Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 2Christian, Eugene
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Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 2
Christian, Eugene
Diet; Diet in disease; Food
A salad of lettuce or romaine Spanish onions
Peas, beans, beets, carrots, or An egg, or a small portion
turnips of fish
Two tablespoonfuls of nuts Tablespoonful of nuts
One egg One or two vegetables
A green salad
[Sidenote: Foods should be selected according to vocation]
If the patient is doing manual labor, the proteid foods, such as
milk, cheese, nuts, fish and eggs should be increased according
to the work. If, however, the labor is sedative, such as followed
by the average business man, the amounts herein prescribed are
sufficient. The breakfast should be taken an hour after rising, and
the luncheon early, not later than 12 noon, and the dinner not later
than 6 p.m.
The symptoms during the first two or three days will be that
of weakness and perhaps hunger, leaving the impression of
under-nourishment. This will disappear after the third or fourth
day, and strength will not only return to normal, but the body will
feel more energetic than before, and there will be a marked increase
in the powers of endurance. If the patient can be induced to "fight
it out" for a week on these lines, favorable symptoms will develop
so fast that the practitioner will be aided in his work by the
mental conviction of the patient, and success will be assured.
In cases of Obesity:
OMIT EAT
Bread products Eggs--limited quantity
Cereals Fish or Lobster
Dried beans Fresh vegetables
Flesh food Fruit
Milk Melons
Sweets Nuts
Succulent vegetables
Wheat bran
Whole wheat thoroughly cooked (sparingly)
Do not drink at meals.
NEURASTHENIA
That disorder of the nerves known as neurasthenia is expressed in
general anemia, or a breaking down of the nervous vitality. This
does not indicate, however, that neurasthenia is wholly a dis-ease
of the nerves; it merely means that through the nerves the symptoms
are given to the brain.
[Sidenote: Neurasthenia a last or final warning]
Neurasthenia is a signal or warning given by the united voice of all
the functions of digestion, secretion, and excretion. Therefore,
this disorder does not appear until the body has given fair warning
in many other ways, and if proper heed had been given the preceding
signals, the nerves would have performed their functions without an
outcry.
Every so-called dis-ease of the human body, especially of the
nervous system, is in reality the voice of Nature telling us of our
mistakes, and giving us the opportunity to correct them. Dis-ease,
therefore, is not an enemy to the race, but a friend. It is an
effort, as it were, in our behalf, of provident Nature to prevent
race extinction.
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