Spring Menu. Insomnia - Nervousness Low Vitality

Both insomnia and nervousness are symptoms of the same conditions. The following menus, therefore, are for the purpose of removing primary causes, which are usually either stomach or intestinal fermentation.

The logical remedy for fermentation is to limit the diet to the fewest number of articles that will give to the body the necessary elements of nutrition.

Breakfast

A cup of hot water

Corn hominy or boiled wheat

A banana, baked, or sliced and broiled in butter

A cup of cool water

Luncheon

A liberal portion of peas in the pod A baked potato

Dinner

Light vegetable soup

Peas or asparagus

Baked potatoes

A cup of hot water

Half-cup of wheat bran, cooked

Note: New peas should be cooked in the pod, as the shell contains better nutrition than the pea. For recipe, see p. 679.

Summer Menu. Insomnia - Nervousness Low Vitality

Breakfast

Cantaloup or very ripe pear, with cream A baked sweet potato, with butter A pint of rich milk Wheat bran

Luncheon

An ear or two of tender corn A green salad One egg, whipped

Dinner

Lettuce and tomato salad, with grated nuts String beans, with raw onion Tender corn, scraped from the cob, cooked with very little rich milk and the white of an egg Cantaloup

The quantity of food prescribed is sufficient for one performing very light labor. If the duties should be strenuous, the quantity may be slightly increased, but the proportions and the combinations should be observed.

Fall Menu. Insomnia - Nervousness Low Vitality

Vigorous exercise, deep breathing, and a glass or two of water should be taken on rising.

Breakfast

(Half hour later)

Cantaloup, pears, or persimmons Baked bananas, served with cream Steamed figs, with thin cream A spoonful of nuts

Luncheon

Corn on the cob or boiled wheat

String beans

Spinach

Dinner

Romaine and tomato salad A liberal portion of baked white potato or tender corn

Carrots or parsnips Cheese with hard cracker A cup of thin cocoa

If there should be congestion of the bowels, a liberal service of Concord or blue grapes should be eaten the first thing after rising, and the last thing before retiring. The pulp and seeds should be swallowed, and the skins well masticated.

Winter Menu. Insomnia - Nervousness Low Vitality

A cup or two of hot water, deep breathing, and vigorous exercise immediately after rising.

Breakfast

Half a pound of Tokay or Malaga grapes, masticating and swallowing both skins and seeds

Two fresh eggs, whipped very thoroughly, slightly sweetened with honey or maple-sugar, and flavored with fruit-juice. Add half a glass of milk to each egg and drink slowly

Luncheon

A small portion of wheat bran, cooked A pint and a half of junket, taken slowly One bran meal gem

Dinner

Carrots or winter squash

A small portion of tender fish or a whipped egg

A baked potato

A cup of cool water

To increase vital energy depends not so much upon the quantity as upon the amount of food ingested or assimilated. These menus are rather light for one of low vitality, but they are made to meet the requirements of one suffering from nervousness and insomnia. If, however, these conditions do not prevail, the quantity may be increased, but the combinations should be carefully observed.