Such vegetables as sweet potatoes, parsnips, baked beans and pumpkin may be added as digestion and assimilation improve. For recipe for baked bananas, see p. 677; for cooking vegetables, see p. 670. MENUS FOR OBESITY SPRING MENU _OBESITY--IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS_ Fruit-juice, a glass of water, and ten minutes devoted to vigorous exercise and deep breathing just after rising. BREAKFAST Choice of fruit A cup of hot water Two or three exceedingly ripe bananas (red variety preferred), eaten with raisins, nuts, and cream LUNCHEON A portion of fresh fish and a new baked potato DINNER A green salad with dressing and nuts Peas or asparagus A rare omelet with a dash of grated nuts A bit of crisp corn bread or a bran meal gem Most people afflicted with obesity are also afflicted with abnormal appetite, therefore at the outset they may undergo some deprivation, but if this is not yielded to, hunger will soon become normal. The appetite for an excessive quantity of food is very much like the appetite for coffee, intoxicants, or tobacco, and when the appetite once becomes abnormal and is not held under control, either obesity or chronic autointoxication will be the result. Luncheon should be omitted unless very hungry. SUMMER MENU _OBESITY--IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS_ BREAKFAST Melon, peaches, or berries Tender fish, broiled A new potato or a bran muffin LUNCHEON Corn or beans A salad--lettuce or celery DINNER A light soup--vegetable Eggplant, okra, beans, or squash Bran gems or a potato Nuts, with a lettuce salad FALL MENU _OBESITY--IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS_ /First Day/: Immediately on rising, drink a cup of hot water, followed by a cup of cool water. Devote as much time as possible (from three to ten minutes) to such exercises as can be endured. (See Vol. V, pp. 1343 to 1346.) Inflate lungs to their utmost capacity every third or fourth movement. Secure a spirometer and increase the lung capacity until it registers about two hundred and fifty cubic inches. This is exceedingly important. BREAKFAST A cantaloup or soaked, evaporated peaches Baked chestnuts Bananas with cream Bran meal gems LUNCHEON A salad Carrots, squash, beets, parsnips, or turnips A potato or lima beans SUPPLEMENTARY LUNCHEON (To be taken in office) Two exceedingly ripe bananas, with nut butter and raisins Two glasses of water (Or the following at a restaurant or cafe) Choice of the following vegetables--boiled onions, carrots, parsnips, squash, or tender corn A baked potato A glass of water DINNER Choice of two vegetables from the selection given for luncheon A green salad A baked sweet or a white potato Two egg whites and one yolk very lightly poached Two glasses of water