SIXTH DAY =============================+=========+=======+==============+========== |_Protein_| _Fat_ |_Carbohydrate_| | _Gm._ | _Gm._ | _Gm._ |_Calories_ -----------------------------+---------+-------+--------------+---------- Breakfast: | | | | Asparagus tips 60 gm. | 1.5 | | 3 | 18 Spinach 60 gm. | 1.1 | 1.8 | 1.8 | 32 Tea or coffee | | | | +---------+-------+--------------+---------- Total for meal | 2.68 | 1.8 | 5.8 | 50 Dinner: | | | | Stewed celery 100 gm. | 1 | .10 | 2.1 | 15 String beans 50 gm. | 1.5 | | 2.5 | 16 Tea or coffee | | | | +---------+-------+--------------+---------- Total for meal | 2.5 | .1 | 5.6 | 31 Supper: | | | | Beet tops 75 gm. | 1.5 | | 2.5 | 16 Onions (boiled) 75 gm. | 1.5 | .3 | 7.5 | 44 Tea or coffee | | | | +---------+-------+--------------+---------- Total for meal | 3 | .3 | 10 | 60 Total for day | 11.2 | 2.2 | 21.4 | 141 =============================+=========+=======+==============+========== FAST ~Method of Administering Treatment.~--In many cases the patient is first put to bed during the starvation treatment, but recently Dr. Allen has emphasized the value of exercise, claiming that it assists in utilizing the sugar. In any case, the starvation regime remains the same. The patient is given only coffee or clear broth with or without whisky (one ounce every two hours) and the treatment continued from one to four days, or until the urine becomes sugar free.[141] It has rarely been found necessary to continue the fast longer than four days, since in most cases the sugar decreases rapidly upon the discontinuance of food.