Peas or asparagus A boiled onion A baked potato Whole wheat or a bran meal gem A cup of hot water A cup of hot water
DINNER
Green peas A small portion of fish or Spanish onions of white meat of chicken A small, baked white potato One very small, baked white (Eat skins and all) potato Two eggs, lightly poached A salad of lettuce or anything Nuts and raisins, if something green, with oil sweet is desired A baked banana
A spoonful or two of coarse wheat bran should be taken both at breakfast and at dinner; also, just before retiring, a glass of water and a few pieces of soaked evaporated apricots.
(The apricots should be omitted if there is a tendency toward either fermentation or rheumatism.)
SUMMER MENU
CONSTIPATION--AUTOINTOXICATION LOW VITALITY
Choice of the following menus:
MENU I MENU II
BREAKFAST
Fresh fruit--grapes preferred Wheat bran A baked sweet potato Melon or peaches Two very ripe bananas, Very ripe bananas with cream, with figs and cream nuts and raisins Wheat bran One glass of water One whipped egg
LUNCHEON
Melon One or two fresh vegetables One fresh vegetable (choice) A bran gem with either A baked potato or corn butter or nut butter A green salad Two tablespoonfuls of nuts Bran, or a bran gem (choice) One glass of water
DINNER
A fruit salad made of bananas, Practically the same as for raisins, and grated luncheon, with choice of nuts; serve with whipped junket or gelatin cream Two tablespoonfuls of nuts (choice) Cream cheese and one fig Boiled wheat, with sweet butter Two glasses of water A melon
SUPPLEMENTARY MENU
Corn Spinach Two egg whites--poached or whipped A potato A salad Water and wheat bran
If there is a craving for something sweet, let the evening meal consist entirely of ice-cream and three or four glasses of water. All sweets may be omitted, however, if they do not especially appeal to the taste.
Take vigorous exercise and deep breathing just after rising, and just before retiring.
FALL MENU
CONSTIPATION--AUTOINTOXICATION LOW VITALITY
Just after rising, eat a large bunch of grapes and drink a glass of water.
Choice of the following menus:
MENU I MENU II
BREAKFAST
Peaches, plums, or melon Two or three exceedingly Whole wheat, or barley, ripe bananas, eaten with boiled until soft; serve nut butter and cream; with butter and cream also raisins, if something Wheat bran cooked, eaten sweet is desired with thin cream (Bananas may be baked Water if preferred)
LUNCHEON
A bowl of clabbered milk, A baked white potato eaten with a very little sugar (Eat skins and all) One whipped egg One fresh vegetable Half a cup of wheat bran A morsel of fish
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