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
Summer is the time when Nature is rebuilding and revitalizing all forms
of animal life; it is also the time when she is producing all of the
material with which to do this building in its best and purest form,
therefore summer should be the time when people are at their best. The
reason they are not is because they do not understand the simple laws
that govern human nutrition.
SPRING MENU
_TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT_
BREAKFAST
Very ripe berries, with sugar
Rare omelet, rolled in whipped cream and
grated nuts
Whole wheat bread or boiled whole wheat
Rich milk
Wheat bran
LUNCHEON
Two or three eggs, whipped; add a pint of fresh
milk, a dash of sugar, and a flavor of pineapple
juice; drink slowly
DINNER
Fish or lobster, broiled
Potato and peas
Junket or gelatin
Nuts, raisins, and cream cheese
Chocolate
Only plain water should be drunk at these meals.
SUMMER MENU
_TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT_
BREAKFAST
Peaches, plums, or any semiacid fruit
Whole wheat or a coarse cereal, cooked
Whipped eggs or tender fish
A whole wheat cracker
LUNCHEON
A green salad, with oil and nuts
Oysters, crabs, or lobster
A potato or whole wheat
DINNER
Carrots, peas, beans, corn--any two of these
A Spanish omelet or white meat of chicken
A potato
A glass of rich milk
A cantaloup or peaches
FALL MENU
_TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT_
BREAKFAST
Peaches or cantaloup
Two or three eggs, whipped six or seven minutes;
sweeten to taste and flavor with fruit-juice
A cup of junket or gelatin, unsweetened
LUNCHEON
Fish, broiled
One fresh vegetable
A potato
DINNER
Corn and either peas or beans
Fish or chicken
Buttermilk
A potato
WINTER MENU
_TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT_
On rising, take half a glass of grape juice and a glass of cool water.
Devote about fifteen minutes to vigorous exercise and deep breathing.
Before eating, take a brisk walk, thinly clad, in the open air.
/First Day/:
BREAKFAST
Grapes or grape juice
A small portion of plain wheat, boiled very
thoroughly; serve with cream
Three fresh eggs (See Fall Menu)
A cup of junket or buttermilk
Half a glass of water
LUNCHEON
One egg, prepared as for breakfast
Two glasses of junket or buttermilk
A liberal portion of gelatin
DINNER
Celery
Broiled fish; young variety--very tender
A baked potato
One egg whipped as for breakfast
Gelatin or junket--a liberal portion
/Second Day/: Same as the first, reducing--unless the digestion
is perfect--the amount prescribed for the noon meal.
/Third Day/: Same as the second, varying the meals by changing
fruits, or by adding another fresh vegetable to the evening meal;
but, before adding another article, eat the full amount of proteids
prescribed: eggs, fish, and gelatin.
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