Part 5

A portion of boiled onions and tender carrots, cooked until very soft Two baked white potatoes eaten with a little butter Two egg whites prepared any way they are most appetizing A cup of water, hot or cold

/Fifth Day/: The same as the fourth.

/Sixth Day/: The same as the first, repeating the menus for a week or two.

Such vegetables as sweet potatoes, parsnips, baked beans and pumpkin may be added as digestion and assimilation improve.

For recipe for baked bananas, see p. 677; for cooking vegetables, see p. 670.

MENUS FOR OBESITY

SPRING MENU

OBESITY--IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS

Fruit-juice, a glass of water, and ten minutes devoted to vigorous exercise and deep breathing just after rising.

BREAKFAST

Choice of fruit A cup of hot water Two or three exceedingly ripe bananas (red variety preferred), eaten with raisins, nuts, and cream

LUNCHEON

A portion of fresh fish and a new baked potato

DINNER

A green salad with dressing and nuts Peas or asparagus A rare omelet with a dash of grated nuts A bit of crisp corn bread or a bran meal gem

Most people afflicted with obesity are also afflicted with abnormal appetite, therefore at the outset they may undergo some deprivation, but if this is not yielded to, hunger will soon become normal.

The appetite for an excessive quantity of food is very much like the appetite for coffee, intoxicants, or tobacco, and when the appetite once becomes abnormal and is not held under control, either obesity or chronic autointoxication will be the result.

Luncheon should be omitted unless very hungry.

SUMMER MENU

OBESITY--IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS

BREAKFAST

Melon, peaches, or berries Tender fish, broiled A new potato or a bran muffin

LUNCHEON

Corn or beans A salad--lettuce or celery

DINNER

A light soup--vegetable Eggplant, okra, beans, or squash Bran gems or a potato Nuts, with a lettuce salad

FALL MENU

OBESITY--IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS