Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3Christian, Eugene
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Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 3
Christian, Eugene
Diet; Diet in disease; Food
MENU I MENU II
BREAKFAST
A cup of hot water One egg, whipped with a
Half a cup of bran very little sugar and a
Baked sweet potatoes spoonful of lemon juice
Cocoa One banana with very little
nut butter and cream,
and a few raisins
LUNCHEON
A vegetable salad--lettuce, A fruit salad--lettuce; seeded
grated carrots and tomatoes, grapes, banana, and
eaten with a dressing a piece of an orange,
of nut butter, reduced chopped; serve with
to a solution by either whipped cream or
adding water nut-butter dressing
A boiled onion One fresh vegetable, with
A baked sweet or a white a whole wheat cracker
potato, or baked beans
(Eat sparingly of the latter)
DINNER
Two fresh vegetables One fresh vegetable
Fish or an egg; egg preferred A baked potato
A potato or a whole wheat gem Two eggs, either boiled two
minutes or whipped with just
a little lemon juice and sugar
MENUS FOR CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER
_CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER_
Cirrhosis is a word derived from the Greek meaning _yellow_. It was
originally intended to convey the idea of over-growth or enlargement of
this much-abused organ, but inasmuch as atrophic conditions often show
yellow or tawny, there are now two kinds of cirrhosis, namely, atrophic
cirrhosis, meaning a shrinkage, and hypertrophic cirrhosis, meaning
enlargement of the liver.
Atrophic cirrhosis is caused by alcoholism, often augmented by milder
stimulants such as tea and coffee.
Hypertrophic cirrhosis is caused by overeating, especially of meat,
sweets, and starchy foods.
The causes of the former should be removed by ceasing the use of tea,
coffee, and all alcoholic stimulants, and of the latter by omitting
sweets, and limiting the diet in quantity to, or in severe cases below,
the actual needs of the body.
The following menus are laid out for the treatment of severe cases.
They are designed both as a counteractive and as a remedial measure.
In mild cases, or as the patient recovers, the diet may be increased in
quantity, but it should be confined very rigidly to the articles named
in the list below, and in the menus which follow.
Foods to be used in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver:
PROTEIDS VEGETABLES FRUITS
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