Spring Menu. Constipation - Autointoxication Low Vitality
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This section is from the book "Encyclopedia Of Diet. A Treatise on the Food Question", by Eugene Christian. Also available from Amazon: Encyclopedia of Diet.
Spring Menu. Constipation - Autointoxication Low Vitality
Choice of the following menus:
MENU I | MENU II |
Half a cup of wheat bran, cooked The juice of a sweet Florida orange (Russet seedling) One glass of water One whole egg, whipped with teaspoonf ul of sugar One or two extremely ripe bananas, with nuts and cream | Two glasses of water Wheat bran, cooked Boiled whole wheat, with cream Two tablespoonfuls of nuts or one tablespoonful of nut butter One very ripe banana, with nuts and raisins |
LUNCHEON | |
Peas or asparagus A baked potato A cup of hot water | A boiled onion Whole wheat or a bran meal gem A cup of hot water |
DINNER | |
Green peas Spanish onions A small, baked white potato (Eat skins and all) Two eggs, lightly poached Nuts and raisins, if something sweet is desired | A small portion of fish or of white meat of chicken One very small, baked white potato A salad of lettuce or anything green, with oil A baked banana |
A spoonful or two of coarse wheat bran should be taken both at breakfast and at dinner; also, just before retiring, a glass of water and a few pieces of soaked evaporated apricots.
(The apricots should be omitted if there is a tendency toward either fermentation or rheumatism.)
Summer Menu. Constipation - Autointoxication Low Vitality
Choice of the following menus:
MENU I | MENU II |
BREAKFAST | |
Fresh fruit - grapes preferred A baked sweet potato Two very ripe bananas, with figs and cream Wheat bran | Wheat bran Melon or peaches Very ripe bananas with cream, nuts and raisins One glass of water One whipped egg |
LUNCHEON | |
Melon One fresh vegetable A bran gem with either butter or nut butter Two tablespoonfuls of nuts (choice) One glass of water | One or two fresh vegetables (choice) A baked potato or corn A green salad Bran, or a bran gem |
DINNER | |
A fruit salad made of bananas, raisins, and grated nuts; serve with whipped cream Two tablespoonfuls of nuts (choice) Cream cheese and one fig Boiled wheat, with sweet butter Two glasses of water A melon | Practically the same as for luncheon, with choice of junket or gelatin |
Supplementary Menu
Corn
Spinach
Two egg whites - poached or whipped A potato A salad Water and wheat bran
If there is a craving for something sweet, let the evening meal consist entirely of ice-cream and three or four glasses of water. All sweets may be omitted, however, if they do not especially appeal to the taste.
Take vigorous exercise and deep breathing just after rising, and just before retiring.
Fall Menu. Constipation - Autointoxication Low Vitality
Just after rising, eat a large bunch of grapes and drink a glass of water. Choice of the following menus:
MENU I | menu 11 |
BREAKFAST | |
Peaches, plums, or melon Whole wheat, or barley, boiled until soft; serve with butter and cream Wheat bran cooked, eaten with thin cream Water | Two or three exceedingly ripe bananas, eaten with nut butter and cream; also raisins, if something sweet is desired (Bananas may be baked if preferred) |
LUNCHEON | |
A bowl of clabbered milk, eaten with a very little sugar One whipped egg Half a cup of wheat bran | A baked white potato (Eat skins and all) One fresh vegetable A morsel of fish |
DINNER | |
Spinach, cooked One egg white Baked beans One fresh vegetable | Same as dinner (Menu I) with the addition of buttermilk or a morsel of fish (Some simple dessert may be taken with this meal, if desired) |
Just before retiring, take wheat bran or eat a large bunch of grapes.
Winter Menu. Constipation - Autointoxication Low Vitality
Breakfast
A small portion of plain wheat boiled until soft, or until the grains burst open; serve with cream and salt
A cup of wheat bran, cooked, eaten with butter and salt
Two egg whites and one yolk
One exceedingly ripe banana - must be very ripe; eat with one fig, cream, and a spoonful of either nuts or nut butter
A cup of hot barley water
Luncheon
A spoonful of wheat bran A portion of boiled onions A baked white potato - skins and all - with butter and salt
A cup of hot barley water
Dinner
A salad of anything green Choice of carrots, turnips, eggplant, parsnips, or squash, cooked in casserole dish - no cream A baked white potato
A morsel of fish or chicken, or an egg, cooked two minutes, eaten with butter
(One of the fresh vegetables should be made very hot with red pepper, or a small capsule of red pepper may be taken at the close of the meal)
From one to two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals.
Either grapes or wheat bran should be taken just before retiring. The wheat bran may be taken uncooked in hot water.
If constipation is not relieved after taking the quantity of bran prescribed, increase the quantity until the desired results are obtained, then gradually decrease the quantity, taking it only at the morning and the evening meal.
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