Part 8

The juice of a sweet orange, Fruit--choice or a dish of very ripe One whole egg berries, with sugar only A bran meal gem or a small Two very ripe bananas portion of corn bread eaten with thin cream, One extremely ripe banana dates, and nuts, masticated with figs, thin cream, and exceedingly fine nuts Two glasses of water or a cup of thin cocoa

LUNCHEON

A lettuce and tomato salad, One very ripe banana with nuts A spoonful or two of nuts One vegetable--fresh peas, One or two figs, or two beans, spinach, or onions dates One very small, baked One glass of water potato One glass of water

DINNER

A salad of lettuce and tomatoes A salad Choice of two vegetables--asparagus, Asparagus, or peas cooked beans, beets, and served in the pod onions, peas A baked white potato A small, baked potato A very small portion of fish, or white meat of chicken

Menus No. 1 are slightly heavier than Menus No. 2. Choice may be exercised between them, according to hunger, or according to activity or amount of work done.

One glass of water should be drunk at each of the dinner meals.

Two or three tablespoonfuls of wheat bran should be taken twice a week with both the morning and the evening meal. The bran should be cooked five minutes, and eaten with a spoonful of cream.

SUMMER MENU

ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY--DROWSINESS

MENU I MENU II

BREAKFAST

A cantaloup Two or three very ripe One exceedingly ripe red peaches with sugar and banana, eaten with nut cream butter; masticate very A cantaloup fine Bran gems or whole wheat Three egg whites and one yolk, poached lightly, eaten with corn or a small potato

LUNCHEON

A lettuce and tomato salad, Two glasses of buttermilk eaten with nuts Onions, en casserole Carrots, peas, or beans

DINNER

A very small portion of Two ears of tender corn fresh fish An egg, with cooked spinach, A small, baked potato or a small portion Green corn of green salad Spinach and corn, cooked

From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.

The accumulation of gas after meals can be largely controlled by extreme mastication, very slow, deliberate eating, and copious water-drinking at meals.

If constipated, take, immediately on rising and just before retiring, a half pound of grapes, swallowing the skins, seeds and pulp. Do not masticate the seeds or pulp. If preferred, half a cup of coarse wheat bran may be taken twice daily instead of grapes.

If the bowels should become slightly lax, the seeds of the grapes should be omitted at night.

Health is Nature's gift to the young; after that, it is a thing that must be earned.

FALL MENU

ABNORMAL APPETITE OBESITY--DROWSINESS

/First Day/:

BREAKFAST

One glass of water A melon Two or three extremely ripe peaches Three egg whites, poached very lightly A bran meal gem One exceedingly ripe red banana (must be black spotted), with nut butter and thin cream

LUNCHEON