Breakfast

Whole wheat, thoroughly cooked Two bananas, baked, if not very ripe; serve with cream and either nut butter or nuts

Luncheon

Baked beans, with sauce of olive-oil, lemon juice and sugar A cup of chocolate

Dinner

A green salad

Smelts, or any young or tender fish

A potato

An onion

Gelatin, with fruit

Vigorous exercise and deep breathing are very necessary both in decreasing weight and increasing strength. At least three hours daily should be spent in the open air, and the lungs should be filled to their utmost capacity.

The bowels should be kept in normal condition.

(See Menus for Constipation.)

Summer Menu. For Decreasing Weight And Increasing Strength

Breakfast

Cherries, berries, cantaloup, or melon A red banana, with nuts One or two eggs, whipped - dash of sugar; flavor with lemon or pineapple juice

Luncheon

Green beans, with onion Corn or a potato

Dinner

Celery or shredded cabbage, with nuts and oil

Sweet potatoes - butter

Corn

Melon

A glass of water or thin cocoa may be taken at each of the above meals.

Fall Menu. For Decreasing Weight And Increasing Strength

Breakfast

A cantaloup

A banana, with raisins, cream, and nuts An egg, cooked two minutes A bran gem or a whole wheat cracker, or whole wheat bread

Luncheon

A pint of junket or two glasses of buttermilk

Dinner

A green salad, with oil and nuts A rare omelet, rolled in scraped corn A potato - sweet or white A cantaloup

Winter Menu. For Decreasing Weight And Increasing Strength

Immediately on rising devote five minutes to exercises and deep breathing.

Breakfast

Wheat bran and flaked wheat, cooked together; use a liberal service of cream A cup of cocoa

Luncheon

Spinach, with egg white

A bran gem or a whole wheat muffin

A vegetable or fruit salad, with oil and nuts

Dinner

Boiled onions, parsnips, or carrots - any two of these

A baked potato

A very small portion of fish or white meat of chicken

A cup of hot water