The following menus should be carefully adhered to for two or three days, or until normal hunger is produced:

Breakfast

Prunea or dried peaches Bananas, nuts, or nut butter A pint of rich milk

Luncheon

A light vegetable, such as boiled onions, peas, or new potatoes A glass or two of milk

Dinner

Two eggs, coddled A baked white potato

Another Spring Menu For A Youth. Anemia - Malassimilation - Underweight - No Appetite

When good digestion and normal hunger are restored, the following menus should be given:

Breakfast

Farina, rice, or corn hominy, with butter and a very little sugar Fresh milk - one or two glasses

Luncheon

Baked potatoes Milk

Dinner

Peas or beans, creamed onions A potato

Rice or corn bread Gelatin or boiled custard

Vigorous exercise and outdoor sport should be encouraged.

Summer Menu For A Youth. Anemia - Malassimilation - Underweight - No Appetite

Breakfast

Cantaloup, peaches, or plums

A very rare omelet or a coddled egg

A corn-meal gem

Milk

Luncheon

Milk or buttermilk - buttermilk preferred A bran gem or a whole wheat gem

Dinner

One or two vegetables

Rice or corn

Milk

A cantaloup

Drink an abundance of water. Spend all the time possible out of doors.

Fall Menu For A Youth. Anemia - Malassimilation - Underweight - No Appetite

Choice of the following:

MENU I

MENU II

Breakfast

Two or three egg whites, whipped three or four minutes, into which whip a teaspoonful each of olive-oil and lemon juice, and a heaping teaspoonful of sugar. Add a cup of rich milk

One exceedingly ripe banana, eaten with nut butter, cream, and figs or dates

A glass or two of milk

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Luncheon

Turnips, carrots, parsnips, squash - any two of these

A bit of whole wheat bread or a baked potato

Milk

Boiled onions

A bit of tender fish or an egg. (The egg might be whipped as for morning)

A baked potato - sweet or white

Milk

Dinner

Choice of one vegetable (see luncheon) One egg whipped, or a glass of milk. (Both, if the appetite will accept them) A baked potato - sweet or white

An egg, or clabbered milk, with a little sugar A baked potato One fresh vegetable

It would be preferable to make the entire meal (dinner) upon whipped eggs, if they appeal to the taste.

For "Choice of Menus," see p. 683, Vol. III.

Winter Menu For The Youth. Anemia - Malassimilation - Underweight - No Appetite

Breakfast

A cup of chocolate or cocoa, or warm milk Steamed wheat, farina, or corn hominy

Luncheon

Vegetable soup Fish or a potato Milk

Dinner

One fresh vegetable A potato Chicken or fish Ice-cream - very little

For primary causes of Anemia, see Lesson I, "Chart showing different diseases caused by Superacidity," p. 9.