Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_. Small capital text has been replaced with all capitals. Minor typographical and punctuation errors have been corrected without note. Irregularities and inconsistencies in the text have been retained as printed. The cover for the eBook version of this book was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain. * * * * * 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 II NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIVE EATING SOCIETY, INC. 1917 COPYRIGHT 1914 BY EUGENE CHRISTIAN ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL, LONDON SEPTEMBER, 1914 BY EUGENE CHRISTIAN, F. S. D. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED PUBLISHED AUGUST, 1914 CONTENTS VOLUME II _Lesson VIII_ _Page_ FOODS OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN 287 Grains 289 Uses of Grains: (1) Grain as a Source of Energy 295 (2) Grain as a Source of Nitrogen 297 (3) Grain as a Remedial Food 298 Nuts 300 Peanuts 306 Legumes 307 Fruits 308 Classification of Fruits according to acidity 313 Vegetables 317 Classification of Vegetables 319 Sugars and Sirups 324 Beet-Sugar 325 Honey 330 Confections 332 Vegetable Oils 335 _Lesson IX_