best vinegar for the purpose of
salad dressing. Celery, lettuce, tomatoes, onions, water-cress, parsley,
cucumbers, and other foods of this character are suitable for salad
purposes. Spinach, dandelion leaves, and other greens can be recommended
in their cooked form, and it is unnecessary to add that virtually all
cooked vegetables are of value.

Fruits of all kinds can be recommended for the same reasons that make
the green salads so useful to the body. They are of the very
greatest value where there is any tendency toward biliousness. In many
cases of this kind where it is undesirable to undertake an absolute
fast as a means of setting the stomach right and where there is a lack
of appetite, a fruit fast can be highly recommended. This is simply an
exclusive diet of fresh acid fruits, such as oranges, grapefruit,
grapes, cherries, apples and other fresh fruits in season. It is
especially important to know in such a case that these fruits should be
eaten in their strictly natural condition, properly ripened and without
the addition of sugar. As a general thing a sufficient allowance of
fruit and green salads will so balance the diet that one is not likely
to have any trouble even if he eats heartily of the foods served at the
ordinary table.

It would be well also to remember that acid fruits have valuable
antiseptic (cleansing) qualities. They keep the mouth and teeth as well
as the alimentary canal in a wholesome state. In fact the frequent use
of acid fruit, more especially the orange, is of great value in
counteracting the effects of digestive difficulties on the mouth and
teeth. If a small piece of orange is taken whenever there is an
unpleasant taste in the mouth it will destroy the germ life that is
being rapidly propagated under such circumstances, though such symptoms
indicate also the need of acid fruit of some sort by the stomach.
Especially is this required if there is a craving for fruit of this
sort. In such cases the rule against eating between meals may be
disregarded. Whenever you have a strong desire for acid fruits between
meals you are usually safe in using them. In fact they are often sorely
needed under such circumstances to assist in digesting a meal that may
have been eaten some hours previously. Indigestion which leaves the
mouth with a foul, unpleasant taste is often noticed on awakening at
night after a hearty meal the evening before. On such occasions a few