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 following are limited menus composed of foods that will produce
hunger after the third or fourth day:
On rising, devote at least five minutes to vigorous deep breathing
exercise before an open window, or in the open air. Take a bit of juicy
fruit and a glass of water.
BREAKFAST
Cherries or berries (very ripe); neither cream
nor sugar
A banana, very ripe, eaten with two egg whites,
thoroughly whipped, and a very little thin cream
LUNCHEON
A green salad
One fresh vegetable; peas or asparagus preferred
A new potato
DINNER
A green salad, with nuts
Two fresh vegetables
A whipped egg or a cup of junket
It may be well to omit the noon meal for the first three or four days.
If there is the slightest tendency toward constipation, a tablespoonful
or two of wheat bran, cooked, should be taken at both the morning and
the evening meal.
A glass of water should be drunk just before retiring, and at least ten
minutes devoted to exercise and deep breathing.
As appetite returns, the quantity of food may be increased, and a few
heavier articles added, such as coarse cereal for breakfast, and a bit
of fish or an omelet for dinner.
SUMMER MENU
_NO APPETITE_
A cup of water and a very ripe peach or plum followed by vigorous deep
breathing exercises, immediately after rising.
BREAKFAST
Melon or peaches, with a very little cream
Tender ear of boiled corn, scraped from the cob,
and served with butter or a spoonful of cream
LUNCHEON
Lettuce and tomato salad, with grated nuts and
dressing
Corn or beans
DINNER
Cucumber and lettuce salad, with dressing
Summer squash
Lima beans
Melon
FALL MENU
_NO APPETITE_
BREAKFAST
A cup of hot water
A bunch of grapes or a baked apple, without
sugar
One extremely ripe banana, eaten with cream,
figs, and nuts
LUNCHEON
A large Spanish onion, boiled
A baked potato (The potato should be made
very hot with red pepper)
DINNER
Anything green, in the way of a salad, or a bit
of spinach, cooked
A bran meal gem--fresh butter; or a baked
potato
One extremely ripe banana, with cream and
nuts
A bunch of grapes an hour after eating.
WINTER MENU
_NO APPETITE_
On rising, take the juice of an orange, a glass of water, and such
exercises as have been already prescribed in the Spring Menu.
BREAKFAST
A teaspoonful of olive-oil
A pint of clabbered milk or junket
Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked, served with
cream
One egg, either whipped or coddled
LUNCHEON
Soup, either vegetable or cream of tomato
A small piece of a crisp cracker
A tablespoonful of olive-oil
DINNER
Two or three bananas, peeled, and baked in a
hot oven; eat with one whipped egg, to which
might be added a very little whipped cream
A glass of rich milk
Half a cup of wheat bran
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