Part 29

Choice of the following:

MENU I MENU II

BREAKFAST

Cantaloup, melon, or pears Farina, rice, or boiled wheat Steamed whole wheat or One tablespoonful of nuts rice--sugar and cream (choice) A tablespoonful of nuts Cream and figs (choice) A liberal portion of wheat Half a glass of sour milk bran

LUNCHEON

Spinach or boiled onion One vegetable--corn, carrots, Corn bread with sweet squash, or lima butter beans Two tablespoonfuls of nuts Two spoonfuls of nuts (choice) A potato One glass of sour milk

DINNER

Choice of lima beans or corn Corn, spinach, or a lettuce Corn bread and sweet butter salad Lettuce and fresh tomato, Rye bread or a potato with dressing Whites of two eggs, whipped or poached

Plain ice-cream, gelatin, or junket may be eaten with either of the dinner menus.

Omit all laxative medicines. Use coarse clean wheat bran liberally, especially with the morning and the evening meal.

WINTER MENU

ANEMIA--SLUGGISH LIVER

RHEUMATIC TENDENCY

/First Day/: Immediately on rising, drink two glasses of water, and eat a small bunch of grapes, or two or three soaked prunes. Devote two or three minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5 (see Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345). The exercises should be taken before an open window, or in a well-ventilated room.

BREAKFAST

A cup of hot water Three or four egg whites and two yolks, whipped rapidly four or five minutes with a rotary egg beater. Whip into this a heaping teaspoonful of sugar and a teaspoonful of olive-oil, and whip again for two or three minutes Flaked wheat, eaten with thin cream--small portion A cup of hot water Wheat bran

LUNCHEON

Carrots or parsnips Baked potatoes, with butter A boiled onion

DINNER

Cream of tomato soup Fish--small portions Carrots, onions, parsnips, squash, turnips--one or two of these Potatoes, prepared choice One exceedingly ripe banana, eaten with thin cream and raisins

Just before retiring take two tablespoonfuls of wheat bran, and devote four or five minutes to the above-named exercises.

/Second Day/: The same as the first.

/Third Day/: The same as the second, slightly varying the meals according to choice of vegetables, adhering closely, however, to the number of eggs prescribed. If olive-oil is not pleasant to the taste, it may be omitted, and a larger quantity of butter taken with the potatoes. It would be well to take a tablespoonful of olive-oil just before eating, followed by half a cup of hot water, especially if the weather is cold.

/Fourth Day/:

BREAKFAST

Whole wheat, thoroughly steamed or boiled; serve with butter A cup of hot water

LUNCHEON

Vegetable soup Corn bread--butter Cocoa