A nitrogenous diet is one in which the use of starchy foods is greatly restricted, if not entirely forbidden. Sugars and acids are also prohibited in many cases. This diet is used chiefly in certain forms of digestive disorder and occasionally in some general diseases. Bread is usually allowed in the form of zwieback, crisp toast, Graham bread or shredded wheat biscuits. Where sugar is prohibited, saccharine or sweetina may be used for sweetening. The latter can be secured either through grocers who handle special food products, or through druggists. Where the ordinary bread is forbidden, the use of gum gluten or gluten flour—a wheaten flour from which the starch has been wholly or partially washed—may be necessary. Many gross adulterations of gluten products are on the market and care should be exercised to see that the product furnished is up to a certain standard and certified. The State Board of Health of New Hampshire has announced that “standard gluten flour must contain at least 30 per cent of proteid and not over 48 per cent of starch.” Recipes for using the gluten flour are easily obtained and a variety of biscuits, wafers and bread may be secured. _Breakfast._—Omelette, crisp buttered toast, coffee, cream. _Dinner._—Strained vegetable soup, gluten wafers, lamb chop, lettuce salad, snow pudding with soft egg custard, tea. _Supper._—Oyster broth, gluten biscuits, celery, cottage cheese, cream, tea. _Breakfast._—Broiled beefsteak, crisp toast, coffee, cream. _Dinner._—Pea puree, gluten wafers, whitefish, celery, egg and lettuce salad, Graham bread, coffee jelly with whipped cream. _Supper._—Cold roast beef; cress; gluten biscuit, baked custard. _Breakfast._—Broiled fish; zwieback; soft boiled egg; coffee, cream. _Dinner._—Chicken broth; gluten wafers; beef (steak or roast), string beans, Graham bread, junket. _Supper._—Bean soup strained; chicken salad, Graham bread, sherbet, milk. _Breakfast._—Scrambled eggs with shredded wheat biscuits, cresses, coffee. _Dinner._—Bouillon, mutton chop, spinach, Graham bread; junket-ice cream; tea. _Supper._—Pea puree, fish salad, cottage cheese on lettuce; gluten biscuits, tea. _Breakfast._—Omelette with chopped parsley, cold tongue, crisp toast, coffee. _Dinner._—Celery broth, gluten wafers, minced chicken, string beans, ice cream. _Supper._—Raw oysters, gluten wafers, lettuce and egg salad, bran biscuit, Spanish cream. MENUS FOR A FARINACEOUS DIET. A farinaceous dietary is not infrequently called for in hospitals. In certain forms of kidney disease it is an important part of the treatment. In this diet all flesh foods are forbidden. Milk and butter are allowed and certain fruits. Eggs, if used at all, must be used very sparingly. _Breakfast._—Orange, wheat breakfast food, baked potato, rolls, coffee. _Dinner._—Asparagus soup, riced potato, tomato salad, tapioca cream. _Supper._—Creamed macaroni, corn muffins, white bread, prune whip.