Part 52

Choice of the following:

MENU I MENU II

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water One egg, whipped with a Half a cup of bran very little sugar and a Baked sweet potatoes spoonful of lemon juice Cocoa One banana with very little nut butter and cream, and a few raisins

LUNCHEON

A vegetable salad--lettuce, A fruit salad--lettuce; seeded grated carrots and tomatoes, grapes, banana, and eaten with a dressing a piece of an orange, of nut butter, reduced chopped; serve with to a solution by either whipped cream or adding water nut-butter dressing A boiled onion One fresh vegetable, with A baked sweet or a white a whole wheat cracker potato, or baked beans (Eat sparingly of the latter)

DINNER

Two fresh vegetables One fresh vegetable Fish or an egg; egg preferred A baked potato A potato or a whole wheat gem Two eggs, either boiled two minutes or whipped with just a little lemon juice and sugar

MENUS FOR CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

Cirrhosis is a word derived from the Greek meaning yellow. It was originally intended to convey the idea of over-growth or enlargement of this much-abused organ, but inasmuch as atrophic conditions often show yellow or tawny, there are now two kinds of cirrhosis, namely, atrophic cirrhosis, meaning a shrinkage, and hypertrophic cirrhosis, meaning enlargement of the liver.

Atrophic cirrhosis is caused by alcoholism, often augmented by milder stimulants such as tea and coffee.

Hypertrophic cirrhosis is caused by overeating, especially of meat, sweets, and starchy foods.

The causes of the former should be removed by ceasing the use of tea, coffee, and all alcoholic stimulants, and of the latter by omitting sweets, and limiting the diet in quantity to, or in severe cases below, the actual needs of the body.

The following menus are laid out for the treatment of severe cases. They are designed both as a counteractive and as a remedial measure.

In mild cases, or as the patient recovers, the diet may be increased in quantity, but it should be confined very rigidly to the articles named in the list below, and in the menus which follow.

Foods to be used in the treatment of cirrhosis of the liver:

PROTEIDS VEGETABLES FRUITS

Egg whites Asparagus Apples Fish Beets Apricots Fowl--white meat Beans Cantaloup Nuts Brussels sprouts Cherries Sour milk Cauliflower Grapes Cabbage Melons CARBOHYDRATES Carrots Oranges Bananas Celery Peaches Corn bread Onions Pears Flaked rye Potatoes Plums Wheat bran Spinach Prunes Whole wheat Squash Raisins Turnip-greens Tomatoes FATS Turnips Butter Nut butter Nuts

SPRING MENU

CIRRHOSIS OF THE LIVER

BREAKFAST

Soaked apricots; neither sugar nor cream Very ripe bananas Nuts

NOTE: If bananas are not "dead ripe" they should be baked.

LUNCHEON

Peas in the pod Bran meal gems Buttermilk

DINNER

Peas or asparagus Lettuce, spinach, or turnip-greens Carrots or turnips A potato