BREAKFAST

One glass of water

Choice of melon, peaches, or plums

An exceedingly ripe banana, eaten with thin cream

One whole egg, or a small piece of broiled fish

A very small baked potato—sweet or white

LUNCHEON

One or two glasses of buttermilk

An ear of corn

DINNER

One glass of water

A small ear of tender corn—boiled

Choice of fresh green beans or tender lima beans

Spinach, or a salad or anything green

A very small portion of broiled fish (If preferred, chicken may be eaten at this meal)

A baked potato

Just before retiring, eat a few peaches or some grapes.

If sleepy or drowsy after meals, devote from one to two minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5 (see Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345), together with deep breathing, before an open window or in the fresh air.

Fourth Day: Same as the third.

Fifth Day: Same as the first, repeating these menus for about thirty days, making such variations in vegetables and fruits as demanded by normal hunger.

These menus will seem insufficient in quantity measured by appetite, but appetite, which comes from irritation of the mucous surface of the stomach, is not a safe guide.

See menus for “No Appetite,” p. 1081.

The greatest difficulty will be experienced the first week. After that, nature will begin her process of adjustment, and the patient will begin to reduce in weight and gain in strength; sleep will become more restful and the sleepy and drowsy feeling after meals will gradually disappear.

The following natural laws should be rigidly observed:

WINTER MENU

ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY—DROWSINESS

A cup of hot water, chocolate, cocoa, or sassafras tea may be taken after either one of these meals.

For recipe for baked bananas and whipped eggs, see pp. 677 and 678, Vol. III.

SPRING MENU

FOR DECREASING WEIGHT AND INCREASING STRENGTH

BREAKFAST

Whole wheat, thoroughly cooked

Two bananas, baked, if not very ripe; serve with cream and either nut butter or nuts

LUNCHEON

Baked beans, with sauce of olive-oil, lemon juice and sugar

A cup of chocolate

DINNER

A green salad

Smelts, or any young or tender fish

A potato

An onion

Gelatin, with fruit

Vigorous exercise and deep breathing are very necessary both in decreasing weight and increasing strength. At least three hours daily should be spent in the open air, and the lungs should be filled to their utmost capacity.

The bowels should be kept in normal condition.

(See Menus for Constipation.)

SUMMER MENU

FOR DECREASING WEIGHT AND INCREASING STRENGTH

BREAKFAST

Cherries, berries, cantaloup, or melon

A red banana, with nuts

One or two eggs, whipped—dash of sugar; flavor with lemon or pineapple juice

LUNCHEON

Green beans, with onion

Corn or a potato

DINNER

Celery or shredded cabbage, with nuts and oil

Sweet potatoes—butter

Corn

Melon

A glass of water or thin cocoa may be taken at each of the above meals.

FALL MENU

FOR DECREASING WEIGHT AND INCREASING STRENGTH

BREAKFAST

A cantaloup

A banana, with raisins, cream, and nuts

An egg, cooked two minutes

A bran gem or a whole wheat cracker, or whole wheat bread

LUNCHEON

A pint of junket or two glasses of buttermilk

DINNER

A green salad, with oil and nuts

A rare omelet, rolled in scraped corn

A potato—sweet or white

A cantaloup

WINTER MENU

FOR DECREASING WEIGHT AND INCREASING STRENGTH

Immediately on rising devote five minutes to exercises and deep breathing.

BREAKFAST

Wheat bran and flaked wheat, cooked together; use a liberal service of cream

A cup of cocoa

LUNCHEON

Spinach, with egg white

A bran gem or a whole wheat muffin

A vegetable or fruit salad, with oil and nuts

DINNER

Boiled onions, parsnips, or carrots—any two of these

A baked potato

A very small portion of fish or white meat of chicken

A cup of hot water

MENUS FOR NEURASTHENIA

SPRING MENU

NEURASTHENIA

BREAKFAST

Three or four egg whites, whipped and mixed with a pint of rich milk

Bran meal gems

LUNCHEON

Onions, en casserole

A potato

DINNER

Peas or asparagus

A morsel of dried herring and an onion, uncooked

Bran meal gems or a potato

Cheese, raisins, and nuts

SUMMER MENU

NEURASTHENIA

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup, peaches, plums, or berries—no sugar

Whole wheat, boiled

Half a cup of wheat bran, with cream

LUNCHEON

Spinach or turnip-tops

Onions, uncooked, and a bit of dried fish

A potato

DINNER

Lettuce or celery, with nuts

Fish

Vegetable soup

Squash, carrots, or onions

A potato

FALL MENU

NEURASTHENIA

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or peaches

Baked bananas, with cream

One egg, boiled two minutes

A bran meal gem

LUNCHEON

Two glasses of buttermilk

A muffin—graham or gluten

DINNER

Vegetable soup

Celery or lettuce, with nuts

Turnips, carrots, okra, cauliflower—choice

A bran meal gem

A sweet potato

WINTER MENU

NEURASTHENIA

BREAKFAST

Prunes or a very ripe banana

Nuts, with raisins and cream

A sweet potato

LUNCHEON

An onion, uncooked, and a very small portion of dried fish

A bran gem

Cocoa

DINNER

Celery or slaw

Nuts

Cabbage, cauliflower, or Brussels sprouts

Carrots, parsnips, or onions

Baked beans or a potato

The person afflicted with neurasthenia should omit all beverages, except water, which should be drunk only at meals. By all means avoid overeating.

MENUS FOR MALNUTRITION

SPRING MENU

MALNUTRITION

Menus for the treatment of malnutrition should be limited in quantity, and composed of the most soluble and readily digestible articles that will afford the required elements of nourishment.

BREAKFAST

Very ripe berries, without sugar and cream

Two or three egg whites, whipped, and mixed with a pint of skimmed milk

Two heaping tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, cooked, and served with a little cream

LUNCHEON

A raw Spanish onion, with a bit of dried fish

A baked potato—eat skins and all

Bran meal gems, with butter

DINNER

Lettuce or young onions

Peas or asparagus

Spinach or turnip-greens, with yolk of egg

A baked potato

A tablespoonful of wheat bran, cooked

SUMMER MENU

MALNUTRITION

BREAKFAST

Melon, peaches, or berries

Two very large, ripe bananas, baked; serve with cream (See recipe, page 677)

A glass of milk

LUNCHEON

Spinach or turnip-greens, with egg yolk

Bran meal gems or corn bread

A bit of onion, uncooked

DINNER

A light vegetable soup

String beans, fresh peas, tender corn—any two of these

A potato or lima beans

Gelatin (lemon or vanilla), if something sweet is desired

FALL MENU

MALNUTRITION

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or peaches

One or two bran meal gems or a corn muffin

A glass or two of rich milk

LUNCHEON

Celery or lettuce, with either nuts or oil

Tender corn or lima beans

A potato—sweet or white

DINNER

Vegetable or cream soup

Celery, with ripe olives and nuts

Carrots, and either onions or squash (These should be cooked in a casserole dish; see page 671)

Bran meal gems or a potato

WINTER MENU

MALNUTRITION

BREAKFAST

Strained orange juice—half water

Whole wheat, boiled, and served with butter (omit cream)

LUNCHEON

Three to four glasses of rich milk

Two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran

DINNER

Celery or vegetable salad, with nuts and oil

Turnips, carrots, winter squash, or onions; preferably en casserole

A bit of very tender fish or white meat of chicken

A potato or a corn muffin

For cooking en casserole, see p. 671, Vol. III.

MENUS FOR ANEMIA

SPRING MENU FOR A YOUTH

ANEMIA—MALASSIMILATION—UNDERWEIGHT—NO APPETITE

The following menus should be carefully adhered to for two or three days, or until normal hunger is produced:

BREAKFAST

Prunes or dried peaches

Bananas, nuts, or nut butter

A pint of rich milk

LUNCHEON

A light vegetable, such as boiled onions, peas, or new potatoes

A glass or two of milk

DINNER

Two eggs, coddled

A baked white potato

SPRING MENU FOR A YOUTH

ANEMIA—MALASSIMILATION—UNDERWEIGHT—NO APPETITE

When good digestion and normal hunger are restored, the following menus should be given:

BREAKFAST

Farina, rice, or corn hominy, with butter and a very little sugar

Fresh milk—one or two glasses

LUNCHEON

Baked potatoes

Milk

DINNER

Peas or beans, creamed onions

A potato

Rice or corn bread

Gelatin or boiled custard

Vigorous exercise and outdoor sport should be encouraged.

SUMMER MENU FOR A YOUTH

ANEMIA—MALASSIMILATION—UNDERWEIGHT—NO APPETITE

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup, peaches, or plums

A very rare omelet or a coddled egg

A corn-meal gem

Milk

LUNCHEON

Milk or buttermilk—buttermilk preferred

A bran gem or a whole wheat gem

DINNER

One or two vegetables

Rice or corn

Milk

A cantaloup

Drink an abundance of water.

Spend all the time possible out of doors.

FALL MENU FOR A YOUTH

ANEMIA—MALASSIMILATION—UNDERWEIGHT—NO APPETITE

Choice of the following:

It would be preferable to make the entire meal (dinner) upon whipped eggs, if they appeal to the taste.

For “Choice of Menus,” see p. 683, Vol. III.

WINTER MENU FOR THE YOUTH

ANEMIA—MALASSIMILATION—UNDERWEIGHT—NO APPETITE

BREAKFAST

A cup of chocolate or cocoa, or warm milk

Steamed wheat, farina, or corn hominy

LUNCHEON

Vegetable soup

Fish or a potato

Milk

DINNER

One fresh vegetable

A potato

Chicken or fish

Ice-cream—very little

For primary causes of Anemia, see Lesson I, “Chart showing different dis-eases caused by Superacidity,” p. 9.

MENUS FOR LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

SPRING MENU

LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

BREAKFAST

Three egg whites and one yolk, whipped, mixed with a pint of rich milk

Two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, cooked, and served with thin cream

LUNCHEON

Plain wheat, boiled thoroughly, eaten with Pignolia (pine) nuts

DINNER

Fresh peas or baked beans

Buttermilk

Cheese, nuts, and raisins

Wheat bran

SUMMER MENU

LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

BREAKFAST

Melon or peaches—no sugar

Three or four glasses of fresh milk

A corn muffin

Wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Fresh corn, peas, or beans

Milk; two to four glasses

Bran

DINNER

Shelled peas or beans

A potato

Fish, eggs, or buttermilk

Bran

FALL MENU

LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

BREAKFAST

A pint of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of sugar

Corn hominy or corn bread

LUNCHEON

Fish, chicken, or turkey

A potato

Cheese and nuts

DINNER

Celery with nuts

Two or three glasses of milk; buttermilk preferred

A potato

Bran

Raisins, cheese, and nuts

WINTER MENU

LOCOMOTOR ATAXIA

BREAKFAST

California grapes or prunes

Two eggs, whipped, and mixed with two or three glasses of milk

Bran meal gems

LUNCHEON

Celery with nuts

Turnips, carrots, or parsnips

A baked potato

DINNER

Boiled plain wheat or corn bread

Fish, chicken, or two or three glasses of milk (Wheat bran, if milk is taken)

COLDS

Cause 1

A cold, in its last analysis, is merely a form of congestion throughout the capillary vessels of the body. It may have been caused by exposure—a draft of cold air blowing upon some exposed part of the body, in which case Nature closes the pores of the skin in self-defense. The poisons that are constantly being eliminated through the pores are thus prevented from escaping through these channels, and are picked up by the circulation, and carried to the lungs to be burned with oxygen. The lung capacity being too limited, or the amount of poison too great, Nature suppurates these poisons and throws them off in the form of mucus.

Cause 2

When a quantity of food, greater than the body can use, is taken and ingested into the circulation, the excess is carried to the lungs in the same manner as above described, and the same form of congestion and elimination takes place; therefore, colds caused by exposure and overeating are alike in every respect except their origin. The experience of the writer has been that congestion, which we term colds, is caused much more frequently from overeating than from exposure.

The logical remedy in either case is to limit the quantity of food to the minimum and to confine the diet, as nearly as possible, to readily soluble and readily digestible foods, such as nuts, fruit salads, and fresh watery vegetables, taking only sufficient nitrogenous and carbohydrate compounds to balance the daily bill of fare.

The following menus given for colds may be also used in cases of la grippe, influenza, etc.:

MENUS FOR COLDS

SPRING MENU

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

An apple, with nuts or berries, in season

Two egg whites to one yolk, whipped or lightly poached

Clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of grated maple-sugar

A few raisins and nuts

LUNCHEON

One tuber vegetable

A baked potato or baked beans

A salad (green), with nuts or cheese

DINNER

Asparagus, turnips, beets, onions—any two of these

A potato

Whole wheat, well cooked, or a portion of wheat bran, cooked

Nut butter or thin cream

In the late spring, such vegetables as new beets, radishes, lettuce, onions, or any green salad may be eaten at either the noon or the evening meal.

These meals may be varied by choosing fresh vegetables or fruit in season.

SUMMER MENU

COLDS

BREAKFAST

Choice of fruit—a liberal quantity

A banana—very ripe; serve with raisins, nuts, and cream (If the banana is not very ripe, it should be baked)

LUNCHEON

A generous green salad, with grated nuts

Choice of one or two fresh vegetables

A poached egg, dropped into a baked potato

DINNER

A liberal green salad

Smelts, broiled

Tender corn

One or two fresh vegetables

A dessert of peaches, plums, berries, or any juicy fruit

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at meals. A liberal quantity of fruit or berry juice should be taken between meals.

Vegetable soup may be served at either the noon or the evening meal, using but little fats.

Acid fruits, such as oranges, grapefruit, pineapples, lemons, and strawberries should be omitted if there is a tendency toward superacidity, intestinal fermentation, or rheumatism.

FALL MENU

COLDS

BREAKFAST

Melon or choice of fruit

Baked squash or a banana

Flaked wheat or a bran meal gem

A spoonful or two of nuts, with raisins

LUNCHEON

Two shirred eggs

An ear of tender corn

A green salad

DINNER

Choice of two fresh vegetables

Choice of corn or lima beans

Choice of a baked sweet or a white potato

A green salad—liberal portion

Gelatin or junket

WINTER MENU

COLDS

Juice of orange or grapes just after rising.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water, sassafras tea, or malted milk

Two coddled eggs, or very tender fish, broiled

A potato or a bran gem[*]

LUNCHEON

Any fresh vegetable: Cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, turnips

Spinach or endive

Malted milk or a cup of cocoa

DINNER

A bit of slaw or celery

Liberal portion of boiled onions

Spinach, with egg

A potato; prepared choice

All of the menus for Colds can be taken in cases of La Grippe and Influenza.

[*] See “Bran Meal,” p. 683.

NASAL CATARRH

The following menus, in their various groups, are composed of the most easily digested foods that will give to the body all the elements of nourishment it requires, during the several seasons of the year.

The calories of energy, remedial elements and counteractive properties these menus contain, have been very carefully compiled from long experience in the treatment of catarrh. The nutritive factors they contain are proportioned or leveled so that under ordinary conditions there will be no deficiency to produce unnatural craving, and no surplus to be decomposed and converted into mucous or catarrhal discharges.

These menus contemplate a normal body, living under normal conditions. If one should be exposed to excessive cold, the carbohydrates (sugar and starches) and fats may be slightly increased, and if exposed to excessive heat these articles should be limited somewhat below the amount prescribed. If one is engaged in heavy manual labor the proteid factor such as is contained in beans, eggs, fish, and cheese may be increased, and if performing no labor, these things should be reduced even below the amount prescribed.

These menus will have a tendency to establish normal digestion and assimilation of food, and normal elimination of waste. When this is accomplished, the instincts and various senses will suggest the quality and the quantity of food, the kind and amount of exercise, and all other natural laws that govern and control the physical organism.

WATER-DRINKING IN THE TREATMENT OF NASAL CATARRH

Sufficient water should be drunk at each of these meals to bring the moisture up to about 66 per cent of the whole. This will require from one to three ordinary glasses, depending largely upon the amount of residual water in the foods composing the meal.

See “Uses of Water in the Body,” Lesson II, Vol. I, p. 53.

See also “Water-drinking in Cases of Superacidity,” Vol. II, p. 434.

Water performs another very valuable service. When one eats too many sweets, he should drink an abundance of water. This prevents stomach-acidity, and consequent fermentation and irritation of the mucous lining of the stomach. It also prevents torpidity of the liver, which usually follows the excessive use of sweets.

Two or three glasses of water taken at an ordinary meal will all be retained and used by the body, while the same quantity of water taken from two to three hours after a meal, will nearly all pass off in the form of urine.

MENUS FOR NASAL CATARRH

LATE SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER

NASAL CATARRH

Sweet orange, cherries, or very ripe grapefruit just after rising.

BREAKFAST

Three or four egg whites, whipped five minutes, to which add two teaspoonfuls each of lemon juice and sugar, while whipping

One very ripe banana, or plain boiled wheat, with nuts

LUNCHEON

A green salad, with tomatoes and oil

One fresh vegetable—peas or beans

Corn bread—butter

Buttermilk

DINNER

Spinach, kale, young cabbage, or turnip-tops, cooked

One fresh vegetable, in season

A baked sweet potato

Choice tender fish, chicken, or three egg whites and one yolk, whipped, with spoonful each of sugar and of lemon juice

These menus are composed largely of proteids in their most soluble and digestible forms—a most important factor in remedial feeding, especially in cases of either stomach or nasal catarrh.

One or two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals. Mastication should be perfect before any water is taken into the mouth.

The bowels should be kept normal by the use of wheat bran.

LATE SUMMER AND EARLY FALL

NASAL CATARRH

For many patients suffering with nasal catarrh, the following combinations have been prescribed by the author with much success.

Choice of the following:

LATE FALL AND EARLY WINTER

NASAL CATARRH

Note: If the weather is very cold a dessert-spoonful or more of olive-oil should be taken just before each of these meals, and a cup of hot water at the close.

LATE WINTER AND EARLY SPRING

NASAL CATARRH

MENUS FOR HAY FEVER

SPRING MENU

HAY FEVER

BREAKFAST

Bananas, baked

Whole wheat or rye, boiled five or six hours

Thin cream

LUNCHEON

Any fresh vegetable—cabbage, onions, carrots

Whole wheat bread

Thin cocoa

DINNER

One egg, coddled

Rice or a potato

Boiled onions or squash

Spinach or lettuce, with nuts

For recipe for baked bananas and coddled eggs, see p. 677, Vol. III.

See “Bran Meal,” p. 683, Vol. III.

SUMMER MENU

HAY FEVER

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or peaches—no sugar

A potato—sweet or white

Clabbered milk

LUNCHEON

Corn or peas

Lima beans

A potato

A melon

DINNER

Lettuce and tomato salad, with nut-butter sauce

Peas, beans, carrots, squash, or onions

A potato—sweet or white

An egg or a very small portion of fish

FALL MENU

HAY FEVER

BREAKFAST

Persimmons or grapes

Bran meal gems or corn bread

A glass of milk

LUNCHEON

Winter squash or a sweet potato

Baked beans or a white potato

DINNER

Lettuce or celery, with nuts

Carrots or string beans

A raw onion

A baked potato or corn bread

A spoonful or two of bran, cooked

WINTER MENU

HAY FEVER

BREAKFAST

The juice of a sweet orange

Three baked bananas or two very ripe bananas, with cream, raisins, and nuts

LUNCHEON

Eggplant and a boiled onion

A bran meal gem or a corn muffin

Nuts, with raisins

DINNER

A light vegetable soup

Turnips or cabbage, en casserole

A baked potato or bran meal gems

One or two figs, with cheese and nuts

The bowels should be kept in normal condition by the liberal use of wheat bran at each meal. The free action of the bowels is very important in all such disorders as hay fever, influenza, and colds.

MENUS FOR ASTHMA

SPRING MENU

ASTHMA

BREAKFAST

Grapefruit or an orange—very ripe

Baked bananas—must be very ripe

A glass of milk

LUNCHEON

Peas or asparagus

Bran meal gems

A glass of milk

DINNER

Spinach or turnip-tops

Corn bread or bran meal gems

Peas or asparagus

A potato

SUMMER MENU

ASTHMA

BREAKFAST

Peaches, plums, or berries, without cream

One egg, either lightly poached or boiled two minutes

A small baked potato

LUNCHEON

An ear of tender corn

A Spanish onion, uncooked, with a morsel of dried fish

DINNER

Fresh peas, beans, or carrots

Tender corn or a baked potato

Lettuce, romaine, or watercress, with nuts

FALL MENU

ASTHMA

BREAKFAST

Grapes or a melon

Two egg whites, whipped, and mixed with a pint of milk

Baked chestnuts, with cream

LUNCHEON

Okra or a boiled onion

A baked potato

Half a glass of milk

DINNER

Celery, with nuts

Cauliflower, squash, or a stewed pumpkin

A potato or lentils

A cup of cocoa or a glass of milk

WINTER MENU

ASTHMA

BREAKFAST

Pineapple—eliminate the pulp

Plain boiled wheat; serve with fresh butter

LUNCHEON

A pint of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of sugar

Two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran

DINNER

Vegetable soup

Celery, with nuts and ripe olives

Carrots or baked squash

A potato—sweet or white

The juice of a sweet orange an hour after eating.

Where milk is not prescribed in the above menus, from one to two glasses of water should be drunk.

The bowels should be kept in normal condition by the use of wheat bran.

INFLUENZA

In treating influenza heavy starchy foods such as white flour products should be omitted, and the diet confined largely to fresh vegetables and the more soluble proteids, such as egg whites and buttermilk, with now and then a limited quantity of fish or fowl for a change.

Fats and sugars should be limited very materially and a liberal quantity of coarse articles such as wheat bran, celery, grapes, and green salads eaten when in season.

The patient should exercise great care in regard to quantity, endeavoring always to limit the quantity of food somewhat below the demands of normal hunger.

The menus for colds, catarrh, hay fever, and asthma may be used for influenza. See pp. 917 to 938, inclusive.

MENUS FOR INSOMNIA

SPRING MENU

INSOMNIA—NERVOUSNESS
LOW VITALITY

Both insomnia and nervousness are symptoms of the same conditions. The following menus, therefore, are for the purpose of removing primary causes, which are usually either stomach or intestinal fermentation.

The logical remedy for fermentation is to limit the diet to the fewest number of articles that will give to the body the necessary elements of nutrition.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Corn hominy or boiled wheat

A banana, baked, or sliced and broiled in butter

A cup of cool water

LUNCHEON

A liberal portion of peas in the pod

A baked potato

DINNER

Light vegetable soup

Peas or asparagus

Baked potatoes

A cup of hot water

Half-cup of wheat bran, cooked

Note: New peas should be cooked in the pod, as the shell contains better nutrition than the pea. For recipe, see p. 679.

SUMMER MENU

INSOMNIA—NERVOUSNESS
LOW VITALITY

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or very ripe pear, with cream

A baked sweet potato, with butter

A pint of rich milk

Wheat bran

LUNCHEON

An ear or two of tender corn

A green salad

One egg, whipped

DINNER

Lettuce and tomato salad, with grated nuts

String beans, with raw onion

Tender corn, scraped from the cob, cooked with very little rich milk and the white of an egg

Cantaloup

The quantity of food prescribed is sufficient for one performing very light labor. If the duties should be strenuous, the quantity may be slightly increased, but the proportions and the combinations should be observed.

FALL MENU

INSOMNIA—NERVOUSNESS
LOW VITALITY

Vigorous exercise, deep breathing, and a glass or two of water should be taken on rising.

BREAKFAST

(Half hour later)

Cantaloup, pears, or persimmons

Baked bananas, served with cream

Steamed figs, with thin cream

A spoonful of nuts

LUNCHEON

Corn on the cob or boiled wheat

String beans

Spinach

DINNER

Romaine and tomato salad

A liberal portion of baked white potato or tender corn

Carrots or parsnips

Cheese with hard cracker

A cup of thin cocoa

If there should be congestion of the bowels, a liberal service of Concord or blue grapes should be eaten the first thing after rising, and the last thing before retiring. The pulp and seeds should be swallowed, and the skins well masticated.

WINTER MENU

INSOMNIA—NERVOUSNESS
LOW VITALITY

A cup or two of hot water, deep breathing, and vigorous exercise immediately after rising.

BREAKFAST

Half a pound of Tokay or Malaga grapes, masticating and swallowing both skins and seeds

Two fresh eggs, whipped very thoroughly, slightly sweetened with honey or maple-sugar, and flavored with fruit-juice. Add half a glass of milk to each egg and drink slowly

LUNCHEON

A small portion of wheat bran, cooked

A pint and a half of junket, taken slowly

One bran meal gem

DINNER

Carrots or winter squash

A small portion of tender fish or a whipped egg

A baked potato

A cup of cool water

To increase vital energy depends not so much upon the quantity as upon the amount of food ingested or assimilated. These menus are rather light for one of low vitality, but they are made to meet the requirements of one suffering from nervousness and insomnia. If, however, these conditions do not prevail, the quantity may be increased, but the combinations should be carefully observed.

MENUS FOR RHEUMATISM AND GOUT

SPRING MENU

RHEUMATISM—GOUT—LUMBAGO
SCIATICA, ARTHRITIS

BREAKFAST

Choice of the following:

a Two or three bananas, baked; serve with cream or butter

b A baked sweet potato

Half a dozen steamed figs, with cream

LUNCHEON

Asparagus or peas

A small portion of new potatoes—preferably baked

DINNER

Potato, steamed wheat, or bran gems

A glass of milk; buttermilk preferred

One fresh vegetable, such as carrots, turnips, parsnips, or onions

Nuts or cream cheese

A generous quantity of pure water should be drunk immediately on rising, and from one to two glasses at each of these meals.

Mastication should be very thorough. At least two hours’ vigorous exercise or useful labor should be performed each day, in the open air.

Omit all acids, such as grapefruit, oranges, pineapples, lemons, and rhubarb; also eggs and all flesh foods.

If the bowels are constipated, take a tablespoonful of wheat bran in half a glass of hot water immediately on rising, and half a cup of bran, cooked, at each meal; also, two or three tablespoonfuls in hot water just before retiring. Continue this until the bowels become normal, then reduce the quantity according to the severity of the case.

SUMMER MENU

RHEUMATISM—GOUT—LUMBAGO
SCIATICA, ARTHRITIS

BREAKFAST

Melon or peaches—very ripe

Two or three large, very ripe bananas, peeled, and baked ten minutes; serve with cream or fresh butter

A bran meal gem

LUNCHEON

A very small portion of green salad

An ear or two of tender corn

A pint of buttermilk

DINNER

A small portion of green salad

Peas, beans, corn, or any fresh vegetable

A very small portion of fish (Buttermilk or junket may be taken instead of fish, if preferred)

A baked potato

Melon or cantaloup

From two to three glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

If the bowels are constipated, observe the instructions given for the Spring Menu.

Exercise, in all rheumatic conditions, is very important, and while the temperature of the summer weather aids in eliminating poisons from the body, vigorous exercise should be taken in order to give Nature all the help possible.

Rheumatism is merely a form of congestion throughout the capillary vessels of the body. The cure, therefore, is first to remove the causes by taking into the body only such foods as it will use, and use completely; secondly, to aid Nature in casting out all poisons, thereby establishing perfect elimination.

FALL MENU

RHEUMATISM—GOUT—LUMBAGO
SCIATICA, ARTHRITIS

BREAKFAST

Melons or persimmons

Whole wheat gems or bran gems

An exceedingly ripe banana, with cream, nuts, and raisins

LUNCHEON

Green corn or fresh string beans

Either a baked potato or a very little whole wheat bread

Two or three tablespoonfuls of olive-oil, with lettuce

DINNER

Vegetable soup or cream soup

Corn, lima beans, turnips, carrots, parsnips, squash, onions—any two of these

A baked potato

Half a pound of grapes may be eaten an hour after either meal, or just before retiring.

Two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

For general instructions, see Spring Menu.

WINTER MENU

RHEUMATISM—GOUT—LUMBAGO
SCIATICA, ARTHRITIS

First Day: On rising, drink two glasses of water. Devote as much time as possible to vigorous exercises and deep breathing.

BREAKFAST

Corn muffins or bran meal gems, with cream or fresh butter

A cup of cocoa—half milk

LUNCHEON

A large portion of boiled onions

A baked white potato

Raisins, with nuts and cream cheese

DINNER

A fresh vegetable soup

Squash, pumpkin, cabbage, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, eggplant—any two of these

A very small portion of white meat of chicken

Salted nuts with steamed figs

Just before retiring drink a glass of water, and exercise as already suggested.

Second Day: Very much the same as the first, slightly increasing the quantity of food, if the amount prescribed does not seem sufficient to satisfy normal hunger. Take great care, however, not to overeat.

Third Day:

BREAKFAST

Bran gems, or a baked potato, with butter

Two glasses of milk

LUNCHEON

A liberal portion of baked sweet potatoes, with butter

A cup of hot water, into which put a little sugar and cream

Figs, cream, and nuts

DINNER

A salad of lettuce, celery, or endive, with nuts

One fresh vegetable

A bit of chicken or turkey—white meat; or shell-fish, such as lobster or crab, may be eaten

A baked potato

Note: The meats are given only in case there is a craving for something salty.

Exercise and water-drinking just before retiring.

Fourth Day: Same as the third, varying the meals by changing vegetables according to hunger.

Fifth Day: Same as the first, repeating these menus for a period of from fifteen to twenty days, making such variations in the vegetables as normal hunger requires.

SPRING MENU

ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER
RHEUMATIC TENDENCY

Drink two glasses of water just after rising, to which add a spoonful or two of lemon juice.

Devote as much time as possible (from three to five minutes) to vigorous exercises, as shown in Vol. V, pp. 1343 to 1346. Hold the breath while executing three or four movements. In this way the lung capacity can be much increased.

Choice of the following:

The bowels should be kept in normal condition by the use of clean, coarse wheat bran.

SUMMER MENU

ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER
RHEUMATIC TENDENCY

First Day: On rising, take two sweet, ripe plums, and a glass of water. Devote from one to three minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5 (see Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345), and practise deep breathing, filling the lungs to their utmost capacity every third or fourth movement. Also take a short, brisk walk in the open air.

BREAKFAST

(An hour later)

Four or five extremely ripe peaches, with just a sprinkle of sugar—no cream

Two or three egg whites and one yolk, whipped with a teaspoonful of sugar

One extremely ripe banana (black spotted), with nuts

LUNCHEON

Two medium ears of tender green corn, thoroughly masticated; serve with either a very little nut butter or fresh dairy butter

DINNER

Cream of pea soup; crisp cracker—very little

A lettuce and tomato salad, or cooked spinach

An ear or two of tender green corn, or lima beans (cooked)

A grilled sweet potato

Water should be taken as follows: Half a glass at the beginning, a glass during the progress of the meal, and half a glass at the close.

Just before retiring, eat half a pound of very ripe grapes, swallowing skins, seeds and pulps, or take four or five extremely ripe Japanese plums, if they are not sweet and well ripened; grapes are preferred.

Devote about three minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5, together with deep breathing.

Second Day: Same as the first, very slightly increasing the quantity of food if there is the least symptom of weakness.

Every morning, immediately on rising, eat two or three peaches or plums, and drink a glass of water.

Third Day:

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup

A cup of cocoa or chocolate

Choice of:

a Two extremely ripe bananas, baked; serve with thin cream (bananas must be black spotted)

b A baked potato

Two egg whites, whipped with a sprinkle of sugar and a little lemon juice and cream

LUNCHEON

Tender corn

String beans or squash

Spinach or a green salad

A cantaloup or two exceedingly ripe peaches, with a little sugar—no cream

DINNER

A small portion of fish or white meat of chicken, provided there is a craving for this kind of food; if not, confine to

Tender corn (One whole poached egg, eaten with the corn)

One boiled onion or cooked spinach

Two glasses of water

This entire meal should be masticated very thoroughly. This is one method of preventing supersecretion of acid, premature fermentation and the consequent accumulation of gas.

Fourth Day: The same as the third, with the exception of the evening meal, which should consist of—

A baked sweet potato—butter

Carrots or string beans, or Spanish onion

Fifth Day: The same as the first.

Sixth Day: The same as the second, repeating the diet as given for a week or ten days.

After the fourth day these meals may be slightly varied by choosing from the following, where vegetables are prescribed:

The patient should retire at a reasonable hour, say 10 o’clock, and rise about 6 or 6.30; have breakfast between 7.30 and 8; luncheon between 12 and 1, and dinner not later than 6.30 or 7.

Masticate well every mouthful of food, whether it seems to need it or not. Even bananas need much mastication, not for the purpose of reduction, but for the purpose of insalivation. The same rule should apply to all cooked vegetables and soft foods.

FALL MENU

ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER
RHEUMATIC TENDENCY

Choice of the following:

Plain ice-cream, gelatin, or junket may be eaten with either of the dinner menus.

Omit all laxative medicines. Use coarse clean wheat bran liberally, especially with the morning and the evening meal.

WINTER MENU

ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER
RHEUMATIC TENDENCY

First Day: Immediately on rising, drink two glasses of water, and eat a small bunch of grapes, or two or three soaked prunes. Devote two or three minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5 (see Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345). The exercises should be taken before an open window, or in a well-ventilated room.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Three or four egg whites and two yolks, whipped rapidly four or five minutes with a rotary egg beater. Whip into this a heaping teaspoonful of sugar and a teaspoonful of olive-oil, and whip again for two or three minutes

Flaked wheat, eaten with thin cream—small portion

A cup of hot water

Wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Carrots or parsnips

Baked potatoes, with butter

A boiled onion

DINNER

Cream of tomato soup

Fish—small portions

Carrots, onions, parsnips, squash, turnips—one or two of these

Potatoes, prepared choice

One exceedingly ripe banana, eaten with thin cream and raisins

Just before retiring take two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, and devote four or five minutes to the above-named exercises.

Second Day: The same as the first.

Third Day: The same as the second, slightly varying the meals according to choice of vegetables, adhering closely, however, to the number of eggs prescribed. If olive-oil is not pleasant to the taste, it may be omitted, and a larger quantity of butter taken with the potatoes. It would be well to take a tablespoonful of olive-oil just before eating, followed by half a cup of hot water, especially if the weather is cold.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

Whole wheat, thoroughly steamed or boiled; serve with butter

A cup of hot water

LUNCHEON

Vegetable soup

Corn bread—butter

Cocoa

DINNER

One fresh vegetable—carrots, parsnips, turnips, etc.

A bit of fish

A baked potato

A small portion of plain ice-cream, if something sweet is desired

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: The same as the first, and so on for a period of fifteen to twenty days.

SPRING MENU

STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN JOINTS
STOMACH TROUBLE—CONSTIPATION—INTESTINAL
GAS—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION

Immediately on rising, drink two cups of hot water.

BREAKFAST

A cup of wheat bran, cooked ten minutes; serve with butter, cream, and a very little salt

A cup of hot water

One or two exceedingly ripe bananas, baked, eaten with thin cream

Two egg whites, very lightly poached

A baked potato or bran meal gems

A glass of water

LUNCHEON

A cup of junket or fresh buttermilk

A small, new potato, baked; serve with butter

A glass of water

DINNER

Choice of two of the following vegetables:

Baked new potatoes

A very small portion of either fish or chicken

A small cup of wheat bran, prepared as for breakfast

A glass of water

SUMMER MENU

STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN JOINTS
STOMACH TROUBLE—CONSTIPATION—INTESTINAL
GAS—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION

Choice of the following Menus:

All sweets may be omitted if they do not appeal to the taste. However, if something sweet is desired, make either the luncheon or the dinner of vegetables and home-made ice-cream, omitting all other articles.

EMERGENCY MEAL

(To be taken in lieu of luncheon or dinner, if languid or stupid)

Two ears of tender corn

Two glasses of milk

One whipped egg

A small portion of ice-cream

Wheat bran

FALL MENU

STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN JOINTS
STOMACH TROUBLE—CONSTIPATION—INTESTINAL
GAS—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION

First Day: On rising, drink a cup or two of hot water, and eat a half pound of grapes, the Concord or blue grapes preferred, swallowing seeds and pulp whole, masticating and swallowing the skins. Devote as much time as possible (from three to five minutes) to deep breathing exercises before an open window, or in a thoroughly ventilated room.

BREAKFAST

(Half an hour later)

Half a cup of coarse wheat bran, served as an ordinary cereal

A bowl of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of maple-sugar

Bran meal gems

LUNCHEON

A glass of cool water

Baked potatoes or corn

One fresh vegetable, such as carrots, parsnips, turnips, beets, boiled onions, or squash

Half a cup of hot water

DINNER

One or two fresh vegetables (See list suggested for luncheon)

Choice of green salad, cooked spinach, or celery

A baked white potato—eat skins and all

One egg white, or a very small portion of either fish or white meat of chicken; egg preferred

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals—half a glass of cool water at the beginning of the meal, and a cup of hot water at the close, would be sufficient; drink enough, however, to make the total moisture about 66 per cent of the whole.

A tablespoonful of wheat bran should also be taken at each of the above meals, either with a little water at the close of the meal, or cooked and served as a cereal at the beginning of the meal. A spoonful or two should be taken just after rising, and just before retiring, until the bowels act normally, when the quantity may be regulated to meet the severity of the condition.

Second Day: Same as the first.

Third Day: Same as the second, slightly increasing the food if demanded by normal hunger, or decreasing it if there is a sense of fullness after meals. It is always well to cease eating before hunger is thoroughly satisfied. When the body is kept slightly hungry, it assimilates all the food eaten, and insures natural digestion and elimination of waste.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

One or two exceedingly ripe bananas, with cream and nut butter, and either raisins or soaked prunes

A glass of milk

One egg white

Boiled wheat, with thin cream and either nuts or nut butter

LUNCHEON

A sweet potato, with butter

Corn, fresh

A glass of milk

DINNER

Spinach, with egg white

A very small portion of fish or white meat of chicken

A baked sweet or a white potato

A tablespoonful of olive-oil may be taken at the beginning of each of these meals, and a cup of hot water at the close.

If the bowels have not become normal, continue taking the wheat bran and grapes according to directions for the first day.

Observe the general rules of exercise and water-drinking just after rising and just before retiring.

Fifth Day: Same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: Same as the first, repeating the diet herein given, day by day, for two or three weeks.

WINTER MENU

STIFFNESS AND PAIN IN JOINTS
STOMACH TROUBLE—CONSTIPATION—INTESTINAL
GAS—IRREGULAR HEART ACTION

First Day: On rising, drink a glass or two of pure water. Take a short, brisk walk in the open air.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

One tablespoonful of olive-oil or nut oil

Two exceedingly ripe bananas (must be black spotted), eaten with thin cream and nut butter (A few dates, if something sweet is desired)

Two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, cooked

A potato—eat skins and all

LUNCHEON

Baked potatoes, with butter. Eat skins and all (Make entire meal upon this)

DINNER

Stewed pumpkin or winter squash

Corn bread

Choice of beans or a baked potato

Wheat bran, cooked

A glass of milk

Just before retiring, take a brisk walk for five minutes and practise deep breathing. Eat five or six soaked prunes.

Second Day: Same as the first, slightly increasing or decreasing the quantity of food to meet the demands of normal hunger.

Third Day:

BREAKFAST

Prunes or dried peaches, stewed—no sugar

One egg, whipped very fine

Coarse cereal or wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Liberal portion of baked sweet or white potatoes

DINNER

Choice of two of the following vegetables:

A potato, prepared choice

Fourth Day: Same as the third, increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to hunger.

Fifth Day: Same as the first, repeating these menus for twelve or fifteen days.

While the yolks of eggs are conducive to rheumatic tendencies, only that portion, however, that is not naturally appropriated by the body affect these conditions. In other words, it is the excess that is harmful.

MENUS FOR BRIGHT’S DIS-EASE

SPRING MENU

BRIGHT’S DIS-EASE

BREAKFAST

Clabbered milk or two or three egg whites

Baked bananas

LUNCHEON

A Spanish onion, en casserole

Turnips or fresh peas in the pod

Two egg whites

DINNER

An onion, uncooked—small portion

Corn bread and a very small portion of dried fish

Peas, asparagus, or turnips

A potato

SUMMER MENU

BRIGHT’S DIS-EASE

BREAKFAST

A melon or peaches, omitting cream

Two glasses of fresh milk

Bran meal gems

LUNCHEON

Peas or beans

Young onions

A small piece of corn bread

A glass of buttermilk

DINNER

Lettuce, with nuts

Corn or string beans

New potatoes or lima beans

Two egg whites, coddled, or cottage cheese

FALL MENU

BRIGHT’S DIS-EASE

On rising Concord (blue) grapes.

BREAKFAST

An omelet of two whites and one yolk, rolled in cream and grated nuts; cook lightly

Corn-meal muffins

LUNCHEON

A sweet potato, with fresh butter

DINNER

A light vegetable soup

Celery or tender slaw

Carrots, parsnips, or turnips

A potato or fresh corn

WINTER MENU

BRIGHT’S DIS-EASE

BREAKFAST

A pint of clabbered milk—lukewarm

Whole wheat, boiled

Two tablespoonfuls of bran

LUNCHEON

A pint and a half of fresh milk

Corn bread—not sweetened

DINNER

Slaw, with nuts

Carrots, cauliflower, or winter squash

A potato or bran meal gems

MENUS FOR DIABETES

SPRING MENU

DIABETES

The diabetic patient should observe the usual rules for vigorous exercise and deep breathing, and for copious water-drinking just after rising and just before retiring.

The diet should consist as nearly as possible of foods in their natural condition, such as extremely ripe fresh fruits and fresh vegetables, and of the proteid group such as eggs, milk, cheese, gelatin, legumes, and now and then a limited quantity of fish.

BREAKFAST

Cherries, berries, or a baked apple, without sugar

Two or three extremely ripe bananas, with thin cream

A spoonful or two of nuts, or nut butter

A glass of milk; clabbered milk preferred

LUNCHEON

A small portion of plain wheat, or oat groats (grains), boiled until well done

One fresh vegetable—preferably onions, carrots, or peas

DINNER

A liberal green salad, with nuts and oil

One or two fresh vegetables, such as peas, asparagus, or okra

An egg or a bit of fish

A baked potato

Gelatin or junket

The bowels should be kept in normal condition at all times, either by vigorous exercising or by the liberal use of wheat bran.

Avoid extreme acids, sweets, white bread, and heavy starches found in cereal products.

SUMMER MENU

DIABETES

A glass of water and one or two very ripe peaches just after rising and just before retiring. Devote thirty minutes, if possible, to deep breathing and vigorous exercise.

BREAKFAST

Melon, peaches, or any sweet fresh fruit

Two eggs, whipped very thoroughly, or two glasses of clabbered milk

Corn or a whole wheat muffin

LUNCHEON

Cauliflower, cabbage, or okra

Tender corn or string beans

Fish, chicken, egg, or clabbered milk

A baked potato

The fish, the chicken and the milk should be taken in limited quantities; vegetables should predominate.

Mastication should be very thorough, and a glass or two of water should be drunk at each meal.

DINNER

Vegetable soup

Salad, with nuts or oil

Corn or lima beans

A potato—sweet or white

FALL MENU

DIABETES

A glass or two of water and a bit of fruit just after rising, followed by vigorous exercises and deep breathing.

BREAKFAST

Peaches, plums, or persimmons

Eggs, boiled two minutes

A bit of corn bread, bran meal gems, or a baked potato

A cup of milk or chocolate

LUNCHEON

Two or three glasses of buttermilk

A whole wheat gem or a muffin, with nuts

DINNER

Two fresh vegetables, such as beans, beets, Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, okra, eggplant, or lima beans

Sliced tomatoes

A bit of green salad

Two exceedingly ripe bananas, baked—eaten with nuts and cream

Half a cup of wheat bran

WINTER MENU

DIABETES

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Wheat bran, cooked

Two eggs, whipped

One exceedingly ripe banana, eaten with nuts and cream

Half a glass of cool milk

LUNCHEON

A cup of hot water

A baked potato

A large creamed onion

A cup of chocolate

DINNER

Onions, beans, carrots, or parsnips—any two of these

One or two eggs, whipped

A portion of wheat bran, cooked, or the whole wheat might be boiled until the grains burst open, and served with butter and cream. This is the best form in which cereal can be taken

MENUS FOR CONSUMPTION

WEAK LUNGS—CONSUMPTION

For many centuries consumption, or the various forms of tuberculosis have preyed upon the human race, yet science has so far failed to give us one reliable artificial remedy. We must perforce turn to Nature, the only remedy now known being oxygen or common air.

The consumptive or tubercular patient should provide some way to live out-of-doors, day and night, winter and summer, unless the weather is extremely cold.

The next important factor in treating this dis-ease is food.

The diet should consist of the richest and the most readily digestible foods, in the following groups, given in the order of their importance:

The patient should drink an abundance of water, take vigorous exercise and deep breathing, and eat liberally of grapes before breakfast, when they are in season.

A spirometer should be secured, and an effort made to increase the capacity of the lungs one cubic inch each day until their utmost capacity has been reached.

The following menus are merely suggestive. They may be changed, selecting the articles mentioned in the foregoing tables, when available during the several seasons of the year:

GENERAL MENUS FOR WEAK LUNGS—CONSUMPTION

First Day:

BREAKFAST

A glass of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of sugar

Two eggs whipped very thoroughly (See recipe, p. 678)

If constipated, take half a cup of coarse wheat bran, cooked. Serve as a breakfast cereal with butter or cream.

LUNCHEON

Three eggs prepared as per recipe, p. 678; add two glasses of milk; mix well; drink slowly

DINNER

Choice of two of the following vegetables:

A baked white potato, rice, or corn

One egg, prepared any way acceptable to the taste—preferably whipped

Something green should be taken at this meal, if possible, such as lettuce, spinach, kale, parsley, or watercress

Home-made ice-cream, in summer, or a tablespoonful of honey, in winter, may be eaten, if something sweet is desired

Drink from one to two glasses of water at each of these meals, but take no water into the mouth until mastication is perfect.

Just before retiring, drink a glass of water, and eat half a pound of grapes, then devote from ten to fifteen minutes to deep breathing exercises.

Second Day: Same as the first, slightly increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to hunger.

Take an additional egg the second day for the noon meal; another the third day, then gradually decrease the quantity if the appetite rebels against them. Do not overeat. Assimilation is the primary object to be obtained.

Fourth Day: On rising, drink water and eat grapes, as prescribed for the first day. Devote much time to moderate exercise and deep breathing.

BREAKFAST

Two extremely ripe bananas, eaten with thin cream and either nuts or nut butter; also two or three figs or an equivalent quantity of raisins

A spoonful or two of whole wheat, thoroughly cooked

LUNCHEON

A large boiled onion, and a baked white potato, with butter and a dash of salt (If the onion cannot be procured, take carrots or parsnips)

Drink two or three glasses of milk

If the bowels are not acting normally, drink a glass of water and take a spoonful or two of wheat bran, after each meal.

DINNER

A liberal portion of baked white potatoes, eaten with butter

Four or five egg whites and two yolks, prepared as per recipe given for the first day

A small portion of any two fresh vegetables (A little ice-cream may be taken at this meal, if there is a craving for something sweet)

Fifth Day: Same as the fourth, omitting ice-cream.

Sixth Day: Same as the first, repeating these menus for about sixteen or eighteen days.

SPRING MENU

TUBERCULAR TENDENCY
CONSTIPATION—NERVOUSNESS—CATARRH

First Day: Immediately on rising, drink a glass of cool water, eat a few cherries or the juice of an orange, and devote five or ten minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5, as shown in Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345.

BREAKFAST

(Half an hour later)

A cup of hot water

Very ripe berries, with sugar—no cream

One exceedingly ripe banana, with nuts or nut butter

A small, baked white potato, eaten with butter

One egg, boiled two minutes

A small portion of wheat bran, cooked

LUNCHEON

One or two large Spanish onions, boiled

A small, baked white potato, eaten with butter

One or two whole eggs, whipped

DINNER

Choice of string beans, peas, or asparagus; if these cannot be obtained, take choice of:

Spanish onions, boiled

A baked white potato

Three egg whites, whipped

One glass of water, taken during the meal

Just before retiring, take two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, drink a glass of water, and devote from five to ten minutes to exercises as prescribed for the morning.

Second Day: Same as the first.

Third Day: Same as the second, slightly increasing the quantity of food if necessary. Changes in the vegetables may be made, confining, however, to the vegetables mentioned, as nearly as possible, always taking fresh vegetables in preference to canned.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

Fruit—choice

A small portion of plain boiled wheat, with butter and cream

A cup of hot water

Two eggs, whipped or boiled two minutes

LUNCHEON

Three glasses of milk

Two eggs, whipped

Wheat bran, cooked
(Take milk and eggs very slowly)

DINNER

One green vegetable

A tablespoonful or two of “Protoid”nuts

Junket, gelatin, or eggs

Just before retiring, devote from five to ten minutes to exercises prescribed for the first day.

If the bowels have not become normal, continue taking the wheat bran just before retiring, and a spoonful or two just after rising.

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: Same as the first, and so on, repeating the diet so long as it appeals to the taste. If digestion will permit, the eggs and the milk may be increased.

SUMMER MENU

TUBERCULAR TENDENCY
CONSTIPATION—NERVOUSNESS—CATARRH

Choice of the following menus:

I would advise two or three very ripe peaches just before retiring at night, and just after rising in the morning.

SUPPLEMENTARY DINNER

(To be taken if there is a craving for flesh or salty food)

One ear of corn (boiled)

Fish, lobster, or white meat of chicken

A small baked potato

A salad of lettuce or endive

FALL MENU

TUBERCULAR TENDENCY
CONSTIPATION—NERVOUSNESS—CATARRH

On rising, devote from three to five minutes to deep breathing exercises before an open window, preferably movements 3 and 5, as shown in Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345. Eat a bunch of grapes, thoroughly masticating the skins, swallowing seeds and pulp whole. Drink two glasses of water. If the weather is cold, the water should be heated.

BREAKFAST

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked, eaten with cream

A small bunch of grapes

Two eggs, whipped about six or seven minutes; add a teaspoonful of sugar and a tablespoonful of olive-oil, while whipping

One extremely ripe banana; serve with cream and either nut butter or nuts (The banana should be baked, if not very ripe)

LUNCHEON

One fresh vegetable—carrots, parsnips, or turnips

A boiled onion

A baked potato

One egg, cooked two minutes, eaten with the potato skins

Fresh butter

A cup of hot water at the close of the meal

DINNER

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked

Two or three eggs, prepared as for breakfast

One extremely ripe banana and a few soaked prunes
(A very small, baked white potato may be taken if something salty is desired)

A bunch of grapes

Just before retiring, eat a small bunch of grapes and drink a cup of hot water. Devote from three to five minutes to exercises which have already been prescribed for the morning.

These meals may be varied by changing the vegetables, and now and then substituting for the eggs a portion of fresh fish or a glass of buttermilk.

If the quantity of food prescribed does not seem sufficient, it might be slightly increased; however, do not increase it beyond the limits of normal hunger. The best combinations of food, when taken in excess of the bodily needs, undergo a form of decomposition, and become a prolific source of dis-ease.

WINTER MENU

TUBERCULAR TENDENCY
CONSTIPATION—NERVOUSNESS—CATARRH

BREAKFAST

Two very ripe, red bananas, baked

Nuts, cream, raisins

Two whipped eggs; sugar; flavor to taste

A spoonful of wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Three fresh eggs, whipped about six minutes, with sugar; pineapple juice added after whipping

A small portion of wheat bran, cooked

DINNER

Celery

A tablespoonful of olive-oil

One fresh vegetable

A potato

Whole wheat bread (very little)

Buttermilk or gelatin

The above menus have been selected and combined so as to counteract constipation, catarrh, nervousness, biliousness, etc. There is no specific remedy in foods for consumption. Foods will aid in curing this dis-ease only through the natural process of building up healthy tissue, and increasing the power of the body to resist all dis-eases.

SPRING MENU

WEAK LUNGS
TENDENCY TOWARD INTESTINAL CONGESTION

Immediately on rising drink a glass or two of water and take a very little of some juicy fruit. Also take a brisk walk in the open air before breakfast.

BREAKFAST

The strained juice of one sweet orange, or a few very ripe berries, without cream

Two or three coddled eggs

A small whole wheat cracker

One baked banana

A spoonful of wheat bran

LUNCHEON

A whole wheat muffin with butter, and a dessert-spoonful of honey

A glass or two of milk

Wheat bran

DINNER

Bean soup or pea soup

Peas, asparagus, spinach, or any fresh vegetable

Corn bread or a very small portion of whole wheat

One coddled egg

A small portion of wheat bran, slightly cooked

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of the above meals.

If there is a marked tubercular tendency, from six to nine eggs may be taken daily for about three days in each week, taking with the eggs a small quantity of acid fruits at each meal—either orange juice, berries, or a spoonful of strained pineapple juice. The acids should be diluted (half water), and taken without sugar.

SUMMER MENU

WEAK LUNGS
TENDENCY TOWARD INTESTINAL CONGESTION

Take a brisk walk and deep breathing exercises before breakfast.

BREAKFAST

A cantaloup or a pear

Wheat bran, cooked

A liberal portion of baked sweet potatoes

One whole egg, either coddled or whipped

A pint of sour milk or a cup or two of chocolate

LUNCHEON

A liberal portion of tender corn, steamed in the husk

A lettuce and tomato salad

Nuts

DINNER

String beans, corn, or carrots

A baked potato

A very small portion of tender fish, an egg, or clabbered milk

Melon or peaches

If the patient is performing labor that would require more food than herein prescribed, the quantity may be increased.

FALL MENU

WEAK LUNGS
TENDENCY TOWARD INTESTINAL CONGESTION

The following menus are laid out with the view of giving the greatest amount of tissue-building food which require the least effort in digestion.

There is nothing more valuable in the treatment of lung trouble than extreme deep breathing. After pure blood is made, the way to keep it pure is to keep it charged with oxygen, and the only way to do this is to breathe an abundance of fresh air into the lungs.

BREAKFAST

A bunch of grapes

Three or four eggs, whipped five or six minutes, into which whip a teaspoonful of sugar, and a teaspoonful of Cognac brandy or lemon juice, to each egg

Note: The brandy is germicidal and aids in the digestion of the egg yolks.

LUNCHEON

From three to four eggs, prepared as for breakfast, slightly increasing the quantity of sugar and brandy. Put in a heaping teaspoonful of sugar and a dessert-spoonful of brandy, and add a full glass of milk to each egg

DINNER

Any one or two fresh vegetables, including something green, as spinach or lettuce

The fresh vegetables may consist of:

The patient may have a few grapes between meals and a few an hour after dinner. He should swallow the seeds and pulp whole, and masticate and swallow the skins. He should eat plenty of fresh eggs, fresh milk, and ripe, sweet grapes. The milk and the eggs are good tissue-building foods, while sugar is a carbohydrate and makes a good winter food. The grapes are full of grape-sugar, which is an excellent nutrient, and also an aid to the digestion of other foods.

Note: These menus were given to a consumptive patient, and in a period of six weeks he had made a very substantial gain in both weight and strength.

WINTER MENU

WEAK LUNGS
TENDENCY TOWARD INTESTINAL CONGESTION

Take a bit of fruit, a glass of water, and a brisk walk immediately after rising.

BREAKFAST

One or two exceedingly ripe bananas, baked, eaten with cream

A service of corn hominy

One coddled egg, if desired

A cup of chocolate, or hot water, if preferred

LUNCHEON

Vegetable soup

One fresh vegetable; preferably boiled onion or carrots

One or two glasses of fresh buttermilk

Wheat bran

DINNER

Celery, slaw, or any green salad

Steamed rice or plain boiled wheat

A whipped or coddled egg, or buttermilk

Nuts and raisins

A small portion of wheat bran should be taken at breakfast and just before retiring. Bran contains valuable mineral salts, and in winter can replace the chemistry of green salads.

From one to two glasses of cool water should be drunk at each of these meals.

MENUS FOR DIS-EASES OF THE SKIN

SPRING MENU

ECZEMA

Whether or not eczema is a dis-ease caused by bacteria, it is obvious that the weapon with which to combat this disorder is pure blood with an abundance of the white corpuscles. These phagocytes of the blood may be properly called the police of the body.

The patient should observe the following general rules:

Drink an abundance of pure water both at meals and between meals. Omit cane-sugar and all acids.

Dress as lightly as possible, and do not wear woolen garments next to the skin.

Take sufficient vigorous exercise each day to cause perspiration. If this cannot be done, the Turkish bath should be resorted to once a week.

Spend as much time in the open air as possible.

The meals should be substantially as follows:

BREAKFAST

A few spoonfuls of wheat bran, cooked, and eaten with cream

Two or three bran meal gems

Two or three egg whites, whipped very thoroughly, to which add a spoonful of cream

One ripe banana

LUNCHEON

A green salad, with nuts—liberal portion

A fresh vegetable; preferably boiled onions or carrots

A baked potato

DINNER

A salad of any green succulent plant

Young onions

Peas or asparagus

A baked potato or baked beans

SUMMER MENU

ECZEMA

BREAKFAST

Raspberries, blackberries, grapes, or cantaloup

A potato—sweet or white

A cup of cocoa or sassafras tea (See recipe, p. 681)

LUNCHEON

Beets, asparagus, cabbage, cauliflower, Brussels sprouts, or okra

A potato—prepared choice

DINNER

Two fresh vegetables; choice of:

A very ripe peach or a cantaloup

Just before retiring, eat a few very ripe peaches, and take a tablespoonful of wheat bran.

FALL MENU

ECZEMA

Either of the following menus may be chosen for a period of ten or twenty days. They are designed especially for the removal of all forms of autointoxication or self-poisoning which sometimes manifest themselves by skin eruptions. While autointoxication may not be the primary cause of eczema, it augments all zymotic conditions. The chief purpose of these menus is to give to the body an opportunity to throw off the dis-ease by removing all obstacles. I would therefore advise that the use of tobacco, tea, coffee, and all alcoholic stimulants be omitted.

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals, preferably a cup of hot water at the beginning, and a glass of cool water at the close. I would especially advise vigorous exercises night and morning, and deep breathing before an open window.

WINTER MENU

ECZEMA

First Day: On rising, drink two or three glasses of water, eat a few grapes, and devote from three to five minutes to any one of the exercises shown in Vol. V, pp. 1343 to 1346, inclusive.

BREAKFAST

Baked white potatoes or bran meal gems

A glass of rich milk

LUNCHEON

Baked beans

Bermuda onions

A potato or corn bread

DINNER

Any two of the following:

A green salad—either lettuce and tomatoes, or celery; very small portion

A baked white potato—eat skins and all

(A cup of very thin cocoa may be taken, if something hot is desired; however, pure water would be preferable)

Just before retiring, devote from three to four minutes to the above-prescribed exercises. The lungs should be inflated to their extreme capacity. Do not carry any of these exercises, however, to a point beyond ordinary fatigue. Divide the exercise period, both night and morning, into three or four two-minute heats.

Exercise and deep breathing are second in importance to diet, and should be taken daily, night and morning.

Drink from one to two glasses of water at each meal, but do not take water into the mouth until mastication is perfect.

Second Day: The same as the first, slightly increasing the quantity of food until normal hunger is satisfied.

Third Day: Practically the same as the first, varying the luncheon according to hunger. The luncheon may consist of any one or two fresh vegetables, such as carrots, turnips, beets, baked white or sweet potatoes.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

A sweet potato or two bran meal gems

Two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, with thin cream

LUNCHEON

Boiled onions

A baked potato

Choice of fish or an egg

Eat a pound of grapes ten minutes after this meal. The skins may be eliminated, but swallow the seeds and pulp. If grapes cannot be obtained, the juice of a sweet orange may be taken.

DINNER

String beans or spinach, with egg, and a liberal piece of Bermuda or Spanish onion, uncooked (The onions and the beans should be made exceedingly hot with red pepper)

A baked sweet or a white potato

A small piece of corn bread, with one-half glass of buttermilk

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

Just before retiring, devote from three to five minutes to the exercises prescribed for the first day.

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth, slightly increasing the quantity of food if there is a return of normal hunger; if not, continue to follow the diet as herein given, until natural hunger is felt.

Sixth Day: The same as the first, repeating the diet from eighteen to twenty days.

SPRING MENU

WEAK DIGESTION—NERVOUSNESS
SLIGHT ECZEMA

The following menus for spring, summer and fall are laid out on the two-meal-a-day plan. In addition to the purposes named in the heading, they are designed to promote vitality and endurance, thus enabling one to meet the requirements of hot weather.

In order to aid the body in appropriating all the nourishment these menus contain, one should take, each day, at least one hour’s vigorous exercise and deep breathing.

One or two glasses of water should be drunk at each of the dinner meals.

If constipated, two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran should be taken about twice a week with both the morning and the evening meal. This could be cooked five minutes, and may be made very palatable if eaten with a spoonful of cream.

SUMMER MENU

WEAK DIGESTION—NERVOUSNESS
SLIGHT ECZEMA

Just before retiring, drink a cup of hot water, and take two tablespoonfuls of bran.

FALL MENU

WEAK DIGESTION—NERVOUSNESS
SLIGHT ECZEMA

All sweets may be omitted if they do not appeal especially to the taste, and other foods proportionately increased.

If there is a tendency toward sour stomach or intestinal gas, all fruit except bananas should be omitted.

WINTER MENU

WEAK DIGESTION—NERVOUSNESS
SLIGHT ECZEMA

BREAKFAST

(Very light)

California grapes, or the strained juice of a sweet orange

A baked sweet potato, with butter

A cup of hot water into which put a spoonful of sugar and two tablespoonfuls of cream

LUNCHEON

Choice of the following:

a Three whipped eggs. Add a tablespoonful each of sugar and lemon juice

b A bowl of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of sugar

A cup of hot water, with sugar and cream

DINNER

Boiled onions, and either cabbage or carrots

One egg, or an omelet

A baked potato

A cup of hot water or cocoa

If small portions of the above foods are eaten, two egg whites and one yolk may be taken at the close of the evening meal. (See recipe, Vol. III, p. 678). This makes an excellent dessert, delegating to the body much warmth, and aiding in the general digestion of other foods.

MENUS FOR APPENDICITIS

SPRING MENU

APPENDICITIS

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, cooked thirty minutes; serve with thin cream

A portion of prunes, soaked in clear hot water until soft

A small, baked potato

LUNCHEON

Peas in the pod

A cup of hot water

DINNER

Peas or asparagus

Carrots or turnips

A potato

A spoonful of bran

SUMMER MENU

APPENDICITIS

Just after rising take a tablespoonful of olive-oil and a cup of hot water.

BREAKFAST

A cantaloup

A tablespoonful of wheat bran, well cooked

An egg

A new potato, baked

A glass of water

LUNCHEON

Lettuce or spinach

Boiled onions and carrots

Wheat bran

DINNER

A salad of lettuce, with nuts

Spinach, string beans, or new peas

A potato

Two tablespoonfuls of bran

FALL MENU

APPENDICITIS

On rising one-half pound of Concord grapes.

BREAKFAST

A small portion of whole wheat, well cooked; serve with thin cream

Two egg whites, lightly poached

A tablespoonful of wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Celery hearts

A baked potato

Wheat bran, with cream

DINNER

Bran meal gems

Parsnips, en casserole

Onions, en casserole

A potato

A cup of hot water and a tablespoonful of olive-oil may be taken before each of these meals.

WINTER MENU

APPENDICITIS

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Soaked prunes

Bran meal gems, with nuts

A baked banana

LUNCHEON

Winter squash or stewed pumpkin

A tablespoonful of bran

DINNER

A Spanish onion, en casserole

Carrots or parsnips

Bran meal gems or a potato

(An hour after this meal, drink half a glass of prune juice)

In cases of appendicitis the following articles should be omitted: Tea, coffee, tobacco, all stimulants and intoxicants, white bread, rice, oatmeal, cornbread, sweets and confections of every kind.

MENUS FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN AND FOR THE NURSING MOTHER

IMPORTANCE OF FOOD DURING PREGNANCY

There is nothing so important, or that wields so much influence over the comfort, the health, and the life of the pregnant woman as her food, and there is nothing, perhaps, to which she gives so little attention.

The diet of the prospective mother, of course, governs her digestion and assimilation of food, and elimination of waste matter from the body. These things control her health almost completely, and inasmuch as all mental conditions are principally governed by health, the intellectual faculties of the child are shaped largely by the condition of the mother’s digestion. It is obvious, therefore, that the health of the mother and the entire future of the child depend more upon her diet during pregnancy than upon any other one thing.

During pregnancy the prospective mother should avoid all such articles of food as she would withhold from her baby after birth. This would eliminate from her diet meat, condiments, sweets, especially pastries and rich desserts; tea, coffee, and all stimulating and intoxicating beverages.

The pregnant woman should balance her diet carefully as to the proportion of proteids, carbohydrates, fats, and mineral salts.

As leading foods containing these nutrients, I would recommend the following:

Some articles are listed under two headings. This is because they are rich in both classes of nutrition.

The amount of grain products eaten by the prospective mother should be somewhat limited, ranging between four and eight ounces a day, governed by work or activity. Cereals, especially corn, rice, and oats, are rich in phosphate of lime, which is the bone-making or structural food. While enough of this should be eaten to give the child sufficient bone-building material, too much makes birth difficult, and sometimes fatal.

The following menus contain suggestions as to the selections, combinations, and proportions of food that would compose a healthy bill of fare for both mother and child for the several seasons of the year:

SPRING MENU

FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN

BREAKFAST

Two eggs, cooked two minutes

One whole-wheat muffin

A glass or two of rich milk

LUNCHEON

Peas, asparagus, or turnips

Potatoes—two medium-sized

One pint of clabbered milk

DINNER

Vegetable soup

Any two fresh vegetables named in the list above

A potato

Milk or a very small portion of fish

If constipated, take wheat bran at both the morning and the evening meal.

SUMMER MENU

FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup

Three or four egg whites and one yolk

Whole wheat, boiled; serve with butter or cream

A glass or two of milk

LUNCHEON

String beans, peas, or asparagus

Tender corn or a potato

Milk

DINNER

Vegetable soup

Two green vegetables; selection from list given above

Corn, lima beans, or a potato

Milk or tender fish

A small portion of ice-cream (optional)

FALL MENU

FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or pears

Rice, with cream

Milk

Two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Celery

Turnips or cauliflower

Fish or fowl

A potato

DINNER

A light vegetable soup

Lettuce, or celery, with nuts

Two fresh vegetables

A baked potato

Cheese, raisins, and nuts

WINTER MENU

FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN

BREAKFAST

Two or three baked bananas, with cream (See recipe, p. 677)

Two eggs or two glasses of milk

Oatmeal—a small portion

LUNCHEON

A sweet potato

Two or three glasses of milk

DINNER

Cream of rice soup

Two fresh vegetables

A potato or bran meal gems

Milk or cheese

Nuts and raisins

THE NURSING MOTHER

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE DIET

The nursing mother should omit all acid fruits, pickles, and condiments containing vinegar. She should eat sparingly of sweets, especially of the pastry and soda-fountain variety. She should omit such vegetables as radishes, cucumbers, cabbage, and sourcrout.

Fresh corn and dried beans often produce serious intestinal trouble in the young child. Eggs should never be eaten when there is the slightest fever.

The diet of the nursing mother should be confined chiefly to the more readily digestible foods such as are named in the menus which follow.

SUGGESTIONS FOR NURSING

The mother should remember that her baby should never be nursed when she is tired, fatigued, overheated, angry, frightened, excited, or laboring under any mental disturbance. Both her mental and her physical condition are instantly conveyed to the child, through her milk, often in exaggerated form. Children are sometimes thrown into convulsions by nursing the breast of an excited mother.

SUGGESTIONS FOR RELIEVING INTESTINAL CONGESTION

If either mother or child has a tendency toward intestinal congestion (constipation), the mother should take wheat bran, thoroughly cooked, with both the morning and the evening meal; or, a few drops of prune juice, given to the child, will often relieve this condition, while affording an excellent source of nourishment.

MENUS FOR THE NURSING MOTHER

SPRING MENU

FOR THE NURSING MOTHER

BREAKFAST

Plain boiled wheat, with cream

Fresh milk

A baked potato or a baked banana

LUNCHEON

Fresh milk or eggs; milk preferred

Corn bread or bran meal gems

Onions, en casserole

DINNER

Cream of corn soup

Spinach or turnip greens

A potato, peas, or asparagus

Plain gelatin, with cream

SUMMER MENU

FOR THE NURSING MOTHER

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or a very ripe, sweet peach

One egg

Flaked wheat, very thoroughly cooked

A glass or two of milk

LUNCHEON

Vegetable soup

Corn bread or bran gems

Carrots, parsnips, or squash

Fresh milk

A potato

DINNER

Fresh peas, beans, squash, asparagus, or beets

A baked potato

Milk

A whole wheat gem

FALL MENU

FOR THE NURSING MOTHER

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or a very ripe banana, with cream and figs

Boiled rice or whole wheat

Milk

LUNCHEON

Soup—cream of corn, peas, or rice

Broiled fish

A baked potato

DINNER

Celery, or lettuce, with nuts

Fresh beans, turnips, carrots, or squash

Corn bread or a baked potato

Milk or cocoa

WINTER MENU

FOR THE NURSING MOTHER

BREAKFAST

A dish of cereal, well cooked—simmered over night

Eggs or milk

Whole wheat gems or a corn muffin

LUNCHEON

Vegetable or cream soup

Winter squash or carrots

A sweet or a white potato

Milk

DINNER

Parsnips, turnips, or squash

A potato

Bran gems

Milk

(Egg custard, if something sweet is desired)

MISCELLANEOUS MENUS

SPRING MENU

WEAK DIGESTION (ALMOST INVALID)

WEAK DIGESTION (ALMOST INVALID)

On rising, drink a cup of hot water. Take deep breathing before an open window, and such exercises as the patient is able to perform.

LATE BREAKFAST

Choice of the following:

a Baked bananas—very ripe

b Baked omelet, served very rare (For recipe, see p. 678)

A cup of hot water

LUNCHEON

A cup of vegetable juice from peas or asparagus (See recipe, p. 680)

DINNER

Vegetable juice

Peas or asparagus

A baked potato

As digestion becomes stronger, the quantity of food may be increased, and a puree of carrots, turnips, parsnips, or squash added in limited quantities.

RECIPE FOR VEGETABLE JUICE

Grind vegetables fine, cover with water, cook ten to fifteen minutes, drain off the juice or water and serve.

SUMMER MENU

WEAK DIGESTION (ALMOST INVALID)

On rising, drink two cups of water and eat one very ripe peach. Take deep breathing and such exercises as will not cause too much fatigue.

LATE BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Very ripe cantaloup, masticated exceedingly fine

Three or four egg whites, whipped thoroughly; add a dessert-spoonful of sugar while whipping

A baked white potato

LUNCHEON

Vegetable juice (See recipe, p. 1047)

DINNER

Cantaloup or watermelon, discarding the pulp

Summer squash, or purée of tender peas or beans

A cup of vegetable juice

One or two egg whites

FALL MENU

WEAK DIGESTION (ALMOST INVALID)

Immediately on rising, drink a cup of hot water. Take exercise and deep breathing, if possible.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Two egg whites, whipped, and mixed with a cup of lukewarm milk

One or two small, baked potatoes, eaten with fresh butter

LUNCHEON

A cup of hot water

A large boiled onion

A baked potato

One vegetable, such as carrots or parsnips, put through a colander

DINNER

A cup of hot water

A baked potato

A boiled onion or any other fresh vegetable

Vegetable juice or purée (See recipe, p. 680)

This menu is for the purpose of building tissue. It contains enough carbohydrate matter to give a reasonable amount of fat and bodily warmth, provided it can be assimilated. Eggs are an excellent proteid food, when taken uncooked, whipped with a very little sugar. The number may be increased as digestion improves.

WINTER MENU

WEAK DIGESTION (ALMOST INVALID)

On rising, drink a cup of hot water, and devote a few minutes to deep breathing and such exercises as can be taken.

LATE BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

Choice of the following:

a An extremely ripe banana, peeled, and baked in a very hot oven

b A baked potato, with butter

LUNCHEON

A baked omelet (See recipe, p. 678)

DINNER

Soup—cream of pea or celery; very small portion

A whipped egg or shad roe

A small baked potato

If the bowels should become slightly constipated, a spoonful of wheat bran, thoroughly cooked, and served as an ordinary cereal, should be taken with both the morning and the evening meal.

The quantity of food should be governed by the condition of the patient as to strength, and as to powers of digestion and assimilation.

BUILDING UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM

SPRING MENU

BUILDING UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
INCREASING VITALITY

On rising, drink two glasses of water, eat a little of some juicy fruit, and devote as much time as possible to vigorous deep breathing exercises before dressing. In taking these movements, inflate the lungs to their fullest capacity, and hold the breath for half a minute while executing one or two movements. In this way the cell capacity of the lungs can, in many instances, be doubled. Large lung capacity is of primary importance in cases of nervousness.

Choice of the following menus:

About two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals—half a glass at the beginning, a glass during the progress of the meal, and half a glass at the close.

These meals are rather liberal, and if there should be the slightest fullness experienced after eating, the quantity should be reduced. The breakfasts are light, and one might add slightly to them if they do not satisfy normal hunger.

Mastication should be perfect. Eating should be very deliberate. Avoid heavy reading or earnest conversation while eating; these disturb the flow of saliva and prevent thorough mastication.

A cup of wheat bran, well cooked, should be taken with the morning and the evening meal about twice or three times a week.

A glass of water and the juice of a sweet orange may be taken just before retiring, and exercises as prescribed.

SUMMER MENU

BUILDING UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
INCREASING VITALITY

BREAKFAST

A melon or peaches

Two or three tablespoonfuls of nuts

One very ripe banana—red variety

A baked sweet potato

One egg, either cooked two minutes, or whipped with a little sugar and lemon juice

LUNCHEON

One fresh vegetable—beans, beets, or corn

A baked sweet or a white potato

A glass of milk; buttermilk preferred

A melon or very ripe peaches

DINNER

A small green salad, with oil

Lima beans, okra, or corn

A baked potato

Figs, with cream and nuts

SUPPLEMENTARY DINNER

If there is a desire for something salty or more pungent in taste and flavor, the following menu may be used:

Fish or chicken

A potato

A fruit salad

Ice-cream—home-made

If the two-meal-a-day plan is desired, luncheon may be omitted entirely, and the proportions composing the morning meal slightly increased.

FALL MENU

BUILDING UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
INCREASING VITALITY

Choice of the following menus:

WINTER MENU

BUILDING UP THE NERVOUS SYSTEM
INCREASING VITALITY

BREAKFAST

A very little sweet juicy fruit—winter pears or grapes

One egg, prepared choice

One or two exceedingly ripe bananas, baked, eaten with cream, dates, figs, or raisins

A cup or two of cocoa

LUNCHEON

Any one or two fresh vegetables, such as:

A slice of coarse bread, or preferably a baked sweet or white potato

DINNER

One or two fresh vegetables

Choice of eggs or fish; eggs preferred

A green salad

A few nuts

One extremely ripe banana, with cream

Gelatin, with cream

FOR AGED PERSON

SPRING MENU

FOR AGED PERSON
BUILDING UP GENERAL HEALTH

First Day:

BREAKFAST

A full glass of cool water

A cup of junket, unsweetened

One whole egg, lightly poached

A very small, baked white potato

A cup of hot water

LUNCHEON

A large, boiled Spanish onion

A very rare omelet or a potato

A cup of hot water

DINNER

Green peas, served in the pod

A boiled onion

Steamed rice

Two egg whites, whipped, served with a glass of fresh milk

Just before retiring, drink half a glass of water, and devote from three to five minutes to some of the exercises shown in Vol. V, pp. 1343 to 1346. Give special attention to deep breathing.

Second Day: Same as the first, slightly increasing the quantity of food, if the quantity named does not seem sufficient.

Third Day:

BREAKFAST

Oatmeal simmered over night

Two extremely ripe bananas, baked, eaten with thin cream

Raisins, nut butter, and cream

LUNCHEON

A small portion of asparagus or green peas, with a baked white potato

A cup of junket

DINNER

Asparagus, green peas, or beans

Fish, lobster, white meat of chicken, or whipped eggs

A potato

From one and one-half to two glasses of cool water should be drunk at each of the above meals, or, if preferred, a cup or two of hot water.

Just before retiring, take vigorous deep breathing exercises.

Fourth Day: Same as the third, varying the menus by changing vegetables or fruits.

Fifth Day: Same as the first, repeating these menus so long as they appeal to the taste and satisfy normal hunger.

SUMMER MENU

FOR AGED PERSON
BUILDING UP GENERAL HEALTH

BREAKFAST

Peaches or cantaloup

Corn hominy, with cream

Two glasses of milk

LUNCHEON

Spinach or lettuce

Lima beans or boiled corn

A potato—sweet or white

DINNER

One fresh vegetable—choice

Buttermilk or fish

A potato

Sliced peaches or a melon

Where milk is not prescribed, I would advise drinking from one to two glasses of water at each meal.

Masticate every atom of food to extreme fineness.

FALL MENU

FOR AGED PERSON
BUILDING UP GENERAL HEALTH

BREAKFAST

A baked apple or soaked prunes

One extremely ripe banana

Plain wheat, boiled until the grains burst open

A pint of rich milk

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked

LUNCHEON

A baked potato or baked beans

Cooked spinach or a morsel of anything green in the way of a salad

One fresh vegetable—carrots, string beans, parsnips, squash, or onions. String beans, with a Spanish onion, preferred

DINNER

Vegetable soup

A potato

Carrots, parsnips, or beans

Junket or gelatin

The following are emergency meals which may be taken once or twice a week:

EMERGENCY BREAKFAST

Whole wheat gems

A pint of milk

A cup of cocoa

(Inasmuch as milk, in small quantities, may be constipating, some bran should be taken at this meal)

EMERGENCY DINNER

Choice of the following:

a Tender fish, with baked or mashed potatoes (If something sweet is desired a very simple dessert, such as plain ice-cream, may be eaten)

b Chicken or turkey
Mashed or baked potatoes
A cup of chocolate

WINTER MENU

FOR AGED PERSON
BUILDING UP GENERAL HEALTH

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

A few Malaga grapes or the juice of a very sweet orange

Two medium-sized, baked sweet potatoes, eaten with butter

A glass of clabbered milk, or a cup of junket, with very little sugar

A small portion of wheat bran

LUNCHEON

A small quantity of something green—endive, lettuce, or celery, eaten with nuts, oil, and a very little salt

Boiled onions, carrots, or parsnips

A baked potato

A liberal portion of gelatin

A cup of hot water

DINNER

Spinach, or a salad with oil

Turnips, beets, carrots, parsnips—any two of these

A baked potato, with baked beans or rice

A portion of junket, fish, or chicken

A portion of gelatin, with cream—optional

STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE (HEALTHY PERSON)

SPRING MENU

STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE
(HEALTHY PERSON)

BREAKFAST

Half a glass of water

Choice of fruit—a small portion

Gems, cakes, or muffins made from coarse corn-meal or bran meal; serve with butter

A red banana, with cream, nuts, and raisins

Milk

LUNCHEON

Peas, beans, or lentils—dried

One green vegetable

Corn bread and butter

Buttermilk

DINNER

Cabbage, celery, lettuce, or romaine, with oil

One or two fresh vegetables—peas, potatoes, etc.

An egg, milk, fish, or gelatin—any two of these proteid foods

Rice, with honey, or raisins with cream, if something sweet is desired

Sufficient wheat bran should be taken to keep the bowels in normal condition.

SUMMER MENU

STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE
(HEALTHY PERSON)

BREAKFAST

Peaches, plums, cantaloup, or berries

Steamed corn, scraped from the cob. Recook lightly with whipped egg, stirring constantly

A peeled banana, baked—cream

LUNCHEON

Okra, beets, or eggplant

Salad—tomato, cucumber, and lettuce

Peas or corn

A potato—sweet or white

Note: The salad, with one vegetable, is sufficient if one is not engaged in strenuous work.

DINNER

Salad—green

Rice or corn hominy

One or two fresh vegetables

Buttermilk, junket, or fresh eggs

Cantaloup, melon, or peaches

FALL MENU

STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE
(HEALTHY PERSON)

The following menus should be adhered to for about thirty days, choosing such vegetables from the selections named as appeal most to the taste.

Choice of either set of menus may be made; that is, Menu I may be followed by Menu II at noon, returning to Menu I for dinner and so on:

If something sweet is desired, plain ice-cream, egg custard, or gelatin may be eaten at either of the evening meals.

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

A cup of sassafras tea may be taken at breakfast. See recipe, Vol. III, p. 681.

WINTER MENU

STRENGTH AND ENDURANCE
(HEALTHY PERSON)

BREAKFAST

California grapes or soaked prunes

Two eggs—prepared choice

Muffins of coarse cereal meal—butter

LUNCHEON

Corn hominy, with butter

Figs, cream, nuts

DINNER

Bean or pea soup

Whole wheat bread

Turnips, carrots, or onions

Potatoes or rice

Choice of eggs, fish, chicken, buttermilk

Gelatin or junket

Nuts, raisins, or cheese, with hard cracker

MALASSIMILATION AND AUTOINTOXICATION

SPRING MENU

MALASSIMILATION AND AUTOINTOXICATION

Manual labor or physical exercise is almost as important in these conditions as diet, therefore at least two hours during the day should be devoted to labor or vigorous motion of some kind, preferably useful labor, such as wood-chopping or cultivating the soil.

BREAKFAST

A bran meal gem or boiled whole wheat

One very ripe banana, baked in a very hot oven; eat with a very little butter or cream

Half a glass of rich milk

A spoonful of nut-meats

LUNCHEON

One fresh vegetable—choice; or a vegetable salad

Boiled corn, or hominy, with either butter or cream

A small portion of wheat bran

DINNER

A fresh green salad

Any fresh vegetable in season

A new baked potato

One egg, cooked two minutes, or a glass of kuymiss

If there is a slight tendency toward constipation, a tablespoonful of wheat bran should be taken immediately on rising and just before retiring. This may be taken cooked as an ordinary cereal, or uncooked in hot water.

SUMMER MENU

MALASSIMILATION AND AUTOINTOXICATION

Vigorous exercise and water-drinking before breakfast.

BREAKFAST

A melon or a very ripe peach

A banana, with cream and figs—very ripe

A liberal portion of nuts

A glass or two of milk

Note: The nuts should be masticated exceedingly fine.

LUNCHEON

Two fresh vegetables, such as:

A potato, prepared choice, except fried

A small green salad

DINNER

A light vegetable soup

Choice of:

Corn or a baked potato

Very tender fish, game, or chicken, if flesh food or something salty is desired

If the weather is extremely warm, all fat foods should be reduced to the minimum, and an abundance of water drunk both at meals and between meals.

At least an hour during the day should be devoted to moderate exercise and deep breathing.

In all conditions of malassimilation, there is more or less autointoxication. If the diet has been leveled or balanced, the next most important thing is exercise. The best balanced menus will not be effective in removing the causes of these conditions unless there is sufficient time devoted to exercise to create natural hunger.

FALL MENU

MALASSIMILATION AND AUTOINTOXICATION

BREAKFAST

A bunch of grapes (Thoroughly masticate the skins, swallowing the seeds and pulp whole

Two eggs or one glass of buttermilk

A small, baked potato, sweet or white, with fresh butter

A cup of hot water or chocolate

LUNCHEON

One fresh vegetable—carrots, parsnips, squash, or boiled onions

A baked potato

A glass of buttermilk

A cup of hot water

Note: If the occupation is sedative, the milk should be omitted.

DINNER

Cooked spinach or a very small portion of green salad

Fish, chicken, or buttermilk

A baked potato

Boiled onions, or any fresh vegetable

Corn or corn bread

A cup of hot water

Every atom of solid food herein named should be masticated to infinite fineness. Do not overeat; eat slowly and do not engage in animated conversation while eating.

Every morning and every evening, immediately on rising and just before retiring, devote from three to five minutes to vigorous deep breathing exercises. If the bowels are constipated, take a tablespoonful of wheat bran on rising; also a small bunch of grapes and a glass of water. Take a spoonful or two of wheat bran, cooked, with the breakfast and evening meals, and another spoonful in hot water just before retiring.

The quantity of bran taken should be governed by the severity of the condition. When the bowels are once regulated, the quantity may be modified, or perhaps omitted entirely.

WINTER MENU

MALASSIMILATION AND AUTOINTOXICATION

On rising, drink two cups of hot water. This should be followed by vigorous exercise in a thoroughly ventilated room.

BREAKFAST

The strained juice of a sweet orange (Florida seedling preferred)

Two eggs, whipped very thoroughly, to which add one glass of milk and a tablespoonful each of sugar and of lemon juice

Half a cup of wheat bran

LUNCHEON

A liberal portion of baked beans

A cup of hot water or cocoa

DINNER

Carrots, parsnips, squash, or pumpkin—any two of these

Celery or slaw

A very rare omelet, rolled in grated nuts and cream

A baked potato

NO APPETITE

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

A banana, very ripe, eaten with two egg whites, thoroughly whipped, and a very little thin cream

LUNCHEON

A green salad

One fresh vegetable; peas or asparagus preferred

A new potato

DINNER

A green salad, with nuts

Two fresh vegetables

A whipped egg or a cup of junket

It may be well to omit the noon meal for the first three or four days.

If there is the slightest tendency toward constipation, a tablespoonful or two of wheat bran, cooked, should be taken at both the morning and the evening meal.

A glass of water should be drunk just before retiring, and at least ten minutes devoted to exercise and deep breathing.

As appetite returns, the quantity of food may be increased, and a few heavier articles added, such as coarse cereal for breakfast, and a bit of fish or an omelet for dinner.

SUMMER MENU

NO APPETITE

A cup of water and a very ripe peach or plum followed by vigorous deep breathing exercises, immediately after rising.

BREAKFAST

Melon or peaches, with a very little cream

Tender ear of boiled corn, scraped from the cob, and served with butter or a spoonful of cream

LUNCHEON

Lettuce and tomato salad, with grated nuts and dressing

Corn or beans

DINNER

Cucumber and lettuce salad, with dressing

Summer squash

Lima beans

Melon

FALL MENU

NO APPETITE

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

A bunch of grapes or a baked apple, without sugar

One extremely ripe banana, eaten with cream, figs, and nuts

LUNCHEON

A large Spanish onion, boiled

A baked potato (The potato should be made very hot with red pepper)

DINNER

Anything green, in the way of a salad, or a bit of spinach, cooked

A bran meal gem—fresh butter; or a baked potato

One extremely ripe banana, with cream and nuts

A bunch of grapes an hour after eating.

WINTER MENU

NO APPETITE

On rising, take the juice of an orange, a glass of water, and such exercises as have been already prescribed in the Spring Menu.

BREAKFAST

A teaspoonful of olive-oil

A pint of clabbered milk or junket

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked, served with cream

One egg, either whipped or coddled

LUNCHEON

Soup, either vegetable or cream of tomato

A small piece of a crisp cracker

A tablespoonful of olive-oil

DINNER

Two or three bananas, peeled, and baked in a hot oven; eat with one whipped egg, to which might be added a very little whipped cream

A glass of rich milk

Half a cup of wheat bran

A glass of cool water or a cup of hot water should be drunk at each of these meals, and, as the appetite becomes normal, the egg and the milk products may be increased, and the heavier vegetables, such as sweet potatoes, baked beans, corn hominy, and plain boiled wheat may be added.

ATHLETIC DIET

SPRING MENU

ATHLETIC DIET

An orange or an apple, on rising

BREAKFAST

Plain wheat, boiled

Eggs or buttermilk

Nuts and raisins

LUNCHEON

Lettuce and tomatoes, with oil

Corn bread or corn hominy

Baked beans, with butter

DINNER

Soup—cream of rice or corn

Peas, asparagus, or carrots

A potato

Baked beans or lentils

A red banana, with raisins and cream

SUMMER MENU

ATHLETIC DIET

Berries, melon, or peaches, on rising

BREAKFAST

Three or four whipped eggs; add sugar to taste, and flavor with fruit-juices

A pint of milk

A corn muffin or a small portion of coarse cereal—flaked wheat

LUNCHEON

Fresh corn or shelled beans

Buttermilk

Raisins and nuts

Peaches and cream

DINNER

A small salad

Choice of one fresh vegetable:

Corn bread

A sweet potato

Cottage cheese and either raisins or currants

Nuts

Plain ice-cream

FALL MENU

ATHLETIC DIET

Grapes, melons, or pears, on rising

BREAKFAST

Corn hominy or steamed barley; serve with butter or cream

A pint of milk

A red banana, with cream, figs, and nuts

LUNCHEON

Lentil soup

Sweet potatoes, with butter

Whole wheat bread

Dates, cream cheese, and nuts

DINNER

A salad of lettuce, tomatoes, and nuts

Green corn

Onions, en casserole

Rice steamed with raisins; serve with butter or cream

WINTER MENU

ATHLETIC DIET

An orange, on rising

BREAKFAST

Baked chestnuts, with butter

Two or three eggs, whipped; add sugar to taste

A whole wheat muffin

A banana, with dates and cream

LUNCHEON

Baked beans

Milk

DINNER

Soup—cream of pea or corn

Squash or stewed pumpkin

Fish or an omelet

Corn bread, with butter or oil

Ripe olives, celery, nuts, and raisins

The primary purpose of fat in the diet is to produce body-heat. About three ounces of fat will maintain normal heat in the average-sized body for a period of twenty-four hours. The amount of fat taken by the athlete should be governed by exposure and temperature of the atmosphere.

The best sources of fat are butter, nuts, and salad oil.

SPRING MENU

ATHLETIC DIET (CHIEFLY UNCOOKED)

BREAKFAST

Berries or cherries

Three or four eggs, whipped eight minutes—sugar to taste; flavor of lemon or pineapple juice. Add a pint of milk, after whipping

Very ripe bananas, with cream, nuts, and raisins

LUNCHEON

A green salad, with oil

Boiled wheat, corn hominy, or rice

Asparagus, onions, or peas

Nuts, raisins, cream cheese

DINNER

Boiled wheat

Three or four eggs, prepared as for breakfast

Ice-cream, plain

Wheat bran

SUMMER MENU

ATHLETIC DIET (CHIEFLY UNCOOKED)

BREAKFAST

Melon or peaches

A pint of junket or clabbered milk

Two eggs, whipped

Two red bananas, with cream and nuts

LUNCHEON

Two or three ears of tender corn, boiled

One fresh vegetable—peas, beans, or carrots

DINNER

A green salad, with oil and nuts

A baked potato

Corn, peas, or beans

Fish or eggs

A banana, with dates

Melon or peaches

FALL MENU

ATHLETIC DIET (CHIEFLY UNCOOKED)

BREAKFAST

Exceedingly ripe bananas, eaten with nut butter, dates, and cream

Two or three eggs, whipped. Add to each egg a rounded teaspoonful of sugar, and a scant spoonful of lemon juice. Whip thoroughly, and add a glass of milk to each egg

LUNCHEON

Two or three eggs, whipped, into which whip a teaspoonful each of honey and lemon juice; add a glass of milk to each egg

One or two exceedingly ripe bananas, eaten with nut butter and raisins

DINNER

A green salad or celery

A fresh vegetable, cooked—squash, carrots, parsnips, or onions

Baked beans and a baked potato

Sufficient water should be drunk at each of these meals to bring the moisture up to 66 per cent of the whole.

Tender carrots or cabbage, uncooked, may be eaten, with nuts and salt, at both luncheon and dinner.

WINTER MENU

ATHLETIC DIET (CHIEFLY UNCOOKED)

BREAKFAST

An orange or an apple, with olive-oil

Oatmeal or boiled wheat

Three eggs, whipped—sugar to taste; fruit flavor

Cream and nuts, with raisins

LUNCHEON

Corn bread—buttermilk

A banana, with either seedless raisins or currants; cream, and either nuts or nut butter

Milk or chocolate

DINNER

Celery

Baked beans or lentils

Eggs or fish

A potato

Nuts, raisins, and either cream or ice-cream

FOR INVALID CHILD

SPRING MENU

FOR INVALID CHILD—MAKING MUSCULAR
TISSUE—REGULATING BOWELS

On awaking, have the child take a glass of water and the strained juice of an orange, or a few cherries or berries; deep breathing in the open air, and such exercises as it is able to endure.

BREAKFAST

(Late)

Cherries or berries—very few

Half a cup of hot water

A heaping tablespoonful of boiled wheat, oatmeal, or rice

A whipped egg, sweetened and flavored to taste

Half a glass of milk

LUNCHEON

Two glasses of fresh milk, taken slowly—half a glass every ten or fifteen minutes

A heaping tablespoonful of wheat bran, cooked, served with cream

DINNER

Vegetable soup

A cup of water

Green peas

New potatoes

Eggs whipped, same as for breakfast—all the child will take; milk, if preferred (If milk is chosen, a tablespoonful of wheat bran should be taken to prevent constipation)

SUMMER MENU

FOR INVALID CHILD—MAKING MUSCULAR
TISSUE—REGULATING BOWELS

A very ripe peach or a bunch of grapes on awaking; exercise and deep breathing.

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup or peaches—very little sugar and cream

Whipped eggs, junket, or gelatin—all the child will take of either, or a portion of all

LUNCHEON

Tender corn, scraped from cob, made into a purée; season to taste

Milk and either eggs or gelatin

DINNER

Cantaloup or melon

A pint of milk, with one whipped egg

A spoonful of bran

Deep breathing in the open air just before retiring.

FALL MENU

FOR INVALID CHILD—MAKING MUSCULAR
TISSUE—REGULATING BOWELS

First Day: The first thing after rising, give the body a thorough rubbing with a coarse towel or flesh brush, and a gentle massage. Do not use water except on the face and hands.

BREAKFAST

Whip two fresh eggs very fine, adding slowly, while whipping, two teaspoonfuls of sugar, two and one-half teaspoonfuls of lemon juice, and two tablespoonfuls of cream. Add half a glass of milk to each egg and mix thoroughly

At usual breakfast hour begin taking not more than half a glass at first; in ten or fifteen minutes another half glass. Continue taking half a glass every ten or fifteen minutes until the full amount is consumed

LUNCHEON

A small, baked potato

Two eggs, prepared as for breakfast

DINNER

A glass of milk

A baked potato

Bit of any fresh vegetable that appeals to the taste

Drink liberally of water between meals or at meals. Just before retiring, rub the body with a flesh brush, or give it a massage as prescribed for the morning.

Take about one tablespoonful of coarse wheat bran at the beginning of each meal. To keep the intestines thoroughly cleansed is of primary importance. Increase the quantity until the desired result is produced, which should be an action once or twice a day.

Second Day: The same as the first, decreasing the eggs and increasing the milk.

Third Day: The same as the second, slightly varying the menus by increasing the quantity of eggs and milk, if these are agreeable, reducing the other articles correspondingly.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

A glass or two of clabbered milk, slightly sweetened until it is palatable

Wheat bran, cooked

LUNCHEON

Choice of any fresh vegetable, especially such as sweet potatoes, pumpkin, or red banana, eaten with nut butter

A little cream and either dates or figs

DINNER

Fruit and nuts, prepared any way they are palatable

Fifth Day: The same as the first, repeating the diet herein given so long as it is agreeable.

The body should be rubbed with a flesh brush and given massage every morning and evening.

WINTER MENU

FOR INVALID CHILD—MAKING MUSCULAR
TISSUE—REGULATING BOWELS

Choice of the following menus:

The articles composing these meals should be served in very small portions.

FOR MENTAL WORKER

SPRING MENU

FOR MENTAL WORKER
TO INCREASE BRAIN EFFICIENCY

Immediately on rising, take two or three tablespoonfuls of orange juice and drink two glasses of water. If there is a tendency toward fermentation, the orange juice should be omitted.

Exercise in the open air before breakfast.

BREAKFAST

Two eggs, cooked two minutes

A small, baked potato—sweet or white

One glass of milk

A cup of water

LUNCHEON

A large, boiled onion and either green peas or asparagus

A glass of water

DINNER

A small portion of fish

A baked white potato—eat skins and all; masticate thoroughly

One or two vegetables, such as peas, beans, or asparagus

One egg white in half a glass of milk

Half a glass of water

Luncheon should be omitted unless quite hungry.

SUMMER MENU

FOR MENTAL WORKER
TO INCREASE BRAIN EFFICIENCY

Choice of the following menus:

Note: A few very ripe berries or the juice of an orange may be taken at the beginning of each of these meals.

Every atom of food composing these meals should be masticated to exceeding fineness, and two glasses of water drunk at every meal.

If something sweet is desired, a spoonful of raisins and nuts might be taken at the close of the dinner meal.

FALL MENU

FOR MENTAL WORKER
TO INCREASE BRAIN EFFICIENCY

First Day: On rising, take a bunch of grapes (swallow seeds and pulp without mastication), a glass of water, and devote from eight to ten minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5. See Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345.

BREAKFAST

One or two exceedingly ripe bananas (red variety preferred), eaten with thin cream, raisins or figs, and butter

Two glasses of milk

LUNCHEON

One whole egg, boiled two minutes

Whole wheat, thoroughly cooked; nut butter

Two glasses of milk

Note: If not hungry, omit both the whole wheat and the egg and take from two to three glasses of milk. For gaining weight, this would be preferable.

DINNER

Choice of carrots, squash, turnips, or parsnips

One whole egg, boiled two minutes; or an omelet

Two medium-sized baked white potatoes

One glass of milk

Note: From one to one and one-half glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

If constipated, eat two medium bunches of Concord grapes, swallowing skins, seeds and pulp without mastication. Drink a glass of water and spend from five to ten minutes in active exercise and deep breathing just before retiring.

Second Day: The same as the first, slightly increasing the quantity of food if normal hunger requires it. Bran biscuits may be taken instead of whole wheat if preferred.

Third Day: The same as the first, omitting the egg at dinner time, and substituting a small quantity of fish (smelts preferred).

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

A cantaloup

Half a glass of water

A small portion of oatmeal, very thoroughly cooked

Two exceedingly ripe bananas, eaten with figs, cream, and nuts

A cup of chocolate

LUNCHEON

Two eggs—prepared choice

Two medium-sized potatoes

DINNER

A salad with oil and nuts

Corn, beans, carrots, cabbage—any two of these

A potato

Junket or gelatin

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth, with the exception of dinner. At this meal a bit of fish, chicken, or an egg may be eaten.

Sixth Day: The same as the first, repeating these menus for about two weeks, making such changes as the appetite demands in vegetables and fruit only.

WINTER MENU

FOR MENTAL WORKER
TO INCREASE BRAIN EFFICIENCY

Eggs, milk, and sugar are the most readily convertible nutrients known to the science of food chemistry. In combination they represent the highest form of the nitrogenous (proteids and the carbohydrate) compounds, therefore to increase physical efficiency one should take as much of these as possible.

If one is under weight, it would be advisable, especially during the cold weather, to take three eggs for breakfast, four eggs with a quart of milk for luncheon, and a vegetable dinner as laid out in Menu II.

Choice of the following menus:

Where as many as four eggs are taken at once, a tablespoonful of cognac brandy will make the yolks more digestible and more assimilable, therefore in curative feeding its purpose is medicinal.

FOR A SCHOOL TEACHER

SPRING MENU

FOR A SCHOOL TEACHER
ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER—UNDERWEIGHT
NERVOUSNESS

Choice of the following menus:

Drink one or two glasses of water at each of these meals.

If the breakfast has not digested well, the noon meal should be very light. Bran gems or plain wheat bran may be eaten at each meal until the liver is performing its normal functions.

SUMMER MENU

FOR A SCHOOL TEACHER
ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER—UNDERWEIGHT
NERVOUSNESS

A liberal quantity of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

FALL MENU

FOR A SCHOOL TEACHER
ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER—UNDERWEIGHT
NERVOUSNESS

On rising, take the juice of one sweet orange

Choice of the following menus:

Immediately after dinner, eat a bunch of grapes and drink a cup of hot water.

If there is a tendency toward constipation, take wheat bran just before retiring.

WINTER MENU

FOR A SCHOOL TEACHER
ANEMIA—SLUGGISH LIVER—UNDERWEIGHT
NERVOUSNESS

LUNCHEON

Two exceedingly ripe bananas, with cream cheese and raisins

Whole wheat bread sandwiches, with nut butter; nuts or cream cheese, if preferred

DINNER

A green salad

One or two fresh vegetables—choice

A baked potato or corn bread

Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked; serve with cream

If the bowels should act too freely, rice, chestnuts, or sweet potatoes may be eaten liberally with the morning and the evening meal.

LABORING MAN

SPRING MENU

LABORING MAN (LUNCH IN SHOP)
UNDERWEIGHT—ANEMIC

BREAKFAST

A baked apple

Boiled wheat or oatmeal

Wheat bran, cooked

Two whole eggs, either whipped or lightly poached

A glass or two of milk or a cup or two of chocolate

LUNCHEON

A pint of milk

Whole wheat bread

Two very ripe bananas, with nut butter or dates

DINNER

A cup of hot water

Choice of two fresh vegetables:

A green salad

A bit of fish

One egg or a glass of buttermilk

A new potato—baked

A spoonful or two of wheat bran

A spoonful of nuts and a few dates may be eaten at each of these meals. They should be masticated very thoroughly.

SUMMER MENU

LABORING MAN (LUNCH IN SHOP)
UNDERWEIGHT—ANEMIC

On rising, take two glasses of water, a spoonful or two of wheat bran, and a bit of fruit.

First Day:

BREAKFAST

Two glasses of fresh milk

Two eggs, whipped or boiled

A small dish of whole wheat, cooked

A spoonful of wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Four glasses of milk, with hard crackers

Two eggs, cooked

A spoonful or two of wheat bran

Corn bread

(Drink two glasses of milk an hour before dinner)

DINNER

Two whipped eggs

Two glasses of milk

Two medium-sized, baked white potatoes; eat skins and all

A sauce-dish of wheat bran, cooked

Just before retiring, take two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, in a little water, provided there is a tendency toward constipation; if not, this should be omitted.

Second Day: The same as the first, adding another egg to the morning meal, and a bit of fish to the evening meals.

Third Day: The same as the second.

Fourth Day: The same as the first, and so on for a period of a week or ten days.

FALL MENU

LABORING MAN (LUNCH IN SHOP)
UNDERWEIGHT—ANEMIC

The following menus are composed of but few articles; all of them, however, have a specific purpose.

Immediately on rising, drink a glass of water and eat a bunch of grapes, swallowing skins, seeds and pulp. Do not masticate the seeds or pulp.

Choice of the following menus:

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals. Mastication should be very thorough.

In the selection of articles composing the dinner, do not make them too numerous. Three or four things are sufficient.

About once a week take—

One fresh vegetable

A baked potato

One egg

Home-made ice-cream as dessert

The noon meal could consist of three or four eggs whipped with a little sugar, adding a glass of milk to each egg. Place this in a bottle and take a glass every fifteen or twenty minutes, from 12 until 2 P. M.

WINTER MENU

LABORING MAN (LUNCH IN SHOP)
UNDERWEIGHT—ANEMIC

First Day: Immediately on rising, drink a glass of water, eat a bit of fruit, and devote from five to eight minutes to exercising and deep breathing.

BREAKFAST

Boiled wheat, with cream and nuts, or nut butter, if convenient; if not, use dairy butter

From three to four glasses of milk (A tablespoonful of ordinary wheat bran at the close of the meal)

LUNCHEON

A pint of milk

A sandwich of whole wheat bread, with nut butter and cream cheese

One or two bananas, with cream cheese, nuts, and dates

DINNER

Celery or a green salad

Carrots and boiled onions

Baked white potatoes or baked beans

A glass of buttermilk

An egg served on a baked potato

It would be advisable to drink a glass of water at the close of each meal, and, just before retiring, to drink another glass of water and to eat a bit of fruit. Take exercises as already suggested.

Second Day: Same as the first.

Third Day: Same as the second, varying the vegetables according to appetite or hunger.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

Two very ripe bananas, eaten with cream and nut butter

Four or five figs, eaten with cream and nuts

Two eggs, very softly boiled, or whipped, if preferred

A potato, if something salty is desired

LUNCHEON

A sandwich, as for luncheon first day

Two eggs

Soaked prunes, or figs, with nut butter or dairy butter

DINNER

Fish, eggs, or chicken

Choice of two fresh vegetables:

A baked white potato or baked beans

A cup of thin cocoa or gelatin

A cup of hot water

A bit of fruit, exercise, and deep breathing just before retiring.

Fifth Day: The same as the fourth, slightly increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to normal hunger.

Sixth Day: The same as the first, repeating the diet until there is a perceptible gain in both strength and weight. It should then be changed or modified so as to prevent the appetite from rebelling against the general plan. These changes may be made by selecting different vegetables and fruits. The heavy or proteid part of the diet should be kept about the same as prescribed so long as the work is strenuous.

DIET FOR COLD WEATHER

DIET FOR COLD WEATHER

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water

A baked apple or persimmons

An omelet, lightly cooked, rolled in grated nuts and whipped cream

A coarse, cereal-meal waffle or corn bread and butter

A heaping tablespoonful of coarse wheat bran, cooked

(Honey, if something sweet is desired)

LUNCHEON

Baked beans, with olive-oil or butter

DINNER

A vegetable soup

Cabbage, cauliflower, or Brussels sprouts

A lettuce and tomato salad

A potato, corn, or lima beans

Corn bread and buttermilk

Gelatin or junket

Wheat bran

Nuts, raisins, and cheese

DIET FOR HOT WEATHER

DIET FOR HOT WEATHER

BREAKFAST

Melon, peaches, or cantaloup

A whole wheat muffin or a gem

A banana, with raisins, nuts, and cream

LUNCHEON

Peaches, with sugar and cream

An ear of tender corn

A glass of milk

DINNER

A green salad, with nuts

Two fresh vegetables—peas, beans, or corn

Ice-cream or ices—fruit flavor (A melon or a cantaloup, before retiring)

Two glasses of cool water should be drunk at each of these meals.

HOT WEATHER MENU

FOR THE PREVENTION OF SUNSTROKE
AND HEAT PROSTRATION

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup

Peaches, or a small portion of berries, without sugar

One or two extremely ripe bananas, eaten with nuts, cream, and raisins

Fresh milk

LUNCHEON

A green salad or spinach

Any fresh vegetable, such as squash, onions, turnips, beets, carrots, or parsnips

A new baked potato—eat skins and all

DINNER

A green salad, with tomatoes and nuts

Two vegetables—corn, peas, beans, or asparagus (The vegetables to be cooked in a casserole dish)

A potato—prepared choice

One very ripe banana, with figs and either cream cheese or fresh cream

SUGGESTIONS FOR THE PREVENTION OF SUNSTROKE

From one to two glasses of cool water should be drunk at each of these meals.

Mastication of every atom should be complete.

Hurried eating is the most prolific cause of fermentation. Fermentation is the cause of intestinal gas, sour stomach and indigestion, also constipation and torpid liver.

Avoid stimulants such as tea, coffee, tobacco, beer, or liquors. These things excite heart activity, which causes excessive body-heat.

Avoid sweets, especially sweet soda-fountain drinks. Sugar is composed largely of carbon, and carbon is one of Nature’s greatest heat-makers.

Confine the diet largely to semi-acid fruits, fresh vegetables, green salads, milk, eggs, nuts, and a very limited quantity of bread and cereal products.

Cereal starch is the most difficult of all carbohydrate matter to digest.

Drink an abundance of pure water at meals and between meals.

Avoid all mixed-up, sweetened and charged water. There is nothing better than plain spring or distilled water.

Do not eat too many things at the same meal. Three or four articles are sufficient.

Avoid meat of all kinds, and eat a very limited quantity of fats.

By all means do not overeat. Every atom of food taken into the body that is not used must be cast off at a tremendous expense of energy. The casting-off process is what we call dis-ease.

Every housewife and mother should know enough about the chemistry of food to avoid serving at the same meal things which are chemically inharmonious.

If these simple laws were observed, sunstrokes and heat prostrations would be almost unheard of.

Summer is the time when Nature is rebuilding and revitalizing all forms of animal life; it is also the time when she is producing all of the material with which to do this building in its best and purest form, therefore summer should be the time when people are at their best. The reason they are not is because they do not understand the simple laws that govern human nutrition.

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY

SPRING MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY
AND MAINTAIN IT

BREAKFAST

Very ripe berries, with sugar

Rare omelet, rolled in whipped cream and grated nuts

Whole wheat bread or boiled whole wheat

Rich milk

Wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Two or three eggs, whipped; add a pint of fresh milk, a dash of sugar, and a flavor of pineapple juice; drink slowly

DINNER

Fish or lobster, broiled

Potato and peas

Junket or gelatin

Nuts, raisins, and cream cheese

Chocolate

Only plain water should be drunk at these meals.

SUMMER MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY
AND MAINTAIN IT

BREAKFAST

Peaches, plums, or any semiacid fruit

Whole wheat or a coarse cereal, cooked

Whipped eggs or tender fish

A whole wheat cracker

LUNCHEON

A green salad, with oil and nuts

Oysters, crabs, or lobster

A potato or whole wheat

DINNER

Carrots, peas, beans, corn—any two of these

A Spanish omelet or white meat of chicken

A potato

A glass of rich milk

A cantaloup or peaches

FALL MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY
AND MAINTAIN IT

BREAKFAST

Peaches or cantaloup

Two or three eggs, whipped six or seven minutes; sweeten to taste and flavor with fruit-juice

A cup of junket or gelatin, unsweetened

LUNCHEON

Fish, broiled

One fresh vegetable

A potato

DINNER

Corn and either peas or beans

Fish or chicken

Buttermilk

A potato

WINTER MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY
AND MAINTAIN IT

On rising, take half a glass of grape juice and a glass of cool water. Devote about fifteen minutes to vigorous exercise and deep breathing. Before eating, take a brisk walk, thinly clad, in the open air.

First Day:

BREAKFAST

Grapes or grape juice

A small portion of plain wheat, boiled very thoroughly; serve with cream

Three fresh eggs (See Fall Menu)

A cup of junket or buttermilk

Half a glass of water

LUNCHEON

One egg, prepared as for breakfast

Two glasses of junket or buttermilk

A liberal portion of gelatin

DINNER

Celery

Broiled fish; young variety—very tender

A baked potato

One egg whipped as for breakfast

Gelatin or junket—a liberal portion

Second Day: Same as the first, reducing—unless the digestion is perfect—the amount prescribed for the noon meal.

Third Day: Same as the second, varying the meals by changing fruits, or by adding another fresh vegetable to the evening meal; but, before adding another article, eat the full amount of proteids prescribed: eggs, fish, and gelatin.

Fourth Day:

BREAKFAST

One or two ripe bananas

Raisins or figs; or nuts or nut butter

Two or three glasses of fresh milk

LUNCHEON

Baked beans or lentils, with olive-oil or fresh butter

Two or three eggs; preferably uncooked

DINNER

Two or three eggs; with two teaspoonfuls of sugar; whip seven or eight minutes; add two glasses of milk; mix thoroughly; drink slowly

Bran meal gems

Half a cup of bran, cooked

Fifth Day: Same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: Same as the first.

Seventh Day: Same as the second, repeating the menus for a period of thirty to forty days, varying them by selecting such vegetables as appeal most to the taste.

If the bowels should become constipated, take half a cup of cleansed wheat bran, cooked, with the breakfast, and, just before retiring, another half cup in hot water.

If possible, spend from two to three hours each day in the open air, taking vigorous exercise. Oxygen is nature’s great stimulant and life-giver.

Eat slowly and masticate very thoroughly.

If there is a tendency toward obesity, sugar should be omitted from the meals entirely.

Proteid foods should predominate in the diet. The following are the most soluble and readily assimilable group of proteid foods suitable for these menus, given in the order of richness and importance:

Transcriber’s Note:

This e-text is based on the 1914 edition. Inconsistent hyphenation (e.g., ‘semi-acid’/‘semiacid’) and spelling (‘purée’/‘puree’) have been retained.

The following passages have been corrected:

• [Table of Contents]: ‘Low Vitality (continued)’ has been added
• [Table of Contents]: Page number for ’Colds’ changed to match the original; corresponding header added to the text
• p. [921]: ‘LaGrippe’ → ‘La Grippe’
• p. [971]: ‘cyicken’ → ‘chicken’