Volume III

Lesson XIIPage

Harmonious Combinations of Food and Tables

of Digestive Harmonies and Disharmonies591

Chemical Changes Produced by Cooking593

Starch Digestion--Cooked and Uncooked597

Excuses for Cooking Our Food599

Experiment upon Animals601

Food Combinations603

How to Interpret the Tables607

Tables of Digestive Harmonies and Disharmonies609

Lesson XIII

Classification of Foods and Food Tables619

Simple Classification of Foods Based on

Principal Nutritive Substances621

Purposes which the Different Classes of Food

Serve in the Human Body625

Purpose of Carbohydrates625

Purpose of Fats626

Purpose of Proteids626

Purpose of Mineral Salts629

Difference between Digestibility and Assimilability630

Table showing Comparative Assimilability and

Carbohydrate and Water Content of Cereals,

Legumes, and Vegetables632

Lesson XIV

Vieno System of Food Measurement637

Energy639

Nitrogen641

Systems of Food Measurements Compared642

The "Old" System642

The New or "Vieno" System645

Necessity for a Simple System646

Explanation of Table648

Table of Food Measurements655

Lesson XV

Curative and Remedial Menus665

Introduction667

Cooking669

Grains669

Vegetables670

Cooking en casserole671

Rice and Macaroni672

Fruits672

Canned Goods673

Buttermilk674

Home-made Butter674

The Banana675

How to Select and Ripen Bananas676

Baked Bananas677

Recipes:

For Coddled Egg677

For Uncooked Eggs678

For Baked Omelet678

For Fish and Fowl678

For Green Peas in the Pod679

For Pumpkin680

For Vegetable Juice680

For Sassafras Tea681

Wheat Bran681

Bran Meal683

Choice of Menus683

Normal Menus685

Introduction to Normal Menus685

For Normal Child, 2 to 5 years687

For Normal Youth, 5 to 10 years692

For Normal Youth, 10 to 15 years696

For Normal Person, 15 to 20 years700

For Normal Person, 20 to 33 years704

For Normal Person, 33 to 50 years708

For Normal Person, 50 to 65 years712

For Normal Person, 65 to 80 years716

For Normal Person, 85 to 100 years720

Introduction to Curative Menus724

Curative Menus:

Superacidity726

Fermentation753

Constipation761

Gastritis763

Nervous Indigestion784

Nervousness789

Subacidity801

Biliousness809

Cirrhosis of the Liver822

Diarrhea832

Emaciation845