Part 6

/First Day/: Immediately on rising, drink a cup of hot water, followed by a cup of cool water. Devote as much time as possible (from three to ten minutes) to such exercises as can be endured. (See Vol. V, pp. 1343 to 1346.) Inflate lungs to their utmost capacity every third or fourth movement.

Secure a spirometer and increase the lung capacity until it registers about two hundred and fifty cubic inches. This is exceedingly important.

BREAKFAST

A cantaloup or soaked, evaporated peaches Baked chestnuts Bananas with cream Bran meal gems

LUNCHEON

A salad Carrots, squash, beets, parsnips, or turnips A potato or lima beans

SUPPLEMENTARY LUNCHEON

(To be taken in office)

Two exceedingly ripe bananas, with nut butter and raisins Two glasses of water

(Or the following at a restaurant or cafe)

Choice of the following vegetables--boiled onions, carrots, parsnips, squash, or tender corn A baked potato A glass of water

DINNER

Choice of two vegetables from the selection given for luncheon A green salad A baked sweet or a white potato Two egg whites and one yolk very lightly poached Two glasses of water

Devote about ten minutes to exercising and deep breathing just before retiring.

/Second Day/: The same as the first, slightly increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to normal hunger. It will probably be necessary to draw a very sharp distinction between appetite and hunger. (See Spring Menu, "No Appetite," p. 1081.)

/Third Day/: The same as the first, if entirely agreeable.

If the bowels should become too lax, a small portion of rice, cooked in milk, might be taken with both the morning and the evening meal, omitting a similar quantity of other foods.

/Fourth Day/:

BREAKFAST

Two eggs, whipped from five to eight minutes, into which whip a rounded teaspoonful of sugar, and a dessert-spoonful of lemon juice Half a glass of water

LUNCHEON

A vegetable salad, with a few nuts A baked sweet potato (These two articles should compose the entire meal)

DINNER

Spinach (cooked), or a salad of lettuce and celery with English walnuts, masticated infinitely fine Choice of one or two fresh vegetables, including a small, baked white potato

/Fifth Day/: The same as the fourth.

/Sixth Day/: The same as the first, repeating the diet for about two weeks.

WINTER MENU

OBESITY--IRREGULAR HEART ACTION NERVOUSNESS