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/Explaining, in Plain Language, the Chemistry of Food and the Chemistry of the Human Body, together with the Art of Uniting these Two Branches of Science in the Process of Eating, so as to Establish Normal Digestion and Assimilation of Food and Normal Elimination of Waste, thereby Removing the Causes of Stomach, Intestinal, and All Other Digestive Disorders/
NEW YORK THE CHRISTIAN DIETETIC SOCIETY 1914
/Copyright, 1914 by EUGENE CHRISTIAN ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
Malassimilation and Autointoxication 1074
_LOW VITALITY--UNDERWEIGHT WEAK DIGESTION_
Take a cool sponge or a shower bath, a few minutes' vigorous exercise, and a cup of hot water just after rising.
Strained orange juice, diluted--one-half water
One egg whipped five or six minutes with a rotary egg beater, to which add a spoonful of sugar, a flavor of pineapple juice, and a glass of milk
Half-cup of wheat bran, cooked, and a spoonful or two of steamed wheat
Three eggs prepared as for breakfast, adding two glasses of milk. Drink slowly
A two-egg omelet rolled in cream and grated nuts
Take sufficient wheat bran night and morning to keep the bowels in normal action.
_LOW VITALITY--UNDERWEIGHT WEAK DIGESTION_
A very ripe peach or plum, a cup of cool water, exercise and deep breathing on rising.
Cantaloup, peaches, cherries, or any very ripe sweet fruit Buttermilk or egg, prepared choice A baked sweet potato
Three glasses of milk, taking one-half glass every five or six minutes A small portion of wheat bran, cooked