Part 33

LUNCHEON

Four glasses of milk, drinking half a glass every six or eight minutes

DINNER

Choice of two of the following vegetables: Carrots, parsnips, squash, beets, tender cabbage A baked potato or whole wheat bread A green salad or celery One egg, whipped (The egg could be omitted, and the combination of foods would still be well balanced) Wheat bran

Just before retiring, take a spoonful of wheat bran in half a glass of water. Exercise as prescribed for the morning.

SECOND DAY: The same as the first, increasing the quantity of food, if hungry. The noon meal could consist of two eggs, prepared as prescribed, and one fresh vegetable, uncooked, such as carrots or turnips, eaten with a green salad and either nuts or olive-oil. A banana, with very thin cream, might also be taken.

THIRD DAY: Practically the same as the second, varying the breakfast by omitting eggs, allowing it to consist of bananas, soaked prunes and cream; or, oatmeal in small quantity, with thin cream; or, if agreeable, let it consist of the same articles as prescribed for the first day.

FOURTH DAY:

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water Bran meal gems, with butter Bananas, with soaked prunes, and either nuts or nut butter (Bananas should be baked unless very ripe)

LUNCHEON

Two egg whites and one yolk rolled with whipped cream into a very rare omelet A small, baked potato

DINNER

Anything in the way of a salad--celery, lettuce, cabbage String beans, parsnips, pumpkin, squash, onions, or carrots One egg whipped or cooked two minutes A baked potato or baked beans

Just before retiring, take a heaping tablespoonful of wheat bran and the exercises which were prescribed for the first day.

FIFTH DAY: Same as the fourth.

SIXTH DAY: Same as the first, repeating the diet, day by day, for twelve or fifteen days.

WINTER MENU

SOUR STOMACH--INTESTINAL GAS CONSTIPATION

Immediately on rising, take a cup of hot water, into which put two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran. Devote from three to five minutes to deep breathing exercises.

BREAKFAST

Half a cup of wheat bran cooked from twenty to thirty minutes; eat with cream and a very little salt One or two very ripe bananas, with cream and nuts Whole wheat, thoroughly cooked

LUNCHEON

Boiled onions, carrots, or squash--any one or two of these A bit of green salad or celery A baked white potato--eat skins and all A tablespoonful of wheat bran, either cooked or uncooked

DINNER

A bit of slaw or celery Spinach, carrots, parsnips, beets, turnips, pumpkin, or squash--any one or two of these Baked beans or baked sweet or white potatoes A small portion of fish or chicken (If this is not convenient, an egg, lightly cooked, may be eaten)

If something sweet is desired, a small portion of plain ice-cream or gelatin may be eaten once a week.

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.