Dietetic Rules For Reducing Weight

10,239. Avoid all starchy and sacchariue food, such as bread, butter, milk, sugar, potatoes, beer, etc., all of which have a tendency, from their chemical composition to create fat.

Bill Of Fare

For Breakfast. - Four or five ounces of beef, mutton; kidney, broiled fish, bacon, or cold meat of any kind, except pork and veal, a large cup of tea (without milk or sugar); a little biscuit or one ounce of dry toast, brown bread, or ordinary bread crust; an egg, if not hard boiled.

For Dinner. - Five or six ounces of any fish except salmon, herring and eels (owing to their oily nature); any meat except pork and veal; green vegetables and any vegetable except potatoes, parsnips, turnips, beets and carrots; one ounce of dry toast; fruit out of a pudding; any kind of poultry or game, and two or three glasses of good claret, sherry, or Madeira; champagne, port and beer being forbidden.

For Tea. - Two or three ounces of fruit, a rusk or two, and a cup of tea without milk or sugar. A little coffee may be permitted.

For Supper. - Three or four ounces of meat or fish, similar to dinner, with a glass or two of claret.

In Bright's Disease. 1

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A rigid milk diet has given good results in many cases.

Allowed - Fish, sweet breads, sago, tapioca, macaroni, baked and stewed apples, prunes, etc.; spinach, celery, lettuce, etc., may be used in moderation in connection with a milk diet, without impairing its effect, and with great comfort to the patient.

Avoid - Strong coffee and tea, alcoholic stimulants, soups and made dishes.

In Calculus

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A rigid milk diet is sometimes wonderfully successful. In obstinate cases of recurring uric acid gravel, skim milk, as an exclusive diet for a month or six weeks, is highly recommended Most important is the use of large quantities of water, either one of the diuretic mineral spring waters, or, what is perhaps equally as effective, filtered rain water.

Allowed - Lean meats, poultry, fish, bread (especially rye-bread), cereals, and most fresh green vegetables, salads and fruits. Light wines or spirits and water are the only forms of alcoholic drink at all to be tolerated.

Avoid - Sugar and fats, fried food and pastry. Tomatoes, rhubarb, and fruits rich in citric, tartaric or malic acids, as apples and currants. Malt liquors and all rich wines absolutely interdicted.

In Rheumatism

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A fruit and vegetable diet is most favorable for patients with chronic rheumatic troubles.

Allowed - Beef and mutton in moderation, with horse-radish as a relish; fish and eggs, green vegetables and fruit, especially lemons. The skimmed milk diet has been advocated by some authors.

Avoid - Starchy and saccharine food; all malt liquors, wines and coffee.

In Gout

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A mixed diet should be adopted, the nitrogenous and the saccharine articles being used in limited amounts.

Allowed - Cooked fruits without much sugar, tea and coffee in moderation. Alcoholic stimulants, if used at all, should be in the form of light wines, or spirits well diluted. The free ingestion of pure water is important.

Avoid - Pastry; malt liquors and sweet wines are veritable poisons to these patients