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
Fruit--choice
A small portion of plain boiled wheat, with
butter and cream
A cup of hot water
Two eggs, whipped or boiled two minutes
LUNCHEON
Three glasses of milk
Two eggs, whipped
Wheat bran, cooked
(Take milk and eggs very slowly)
DINNER
One green vegetable
A tablespoonful or two of "Protoid" nuts
Junket, gelatin, or eggs
Just before retiring, devote from five to ten minutes to exercises
prescribed for the first day.
If the bowels have not become normal, continue taking the wheat bran
just before retiring, and a spoonful or two just after rising.
/Fifth Day/: The same as the fourth.
/Sixth Day/: Same as the first, and so on, repeating the diet so
long as it appeals to the taste. If digestion will permit, the eggs and
the milk may be increased.
SUMMER MENU
_TUBERCULAR TENDENCY_
CONSTIPATION--NERVOUSNESS--CATARRH_
Choice of the following menus:
MENU I MENU II
BREAKFAST
Cantaloup or peaches One banana
Three or four egg whites, Melon or peaches with thin
whipped--mix with two cream
glasses of fresh milk Three eggs, whipped with
A spoonful of nuts (choice) very little sugar and
fruit juice
LUNCHEON
Choice of lima beans or a A very small piece of fish
baked potato Boiled corn, beets, or a
A salad of lettuce and fresh baked potato
tomatoes, eaten with One fig, with cream cheese
lemon juice, sugar, and a
spoonful of mixed nuts
Two eggs, whipped
DINNER
Choice of squash, boiled An ear of corn
onions, or corn One and one-half glasses
A salad of anything green of buttermilk with egg
One glass of buttermilk, whites
mixed with two whipped Two or three very ripe
egg whites peaches with cream and
One or two tablespoonfuls sugar
of nuts (choice) Home-made ice-cream
I would advise two or three very ripe peaches just before retiring at
night, and just after rising in the morning.
SUPPLEMENTARY DINNER
(To be taken if there is a craving for flesh or salty food)
One ear of corn (boiled)
Fish, lobster, or white meat of chicken
A small baked potato
A salad of lettuce or endive
FALL MENU
_TUBERCULAR TENDENCY_
_CONSTIPATION--NERVOUSNESS--CATARRH_
On rising, devote from three to five minutes to deep breathing
exercises before an open window, preferably movements 3 and 5, as
shown in Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345. Eat a bunch of grapes, thoroughly
masticating the skins, swallowing seeds and pulp whole. Drink two
glasses of water. If the weather is cold, the water should be heated.
BREAKFAST
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