Egg whites Asparagus Apples Fish Beets Apricots Fowl--white meat Beans Cantaloup Nuts Brussels sprouts Cherries Sour milk Cauliflower Grapes Cabbage Melons CARBOHYDRATES Carrots Oranges Bananas Celery Peaches Corn bread Onions Pears Flaked rye Potatoes Plums Wheat bran Spinach Prunes Whole wheat Squash Raisins Turnip-greens Tomatoes FATS Turnips Butter Nut butter Nuts SPRING MENU _CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER_ BREAKFAST Soaked apricots; neither sugar nor cream Very ripe bananas Nuts NOTE: If bananas are not "dead ripe" they should be baked. LUNCHEON Peas in the pod Bran meal gems Buttermilk DINNER Peas or asparagus Lettuce, spinach, or turnip-greens Carrots or turnips A potato SUMMER MENU _CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER_ BREAKFAST Peaches, cherries, apricots, or cantaloup Three or four egg whites whipped with a spoonful of cream Flaked rye, well cooked LUNCHEON Beans, Brussels sprouts, or cauliflower Lettuce and tomato A potato A glass of buttermilk DINNER Vegetable soup--very little fat Any fresh vegetable in above list Fish or chicken--very little A potato or tender corn FALL MENU _CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER_ BREAKFAST Grapes, peaches, or plums Two baked bananas Whole wheat LUNCHEON Boiled onions Squash Lima beans or bran gems DINNER Celery or spinach Any fresh vegetable in above list A potato or corn bread Two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran WINTER MENU _CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER_ BREAKFAST A baked banana or a baked apple A baked potato--eat skins and all LUNCHEON Celery soup Corn bread Winter squash DINNER Parsnips or turnips A potato or baked beans Celery, with nuts Fish or buttermilk If the breakfast is late, and the labor is light, the noon meal should be omitted. SPRING MENU _CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER_ BREAKFAST Baked apples or very ripe berries without sugar A very ripe banana with cream Flaked wheat, thoroughly cooked with one-half bran LUNCHEON Peas in the pod--en casserole A baked potato DINNER Peas, asparagus, or onions A baked potato Nuts with cream Cheese with water-cracker From one to three glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals. Mastication should be very thorough. For cooking "en casserole," see p. 671. SUMMER MENU _CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER_ BREAKFAST Cantaloup, peaches, plums, or berries Two tablespoonfuls of plain boiled wheat A pint of rich milk; buttermilk preferred LUNCHEON