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
Fish or junket Any two of the following:
A baked potato eaten with Beans, corn, sweet potato,
butter squash, or onions
Onions, squash, beans, or One egg, boiled two minutes
corn (chicken, if preferred)
A green salad with nuts A potato
A Japanese persimmon or a A salad with a few nuts
cantaloup
The above menus are composed of the fewest number of articles that will
supply the nutritive elements required. They may be increased according
to normal hunger, but the combinations should be observed.
FALL MENU
_RUN-DOWN CONDITION FLATULENCY--UNDERWEIGHT_
FIRST DAY: On rising, drink two cups of hot water. Also eat half a
pound of grapes, and devote from three to five minutes to exercises
Nos. 3 and 5. (See Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345.)
BREAKFAST
Corn bread or a baked white potato
One extremely ripe banana, eaten with thin cream, nut butter,
and a few raisins
Cocoa or milk
LUNCHEON
Choice of carrots, parsnips, squash, or any fresh vegetable
A baked sweet potato
DINNER
A salad of anything green
Any two of the following:
[C] Boiled onions, string beans, carrots, squash, parsnips, turnips,
or pumpkin
A baked potato
A very small portion of fish or white meat of chicken. (If neither
of these are convenient, an egg cooked two minutes may be
substituted.)
Eggs, buttermilk, or cheese are preferable to fish or chicken, but the
latter may be used to bring up the proteid balance, when the former
articles cannot be procured.
[C] Some one of these vegetables should be made very hot with red
pepper for the purpose of exciting stomach and intestinal peristalsis.
A glass of water should be drunk at each of these meals.
SECOND DAY: The same as the first, increasing or decreasing the
quantity of food according to normal hunger. Do not overeat.
THIRD DAY: The same as the second.
No doubt the symptoms the first two or three days will be that of
weakness and emptiness. This will pass away during the week. There is
ample nourishment in the articles prescribed to sustain the body even
under strenuous physical labor, but these combinations of food may not
be well assimilated the first few days.
FOURTH DAY:
BREAKFAST
A cup of hot water
One whole egg cooked two minutes
Whole wheat muffins
A cup of chocolate
LUNCHEON
A salad
A portion of tender fish or two glasses of milk
A baked potato or a whole wheat gem
A cup of hot water
DINNER
A bit of green salad
Choice of fish, eggs, or buttermilk
One fresh vegetable--preferably string beans made very hot with
red pepper
A baked white potato
(A liberal portion of spinach could be eaten at this meal)
A cup of hot water
Wheat bran or a few Concord grapes just before retiring.
FIFTH DAY: The same as the fourth.
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