Breakfast

Cherries or berries - neither sugar nor cream

Two bananas broiled in butter, or baked, eaten with cream

(They may be eaten uncooked if sufficiently ripe)

A few raisins, with either butter or nuts

Luncheon

Boiled onions - a liberal portion A baked potato

Dinner

Peas or asparagus A green salad - just a very little Baked beans or a baked potato; potato preferred

Just before retiring, drink a cup of water and eat a dozen ripe strawberries, without sugar or cream. This should be followed by vigorous exercise and deep breathing.

For recipe for baked bananas, see p. 677.

Summer Menu. Headache - Torpid Liver

Breakfast

Melon, peaches, or berries One or two whipped eggs A small portion of plain boiled wheat, with very little butter; no cream

Luncheon

Spinach or a green salad

Any fresh vegetable

A potato - baked, boiled, or mashed

Dinner

Cantaloup or melon

Okra, eggplant, string beans, spinach, Brussels sprouts, carrots, or turnips

One whipped egg, or a portion of gelatin with cream and fruit

Fall Menu. Headache - Torpid Liver

First Day: Immediately on rising, take a glass or two of water and a bit of any juicy fruit - grapes preferred. Devote as much time as possible to exercises Nos. 1, 3, and 5. (See Vol. V, pp. 1343,1344, and 1345, giving preference to No. 3.) Do not exercise until too much fatigued, but rest every twenty or thirty movements.

Breakfast

A bunch of grapes - California variety; swallow seeds and pulp whole; masticate and swallow the skins

Half a glass of water

An egg, cooked one and a half minutes; eat with a potato

Whole wheat, boiled

A cup of hot water or chocolate at the close of the meal

Luncheon

One or two fresh vegetables; preferably boiled onions, string beans, or carrots A baked potato

Anything green in the way of a salad - either lettuce, endive or romaine, with oil, lemon juice, and sugar

A cup of hot water

Dinner

A green salad or spinach

Choice of two of the following vegetables - carrots, string beans, boiled onions, squash, or turnips; preferably boiled onions and carrots

A baked potato

Just a bite or two of the proteids, such as egg, fish, or white meat of chicken

A cup of hot water

Just before retiring, take the juice of half an orange, half a glass of water, and devote as much time as possible to exercises prescribed for the morning.

Second Day: Same as the first, slightly-varying the meals according to choice of vegetables.

Third Day: Same as the second.

Fourth Day: In regard to water-drinking, exercising, and eating a particle of fruit just after rising, see the rules which were given for the first day.

Breakfast

A portion of wheat bran, served with thin cream Coarse cereal, with either nut butter or nuts A sweet potato, baked, or sliced and broiled in butter

Luncheon

A tomato, stuffed with fine vegetables, and baked

One fresh vegetable

A salad or celery

A baked sweet or a white potato

A cup of hot water

(A cup of cool water during the progress of the meal)

Dinner

Celery or a salad - a very small quantity

One fresh vegetable such as boiled onions, carrots, parsnips, or turnips

Choice of one whipped egg, fish, or white meat of chicken

A cup of hot water or cocoa

Half a cup of wheat bran.

Just before retiring, eat a small bunch of grapes, drink a glass of water, and take exercise, as prescribed for the first day.

Fifth Day: Same as the fourth.

Sixth Day: Same as the first.

Seventh Day: Same as the second, continuing for ten or twelve days.

Winter Menu. Headache - Torpid Liver

The element protein slightly predominates in these menus, while the fat-producing nutrients are minimized.

Choice of the following: