Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 4Christian, Eugene
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Encyclopedia of Diet: A Treatise on the Food Question, Vol. 4
Christian, Eugene
Diet; Diet in disease; Food
The next important factor in treating this dis-ease is food.
The diet should consist of the richest and the most readily digestible
foods, in the following groups, given in the order of their importance:
PROTEIDS CARBOHYDRATES FATS FRUIT-SUGARS
Eggs Honey Nuts Figs Oranges
Milk Maple-sugar Olive-oil Raisins Pears
Legumes Whole wheat Cream Grapes Plums
Rice Butter Persimmons Peaches
Potatoes Bananas Apples
Corn
FRESH VEGETABLES GREEN SALADS
Asparagus Beets Lettuce
Peas Carrots Romaine
Beans Parsnips Parsley
Green corn Squash Watercress
Tomatoes Celery
Turnips
Cabbage
The patient should drink an abundance of water, take vigorous exercise
and deep breathing, and eat liberally of grapes before breakfast, when
they are in season.
A spirometer should be secured, and an effort made to increase the
capacity of the lungs one cubic inch each day until their utmost
capacity has been reached.
The following menus are merely suggestive. They may be changed,
selecting the articles mentioned in the foregoing tables, when
available during the several seasons of the year:
GENERAL MENUS FOR WEAK LUNGS--CONSUMPTION
/First Day/:
BREAKFAST
A glass of clabbered milk, with a sprinkle of
sugar
Two eggs whipped very thoroughly (See
recipe, p. 678)
If constipated, take half a cup of coarse wheat bran, cooked. Serve as
a breakfast cereal with butter or cream.
LUNCHEON
Three eggs prepared as per recipe, p. 678; add
two glasses of milk; mix well; drink slowly
DINNER
Choice of two of the following vegetables:
Beets Cabbage or celery
Carrots Fresh corn or corn hominy
Lentils Navy or lima beans
Parsnips Turnips
A baked white potato, rice, or corn
One egg, prepared any way acceptable to the
taste--preferably whipped
Something green should be taken at this meal,
if possible, such as lettuce, spinach, kale, parsley,
or watercress
Home-made ice-cream, in summer, or a tablespoonful
of honey, in winter, may be eaten, if
something sweet is desired
Drink from one to two glasses of water at each of these meals, but take
no water into the mouth until mastication is perfect.
Just before retiring, drink a glass of water, and eat half a pound
of grapes, then devote from ten to fifteen minutes to deep breathing
exercises.
/Second Day/: Same as the first, slightly increasing or
decreasing the quantity of food according to hunger.
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