Encyclopedia of Diet; A Treatise on the Food Question (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1917 Excerpt: ...VO USNESS--CA TARRB On rising, devote from three to five minutes to deep breathing exercises before an open window, preferably movements 3 and 5, as shown in Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345. Eat a bunch of grapes, thoroughly masticating the skins, swallowing seeds and pulp whole. Drink two glasses of water. If the weather is cold, the water should be heated. BREAKPAST Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked, eaten with cream A email bunch of grapes Two eggs, whipped about six or seven minutes; add a teaspoonful of sugar and a tablespoonful of olive-oil, while whipping One extremely ripe banana; serve with cream and either nut butter or nuts (The banana should be baked, if not very ripe) LUNCHEON One fresh vegetable--carrots, parsnips, or turnips A boiled onion A baked potato One egg, cooked two minutes, eaten with the potato skins Fresh butter A cup of hot water at the close of the meal DINNXB 'Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked Two or three eggs, prepared as for breakfast One extremely ripe banana and a few soaked prunes (A very small, baked white potato may be taken if something salty is desired) A bunch of grapes Just before retiring, eat a small bunch of grapes and drink a cup of hot water. Devote from three to five minutes to exercises which have already been prescribed for the morning. These meals may be varied by changing the vegetables, and now and then substituting for the eggs a portion of fresh fish or a glass of buttermilk. If the quantity of food prescribed does not seem sufficient, it might be slightly increased; however, do not increase it beyond the limits of normal hunger. The best combinations of food, when taken in excess of the bodily needs, undergo a form of decomposition, and become a prolific source of dis-ease. WINTER MENU TUBERCULAR TENDENCY CONST...