Part 72

WINTER MENU

TO BUILD UP SEXUAL VITALITY AND MAINTAIN IT

On rising, take half a glass of grape juice and a glass of cool water. Devote about fifteen minutes to vigorous exercise and deep breathing. Before eating, take a brisk walk, thinly clad, in the open air.

/First Day/:

BREAKFAST

Grapes or grape juice A small portion of plain wheat, boiled very thoroughly; serve with cream Three fresh eggs (See Fall Menu) A cup of junket or buttermilk Half a glass of water

LUNCHEON

One egg, prepared as for breakfast Two glasses of junket or buttermilk A liberal portion of gelatin

DINNER

Celery Broiled fish; young variety--very tender A baked potato One egg whipped as for breakfast Gelatin or junket--a liberal portion

/Second Day/: Same as the first, reducing--unless the digestion is perfect--the amount prescribed for the noon meal.

/Third Day/: Same as the second, varying the meals by changing fruits, or by adding another fresh vegetable to the evening meal; but, before adding another article, eat the full amount of proteids prescribed: eggs, fish, and gelatin.

/Fourth Day/:

BREAKFAST

One or two ripe bananas Raisins or figs; or nuts or nut butter Two or three glasses of fresh milk

LUNCHEON

Baked beans or lentils, with olive-oil or fresh butter Two or three eggs; preferably uncooked

DINNER

Two or three eggs, with two teaspoonfuls of sugar; whip seven or eight minutes; add two glasses of milk; mix thoroughly; drink slowly Bran meal gems Half a cup of bran, cooked

/Fifth Day/: Same as the fourth.

/Sixth Day/: Same as the first.

/Seventh Day/: Same as the second, repeating the menus for a period of thirty to forty days, varying them by selecting such vegetables as appeal most to the taste.

If the bowels should become constipated, take half a cup of cleansed wheat bran, cooked, with the breakfast, and, just before retiring, another half cup in hot water.

If possible, spend from two to three hours each day in the open air, taking vigorous exercise. Oxygen is nature's great stimulant and life-giver.

Eat slowly and masticate very thoroughly.

If there is a tendency toward obesity, sugar should be omitted from the meals entirely.

Proteid foods should predominate in the diet. The following are the most soluble and readily assimilable group of proteid foods suitable for these menus, given in the order of richness and importance:

Eggs Shell-fish Gelatin Milk Fish Fowl--white meat Milk products