Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-01-29
Answers to Food Questions

lightly sweetened custarde 81 -
cream made with sweet or suhac.d
fruits. One-duarter ounce II olive
oil NAV he taken with each meal This
viii supply some ~ the fit needed in
a very dieeEtihle form
Tho dietary in the main should ha'e
all irritating articles eliminated.
Finally. hit Of advice ba sed ~
personal experience While Won 49,
right il being careful about excessir.
meat eating. ! -eet that YOU IT,,
the experiment. Of VARYING YOUR die
by including in the above not mors
than tw" ounces Of very well cooked
white meat Of chicken lean part ~
nrniled chup. slice If roast beef or
hit If lean steak hrciled NJ own very
deep seated conviction is that excelr
III he individual cases where a pc
son would nc lietteT without meat su, r
procedure makes for better haIan,.
q the dict and better health.
VIII You please give me inform
ton bout albuminary trouble com.
pltcated hy hich-blood pressure" NJ
! have . Ciiet md also information =
10 what fruits and vegetables are fc--
tii(ou"-N~S T T. y
Simple hfSh-blood pressure ror
complicated with serious kidney dis
=
simple laxative diet one that is ma De
up largely Of fruits and vegetables
ana other foods not likely 10 putrefv
in the intestines
What YOU say of the other trouble
however complicates the situation
some what. To begin with the food
that should he omitted whe have meat
hrntnS and extracts. chocolate. tea
and coffee and eggs The diet should
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among which arc the following: An
pies. apricots. aspara gus. bananas.
fllcd leans. lima beans beers. cab
page. carrots. celery. cherries. Gran
herrl"S. dates. grapes. lines. n1ush
rooms cantaloupe. olives. onions. Or
angeS. peaches. parsips pineapple
pumpkin. radishes. spinach. Tomatoes
and turnipe
The list is so varied that it will not
he difficult 10 concoct an attractive
iletary These foods are all likely -
he Of service in combating the conf.
ton of high blood pressure.
l am :" years old. : feet inchea
tall. How much should I weigh?
should like 70 know the best wav fo,
reducing. Some one advised my sis
ter 70 follow diet of pineapple and
potatoes. or lettuce. milk and not
toes Would YOU advise that NJ,
sister i about my height and would
like n lose about Is pounds She
Weichs L. pounds. I weigh Ito
pounds. Any advice YOU may give
US for reduction OF weight will he
Ippreciated.-k b
Although ! take it that YOU are
interested in the reducing diet fcr
your sister and not for Yourself.
may l impress il upon YOU that You
are seven pounds under weight Your
normal weight should be about III
pounds
The best way 10 reduce is to follow
a normal mixed diet. cutting down
slightly on the portions While I do
not know your sisters age. and there
fore. cannot give her normal weigh
the fact that she weighs only L.
pounds makes me feel that | am PEI
fectly safe in the above advice 70 tell
her To let special diets of pineapple
potatoes and the like alone. Shs
should follow her normal mixed de
tary. as | said before. eating slightly
smaller portions Of everything This
VIII keep her digestion in order and
her body we'll fed
ttopvrlEht. 1896
The American Federation of Labor
plans a vigorous campaign to brin-
woman workers into trade unions.