Part 1

ENCYCLOPEDIA OF DIET

A Treatise on the Food Question

IN FIVE VOLUMES

EXPLAINING, IN PLAIN LANGUAGE, THE CHEMISTRY OF FOOD AND THE CHEMISTRY OF THE HUMAN BODY, TOGETHER WITH THE ART OF UNITING THESE TWO BRANCHES OF SCIENCE IN THE PROCESS OF EATING SO AS TO ESTABLISH NORMAL DIGESTION AND ASSIMILATION OF FOOD AND NORMAL ELIMINATION OF WASTE, THEREBY REMOVING THE CAUSES OF STOMACH, INTESTINAL, AND ALL OTHER DIGESTIVE DISORDERS

EUGENE CHRISTIAN, F. S. D.

VOLUME V

NEW YORK CITY CORRECTIVE EATING SOCIETY, INC. 1917 COPYRIGHT 1914 BY EUGENE CHRISTIAN ENTERED AT STATIONERS HALL, LONDON SEPTEMBER, 1914 BY EUGENE CHRISTIAN, F. S. D. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED

PUBLISHED AUGUST, 1914

CONTENTS

VOLUME V

Lesson XVI Page

ADAPTING FOOD TO SPECIAL CONDITIONS 1145

Infant, Old Age, and Athletic Feeding; Sedentary Occupations, Climatic Extremes 1147

Normal Diet 1152

Infant Feeding 1154

General Rules for the Prospective Mother 1157

Special Rules for the Prospective Mother 1159

The Nursing Mother 1162

Care of the Child 1164

Constipation 1169

Exercise 1171

Clothing 1171

Temperature of Baby's Food 1173

Bandage 1173

Emaciation 1173

General Instructions for Children after One Year 1174

General Diet from Ages One to Two 1174

Simplicity in Feeding 1175