Dietetics for NursesProudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)
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Dietetics for Nurses
Proudfit, Fairfax T. (Fairfax Throckmorton)
Diet in disease
Cereals: Wheat cereals, oatmeal, rice, and tapioca in moderation.
Bread: Whole wheat, white, rye, and graham bread, toast, and crackers.
Fluids: Weak tea and coffee (without cream, and a little sugar),
orange and lemonade, mineral waters, water, skimmed milk, whey.
Eggs: (except hard-cooked or fried).
Desserts: Fruit gelatin, fruit whips, raw or stewed fruit.
Avoid the following foods: Fats, oils, mutton, liver, brains,
sardines, and caviar, oily fish, rich gravies and sauces, sweet fruit,
peas, carrots, condiments and spices, pastry and confectionery,
pickles, alcoholic beverages. Restrict carbohydrates, yolks of eggs,
milk (cream must be skimmed off if too rich).
DAILY DIET SHEETS
I
Breakfast--Baked apple with milk
Cream of wheat with milk
Weak coffee or tea
Dry toast
11:30 A.M.--6 oz. orange juice, 1 egg white
Dinner--Beef broth (well skimmed) with crackers
Rice
Stewed pears
Weak tea
Toast or rolls
3:30 P.M.--Albumenized fruit juice with crackers
Supper--Wheatena with milk
Milk toast
Stewed prunes
Toast and tea
9 P.M.--Well-skimmed chicken broth with crackers
II
Breakfast--Stewed apples with milk
Milk toast
Coffee without cream
10:30 A.M.--Well-skimmed broth with crackers
Dinner--Tomato bouillon with crackers
Baked potato--1 small potato
Puree of spinach
Orange gelatin
Toast
3 P.M.--Albumenized lemonade
Supper--Oatmeal or cream of wheat with milk
Toast
Tea
Stewed fruit
9 P.M.--Well-skimmed broth with crackers
III
Breakfast--Grapefruit
Oatmeal with milk
Toast
Weak coffee
10:30 A.M.--Orangeade with graham crackers
Dinner--Cream of spinach soup (skimmed milk)
Small piece of the breast of chicken
Mashed or boiled potatoes
Asparagus on toast
Sliced oranges
3:30 P.M.--Well-skimmed broth with crackers
Supper--Farina or cream of wheat or wheatena, with milk
Baked potato
Baked apple with milk
Toast and tea
9 P.M.--Albumenized orange juice
IV
Breakfast--Sliced oranges
Oatmeal
Toast
Coffee
10:30 A.M.--Beef gruel, 6 oz.
Dinner--Cream of asparagus soup, skimmed milk
Thin slice of roast beef or whitefish
Rice or potatoes
Tender string beans
Fruit
Toast
Buttermilk
3:30 P.M.--Orangeade
Supper--Stewed fruit with puffed wheat or rice
Milk toast
Tea
9 P.M.--Broth
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