Spring Menu. Building Up The Nervous System Increasing 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. Building Up The Nervous System Increasing Vitality
On rising, drink two glasses of water, eat a little of some juicy fruit, and devote as much time as possible to vigorous deep breathing exercises before dressing. In taking these movements, inflate the lungs to their fullest capacity, and hold the breath for half a minute while executing one or two movements. In this way the cell capacity of the lungs can, in many instances, be doubled. Large lung capacity is of primary importance in cases of nervousness.
Choice of the following menus:
MENU I | MENU II |
Half a cup of boiled wheat, with cream and nuts Two "dead ripe" bananas, baked, eaten with thin cream and three or four Tunis dates (The dates may be omitted, if desired) A cup of sassafras tea, or cocoa | Cherries or berries with sugar and cream One whole egg, eaten with a new potato A small portion of wheat flakes, eaten with cream or butter One very ripe banana, with three or four dates, or an equivalent quantity of raisins A cup of sassafras tea, or cocoa |
Luncheon | |
One vegetable - choice of boiled onions, carrots, or spinach A baked potato One glass of buttermilk | (To be taken in the office) Two extremely ripe bananas, with nuts or raisins Cream cheese with dates |
Dinner | |
A salad, if desired Two of the following vegetables: Asparagus Beans Boiled onions Peas Baked new white potatoes One or two gems made from corn-meal or wheat bran Half a glass of buttermilk | A green salad Two of the following vegetables: Beans Peas Beets Spinach Boiled onions An egg, junket, or a very small portion of fish A baked white potato - eat skins and all |
About two glasses of water should be drunk at each of these meals - half a glass at the beginning, a glass during the progress of the meal, and half a glass at the close.
These meals are rather liberal, and if there should be the slightest fullness experienced after eating, the quantity should be reduced. The breakfasts are light, and one might add slightly to them if they do not satisfy normal hunger.
Mastication should be perfect. Eating should be very deliberate. Avoid heavy reading or earnest conversation while eating; these disturb the flow of saliva and prevent thorough mastication.
A cup of wheat bran, well cooked, should be taken with the morning and the evening meal about twice or three times a week.
A glass of water and the juice of a sweet orange may be taken just before retiring, and exercises as prescribed.
Summer Menu. Building Up The Nervous System Increasing Vitality
Breakfast
A melon or peaches Two or three tablespoonfuls of nuts One very ripe banana - red variety A baked sweet potato
One egg, either cooked two minutes, or whipped with a little sugar and lemon juice
Luncheon
One fresh vegetable - beans, beets, or corn A baked sweet or a white potato A glass of milk; buttermilk preferred A melon or very ripe peaches
Dinner
A small green salad, with oil Lima beans, okra, or corn A baked potato Figs, with cream and nuts
Supplementary Dinner
If there is a desire for something salty or more pungent in taste and flavor, the following menu may be used:
Fish or chicken A potato A fruit salad Ice-cream - home-made
If the two-meal-a-day plan is desired, luncheon may be omitted entirely, and the proportions composing the morning meal slightly increased.
Fall Menu. Building Up The Nervous System Increasing Vitality
Choice of the following menus:
MENU I | MENU II |
Breakfast | |
A cantaloup or peaches A small portion of boiled whole wheat, with cream Two tablespoonfuls of nuts with cream and figs One egg, either whipped or cooked two minutes | One or two red bananas, eaten with soaked prunes and cream A liberal portion of gelatin - very little sugar |
Luncheon | |
An ear or two of tender corn A baked sweet potato Nuts and raisins, with cream | One fresh vegetable - choice One egg, cooked two minutes A baked potato or baked beans |
Dinner
Endive or celery Lima beans and corn Whole wheat bread with butter A cantaloup
Fish or lobster - a very small portion
A baked potato
A fruit salad
Corn bread
Two egg whites, whipped with a particle of sugar and eaten with gelatin
Winter Menu. Building Up The Nervous System Increasing Vitality
Breakfast
A very little sweet juicy fruit - winter pears or grapes
One egg, prepared choice
One or two exceedingly ripe bananas, baked, eaten with cream, dates, figs, or raisins
A cup or two of cocoa
Luncheon
Any one or two fresh vegetables, such as:
Beans
Carrots
Onions
Peas
Squash
Turnips
A slice of coarse bread, or preferably a baked sweet or white potato
Dinner
One or two fresh vegetables
Choice of eggs or fish; eggs preferred
A green salad
A few nuts
One extremely ripe banana, with cream
Gelatin, with cream
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