Make selection from foods listed below: Take special note of foods to be avoided.
Avoid completely: Sugar, potatoes, corn, rice, barley, lentils, hominy, split peas, bananas, tapioca, macaroni, pancakes, noodles, spaghetti, cake, candy, pastries, malted milks, prunes, raisins, canned fruit juices, cereals, bread, rolls, toast, ice cream.
Foods allowed in unlimited quantities:.
All diary products — milk, buttermilk, cream, cheeses, eggs, butter.
All meats, fish, poultry — Prepared any style; no breaded cutlets or breaded chops; no gravies thickened with flour; no stews with potatoes or rice.
Nuts — All kinds allowed except peanuts, cashews, chestnuts.
Try to have your meals on time. Take some milk, or tomato juice, or cheese, or nuts, between meals or at bedtime. Avoid sweet.
Vegetables allowed:.
asparagus.
string beans.
wax beans.
Brussels sprouts.
cabbage.
celery.
spinach.
cauliflower.
kale.
tomatoes.
lettuce.
olives.
fresh peas.
egg plant.
endive.
water cress.
broccoli.
green pepper.
radishes.
pumpkin.
carrots.
onions (cooked).
squash.
turnips.
beets.
Fruits.
oranges.
grapefruit.
lemon.
watermelon.
apples (peeled).
pears (peeled).
blueberries.
blackberries.
raspberries.
limes.
honeydew.
cantaloupe.
peaches (peeled).
pineapples.
strawberries.
grapes.
cherries.
fresh plums (peeled).
Take only one portion of fruit at a meal, i.e., dont eat more than one orange or apple at a time. Apple sauce prepared without sugar is all right; apples may be baked without sugar. Dont use dried fruits.
SUGGESTED MEALS:.
Breakfast. 1. small orange or 2 grapefruit.
2. eggs (any style) with or without bacon or ham; or fish if desired.
cheese.
butter.
glass milk; light coffee without sugar.
Lunch.
1. Tomato juice or clear broth; meat, fish, poultry; cooked vegetables; salad; fruit; milk.
2. Tomato juice, fruit, broth; combination salad (egg, sardine, salmon, cold cuts, etc.); no potato salad; cheese; milk, light coffee, no sugar; nuts.
Dinner.
Soup (clear broth, or vegetable soup cooked with permitted vegetables); entree ( fruit, oysters, tomato juice, etc.); meat, fish, poultry; vegetables; salad; butter; fruit, cheese, nuts; milk; coffee — cut down as much as possible — take light coffee.
Note: Dont sleep late and miss breakfast. If necessary, get up and eat and return to bed. Have something between meals at 10 a.m., 4 p.m. Tobacco — cut down as much as possible. Dont smoke before meal time.
