tomatoes.

3. Fruit juices, especially from sour fruits: Grape juice, lemonade,
fruit soup, etc.

4. All foods high in fat: Butter, cream, eggs, eggnog, ripe olives,
olive oil, nuts--especially pecans, brazil nuts, and pine nuts.

5. Buttermilk and koumiss.

6. All foods rich in cellulose: Wheat flakes, asparagus, cauliflower,
spinach, sweet potatoes, green corn and popcorn, graham flour, oatmeal
foods, whole-wheat preparations, bran bread, apples, blackberries,
cherries, cranberries, melons, oranges, peaches, pineapples, plums,
whortleberries, raw cabbage, celery, greens, lettuce, onions,
parsnips, turnips, lima beans, and peanuts.

White bread should be tabooed, and in its place a well-made bran bread
should be used. Two recipes for bran bread follow, one sweetened and
containing fruit, the other unsweetened:

BRAN BREAD RECIPES

1. Two eggs, beaten separately; three-fourths cup of molasses, plus
one round teaspoon of soda; one cup of sour cream; one cup of sultana
seedless raisins; one cup of wheat flour, plus one heaping teaspoon
baking powder; two cups of bran; stir well and bake one hour.

2. One cup of cooking molasses; one teaspoon of soda; one small
teaspoon of salt, one pint of sour milk or buttermilk, one quart of
bran, one pint of flour. Stir well, and bake for one hour in a very
slow oven. It may be baked in loaf, or in gem pans, as preferred. The
bread should be moist and tender, and may be eaten freely, day after
day, and is quite sure to have a salutary effect if used persistently.

The drinking of one-half glass of cold water on rising in the morning
often aids in keeping the bowels active. Of the laxative drugs which
may be used at such a time, cascara sagrada and senna are among the
least harmful. Two recipes of senna preparation follow, and may be
tried in obstinate cases:

1. _Senna Prunes._ Place an ounce of senna leaves in a jar and pour
over them a quart of boiling water. After allowing them to stand for
two hours strain, and to the clear liquid add a pound of well-washed
prunes. Let them soak over night. In the morning cook until tender in
the same water, sweetening with two tablespoons of brown sugar. Both
the fruit and the sirup are laxative. Begin by eating a half-dozen of
the prunes with sirup at night, and increase or decrease the amount as
may be needed.

2. _Senna with prunes and figs._ This recipe does not call for
cooking. Take a pound of dried figs and a pound of dried