Part 61

RUN-DOWN CONDITION FLATULENCY--UNDERWEIGHT

MENU I MENU II

BREAKFAST

Peaches with cream Cantaloup or Japanese plums One exceedingly ripe banana Two tablespoonfuls of nuts, with cream and nut masticated to exceeding butter, and one fig or two fineness; eat with bananas dates and soaked prunes Two eggs, whipped; mix A large cup of junket or with a pint of milk buttermilk Wheat bran Wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Choice of okra, parsnips, A green salad or carrots Choice of onions, squash, A white potato or corn on cob beans, carrots, or beets One glass of water A white potato One glass of water

DINNER

Fish or junket Any two of the following: A baked potato eaten with Beans, corn, sweet potato, butter squash, or onions Onions, squash, beans, or One egg, boiled two minutes corn (chicken, if preferred) A green salad with nuts A potato A Japanese persimmon or a A salad with a few nuts cantaloup

The above menus are composed of the fewest number of articles that will supply the nutritive elements required. They may be increased according to normal hunger, but the combinations should be observed.

FALL MENU

RUN-DOWN CONDITION FLATULENCY--UNDERWEIGHT

FIRST DAY: On rising, drink two cups of hot water. Also eat half a pound of grapes, and devote from three to five minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5. (See Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345.)

BREAKFAST

Corn bread or a baked white potato One extremely ripe banana, eaten with thin cream, nut butter, and a few raisins Cocoa or milk

LUNCHEON

Choice of carrots, parsnips, squash, or any fresh vegetable A baked sweet potato

DINNER

A salad of anything green Any two of the following: Boiled onions, string beans, carrots, squash, parsnips, turnips, or pumpkin A baked potato A very small portion of fish or white meat of chicken. (If neither of these are convenient, an egg cooked two minutes may be substituted.)

Eggs, buttermilk, or cheese are preferable to fish or chicken, but the latter may be used to bring up the proteid balance, when the former articles cannot be procured.

Some one of these vegetables should be made very hot with red pepper for the purpose of exciting stomach and intestinal peristalsis.

A glass of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

SECOND DAY: The same as the first, increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to normal hunger. Do not overeat.

THIRD DAY: The same as the second.

No doubt the symptoms the first two or three days will be that of weakness and emptiness. This will pass away during the week. There is ample nourishment in the articles prescribed to sustain the body even under strenuous physical labor, but these combinations of food may not be well assimilated the first few days.

FOURTH DAY:

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water One whole egg cooked two minutes Whole wheat muffins A cup of chocolate

LUNCHEON