p483  Appendix (D)

Skeleton Diet (880 calories)

Morning: 1 cup (250 C.C.) coffee or tea, with 1 tablespoon (15 C.C.) milk; 1 small slice (50 g.) brown bread, or ½ slice (30 g.) white bread.

Forenoon: 1 small orange or 1 small apple, or similar amount of other fresh fruit.

Noon: 2 slices (250 g.) roast meat; 2 portions (200 g.) green vegetables, boiled; a little fruit.

Afternoon: ½ cup (125 C.C.) coffee, with 1 tablespoon (15 C.C.) milk.

Evening: 1 slice (100 g.) meat, or a little chicken or fish; 1 portion (100 g.) green vegetables; ½ slice brown bread (25 g.); 1 cup tea (if desired).

At Bedtime: A little raw fruit.

Accessory Diet (each portion 100 calories)

20 g. roast beef; 200 g. oysters; 40 g. white bread, graham bread or rye bread; 20 g. Zwieback; 12½ g. butter; 20 g. Swiss cheese; 25 g. sugar; 100 g. potatoes; 30 g. rice, peas, beans, or buckwheat; 20 g. flour; 200 g. apples; 150 g. apple sauce; 500 g. cranberries; 150 g. milk; 150 g. wine; 30 g. brandy or whiskey.

Accessory Diet of Filling Foods of Low Caloric Value

This diet goes with a walk of •three miles each day at one time.

The loss in weight is •one pound daily.

After the desired weight is attained the diet will be made three times the skeleton diet above named and changes can be made to suit.

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