Vinegars, because of their action on the blood, should not be allowed nor rich pastries and sauces. Beef may be scraped and made into sandwiches or used in purées and meat broth, which may also have a beaten egg in it. The following is a suggestive diet in anemic conditions: DIET VII One pint of milk, to be sipped slowly before arising. _Breakfast_ Fruit Broiled steak or two eggs, soft-boiled, poached, or baked, with bacon Cereal coffee, chocolate, or cocoa Toast, or graham, or whole wheat bread, or graham or corn muffins; butter _Middle of the Forenoon_ Lemonade with a tablespoonful of beef juice (not beef extract) or with a beaten egg, or a Glass of egg malted milk, or an Eggnog _Lunch_ Split pea or bean soup with toast and butter, or scraped beef sandwich with lettuce Fruit or vegetable and nut salad (no vinegar) Fruit, fresh or stewed Bread with plenty of butter Cake A glass of milk, cocoa, or chocolate—preferably milk _Middle of Afternoon_ Egg lemonade or eggnog of two eggs beaten in boiling milk with sugar and spices _Dinner_ Bouillon Tenderloin steak, roast beef, or lamb chops Baked potato Spinach, beet, or dandelion greens Custard, fruit gelatin, or cornstarch pudding, or rice with lemon cream or butter sauce Bread and plenty of butter Glass of milk or weak tea When appetite is persistently absent, attention should be paid to the eliminative organs in order to remove all clogging of the system by retained waste. If the stomach and intestines are prolapsed as a result of improper nourishment and resultant weak tissues, rest in bed, with special exercises which will replace the organs and strengthen the supporting tissues, is required. _STOMACH DISORDERS_ Most chronic cases are due to worry; to improper hygiene, such as irregular meals; fat and greasy foods; hasty eating; too much sweets; insufficient mastication, with resulting lack of saliva; wrong choice of foods; too frequent eating, giving the stomach no rest; too large an amount of food; too highly spiced foods; coffee or tea; a general run-down condition, with a weakness of muscles of the stomach, due to insufficient blood supply; to a weakened or over-strained condition of nerves controlling the stomach; and usually to insufficient exercise and fresh air. * * * * * [Sidenote: Indigestion or Dyspepsia] Indigestion or dyspepsia is the broad term commonly applied to most chronic stomach and intestinal difficulties, due, not alone to structural disease or to displacements, but also to their inability to perform their normal functions. The term includes troubles arising from so many different causes that in each case the cause must be determined and remedied before definite results can be attained through diet.