_RUN-DOWN CONDITION FLATULENCY--UNDERWEIGHT_
FIRST DAY: On rising, drink two cups of hot water. Also eat half a pound of grapes, and devote from three to five minutes to exercises Nos. 3 and 5. (See Vol. V, pp. 1344 and 1345.)
Corn bread or a baked white potato One extremely ripe banana, eaten with thin cream, nut butter, and a few raisins Cocoa or milk
Choice of carrots, parsnips, squash, or any fresh vegetable A baked sweet potato
A salad of anything green Any two of the following: [C] Boiled onions, string beans, carrots, squash, parsnips, turnips, or pumpkin A baked potato A very small portion of fish or white meat of chicken. (If neither of these are convenient, an egg cooked two minutes may be substituted.)
Eggs, buttermilk, or cheese are preferable to fish or chicken, but the latter may be used to bring up the proteid balance, when the former articles cannot be procured.
[C] Some one of these vegetables should be made very hot with red pepper for the purpose of exciting stomach and intestinal peristalsis.
A glass of water should be drunk at each of these meals.
SECOND DAY: The same as the first, increasing or decreasing the quantity of food according to normal hunger. Do not overeat.
No doubt the symptoms the first two or three days will be that of weakness and emptiness. This will pass away during the week. There is ample nourishment in the articles prescribed to sustain the body even under strenuous physical labor, but these combinations of food may not be well assimilated the first few days.
A cup of hot water One whole egg cooked two minutes Whole wheat muffins A cup of chocolate
A salad A portion of tender fish or two glasses of milk A baked potato or a whole wheat gem A cup of hot water
A bit of green salad Choice of fish, eggs, or buttermilk One fresh vegetable--preferably string beans made very hot with red pepper A baked white potato (A liberal portion of spinach could be eaten at this meal) A cup of hot water
Wheat bran or a few Concord grapes just before retiring.
SEVENTH DAY: The same as the second and so on, for a period of about fifteen days.
It is well to remember that the best nourished person is the one who subsists upon the fewest number of things that will give to the body the required amount and character of nutrition.