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
Milk Potatoes Nuts Lettuce
Eggs Wheat (whole) Butter Celery
Pine nuts Corn Cream Carrots
Peanuts Rice Olive-oil Parsnips
Cheese Oats Cream cheese Onions
Fish Dried beans Beets
Fowl Dried peas Fresh beans
Dried beans Chestnuts Fresh peas
Dried peas Honey Okra
Cream cheese Sugar Eggplant
Sirups Turnips
Cauliflower
Some articles are listed under two headings. This is because they are
rich in both classes of nutrition.
The amount of grain products eaten by the prospective mother should
be somewhat limited, ranging between four and eight ounces a day,
governed by work or activity. Cereals, especially corn, rice, and oats,
are rich in phosphate of lime, which is the bone-making or structural
food. While enough of this should be eaten to give the child sufficient
bone-building material, too much makes birth difficult, and sometimes
fatal.
The following menus contain suggestions as to the selections,
combinations, and proportions of food that would compose a healthy bill
of fare for both mother and child for the several seasons of the year:
SPRING MENU
_FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN_
BREAKFAST
Two eggs, cooked two minutes
One whole-wheat muffin
A glass or two of rich milk
LUNCHEON
Peas, asparagus, or turnips
Potatoes--two medium-sized
One pint of clabbered milk
DINNER
Vegetable soup
Any two fresh vegetables named in the list above
A potato
Milk or a very small portion of fish
If constipated, take wheat bran at both the morning and the evening
meal.
SUMMER MENU
_FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN_
BREAKFAST
Cantaloup
Three or four egg whites and one yolk
Whole wheat, boiled; serve with butter or
cream
A glass or two of milk
LUNCHEON
String beans, peas, or asparagus
Tender corn or a potato
Milk
DINNER
Vegetable soup
Two green vegetables; selection from list given
above
Corn, lima beans, or a potato
Milk or tender fish
A small portion of ice-cream (optional)
FALL MENU
_FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN_
BREAKFAST
Cantaloup or pears
Rice, with cream
Milk
Two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran
LUNCHEON
Celery
Turnips or cauliflower
Fish or fowl
A potato
DINNER
A light vegetable soup
Lettuce, or celery, with nuts
Two fresh vegetables
A baked potato
Cheese, raisins, and nuts
WINTER MENU
_FOR THE PREGNANT WOMAN_
BREAKFAST
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