Part 65

WINTER MENU

FOR MENTAL WORKER TO INCREASE BRAIN EFFICIENCY

Eggs, milk, and sugar are the most readily convertible nutrients known to the science of food chemistry. In combination they represent the highest form of the nitrogenous (proteids and the carbohydrate) compounds, therefore to increase physical efficiency one should take as much of these as possible.

If one is under weight, it would be advisable, especially during the cold weather, to take three eggs for breakfast, four eggs with a quart of milk for luncheon, and a vegetable dinner as laid out in Menu II.

Choice of the following menus:

MENU I MENU II

BREAKFAST

A bunch of grapes Two or three eggs, whipped, One very ripe banana with to which add a teaspoonful cream and nut butter of lemon juice, a teaspoonful A whole wheat gem, eaten each of olive-oil with one or two very soft and sugar, and one-half eggs glass of milk to each egg

LUNCHEON

One fresh vegetable Two eggs prepared as for A baked potato breakfast, Menu II Boiled onions and a bit of fish A glass of milk or a cup of hot chocolate

DINNER

Spinach or a bit of salad The same as dinner, Menu Clabbered milk or a bit of I, choosing either clabbered fish milk, fish, eggs, or Baked beans or baked white meat of chicken potatoes Boiled onions or carrots A cup of chocolate

Where as many as four eggs are taken at once, a tablespoonful of cognac brandy will make the yolks more digestible and more assimilable, therefore in curative feeding its purpose is medicinal.

SPRING MENU

FOR A SCHOOL TEACHER

ANEMIA--SLUGGISH LIVER--UNDERWEIGHT

NERVOUSNESS

Choice of the following menus:

MENU I MENU II

BREAKFAST

Cherries--sweet Berries Corn bread, with butter Farina, or oatmeal with A cup of hot water cream A glass of milk One whole egg Two cups of chocolate

LUNCHEON

Boiled rice, or corn hominy, A large, boiled onion with butter or cream. (A A baked white potato spoonful of sugar may be Corn bread added, if desired) Buttermilk One or two glasses of water

DINNER

A pint of junket A small portion of fish or A small piece of corn bread chicken Two or three glasses of milk A baked white potato Half a cup of wheat bran Choice of carrots or onions A green salad or a very small portion of spinach may be eaten at this meal, if desired

Drink one or two glasses of water at each of these meals.

If the breakfast has not digested well, the noon meal should be very light. Bran gems or plain wheat bran may be eaten at each meal until the liver is performing its normal functions.

SUMMER MENU