One glass of water should be drunk at each of the dinner meals. Two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran should be taken twice a week with both the morning and the evening meal. The bran should be cooked five minutes, and eaten with a spoonful of cream. SUMMER MENU _ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY--DROWSINESS_ MENU I MENU II BREAKFAST A cantaloup Two or three very ripe One exceedingly ripe red peaches with sugar and banana, eaten with nut cream butter; masticate very A cantaloup fine Bran gems or whole wheat Three egg whites and one yolk, poached lightly, eaten with corn or a small potato LUNCHEON A lettuce and tomato salad, Two glasses of buttermilk eaten with nuts Onions, en casserole Carrots, peas, or beans DINNER A very small portion of Two ears of tender corn fresh fish An egg, with cooked spinach, A small, baked potato or a small portion Green corn of green salad Spinach and corn, cooked From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals. The accumulation of gas after meals can be largely controlled by extreme mastication, very slow, deliberate eating, and copious water-drinking at meals. If constipated, take, immediately on rising and just before retiring, a half pound of grapes, swallowing the skins, seeds and pulp. Do not masticate the seeds or pulp. If preferred, half a cup of coarse wheat bran may be taken twice daily instead of grapes. If the bowels should become slightly lax, the seeds of the grapes should be omitted at night. Health is Nature's gift to the young; after that, it is a thing that must be earned. FALL MENU _ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY--DROWSINESS_ /First Day/: BREAKFAST One glass of water A melon Two or three extremely ripe peaches Three egg whites, poached very lightly A bran meal gem One exceedingly ripe red banana (must be black spotted), with nut butter and thin cream LUNCHEON One egg, whipped, mixed with a large glass of milk (A half hour later, eat two or three exceedingly ripe peaches) DINNER Half a glass of water Half a cantaloup A lettuce and tomato salad Two medium ears of tender corn A small portion of tender fish /Note/: I would advise a spirometer for measuring the capacity of the lungs. The normal lung capacity for a man 5 feet 7 to 10 inches in height should be about 300 cubic inches, and for a woman 5 feet 3 inches, 180 to 200 cubic inches. The ability to use surplus food, which the appetite will continue to demand for some time, will depend upon the amount of exercise and deep breathing taken, and the consequent lung capacity.