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ENCYCLOPEDIA OF

DIET

A Treatise on the Food Question

IN FIVE VOLUMES

EXPLAINING, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, THE CHEMISTRY OF FOOD AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE HUMAN BODY, TOGETHER WITH THE ART OF UNITING THESE TWO BRANCHES OF SCIENCE IN THE PROCESS OF EATING SO AS TO ESTABLISH NORMAL DIGESTION AND ASSIMILATION OF FOOD AND NORMAL ELIMINATION OF WASTE, THEREBY REMOVING THE CAUSES OF STOMACH, INTESTINAL, AND ALL OTHER DIGESTIVE DISORDERS

EUGENE CHRISTIAN, F. S. D.

VOLUME II

NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIVE EATING SOCIETY, INC. 1917

COPYRIGHT 1914

EUGENE CHRISTIAN

ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL, LONDON SEPTEMBER, 1914

EUGENE CHRISTIAN, F. S. D.

ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PUBLISHED AUGUST, 1914

CONTENTS

VOLUME II

Lesson VIII Page

FOODS OF VEGETABLE ORIGIN 287 Grains 289 Uses of Grains: (1) Grain as a Source of Energy 295 (2) Grain as a Source of Nitrogen 297 (3) Grain as a Remedial Food 298 Nuts 300 Peanuts 306 Legumes 307 Fruits 308 Classification of Fruits according to acidity 313 Vegetables 317 Classification of Vegetables 319 Sugars and Sirups 324 Beet-Sugar 325 Honey 330 Confections 332 Vegetable Oils 335

Lesson IX

DRUGS, STIMULANTS, AND NARCOTICS 341 Alkaloids and Narcotics 349 Opium 350 Cocain 353 Nux Vomica and Strychnin 356 Quinin 356 Acetanilid 357 Tobacco 361 Coffee 363 Tea 365 Cocoa and Chocolate 366 Alcohols and Related Compounds 367 Alcohol 367 Chloroform, Ether, and Chloral 372 Poisonous Mineral Salts and Acids 373 Mercury 373 Potassium Iodid 374 Lead and Copper 375 Purgatives and Cathartics 375

Lesson X

IMPORTANCE OF CORRECT DIAGNOSIS AND CORRECT TREATMENT 379

Lesson XI