Diet & Health: A Daily Diet to Regain Health

For a more substantial evening meal, rolled oats (Quaker oats, etc.) or wheat porridge and fresh sweet fruit or raisins, figs, dates or prunes, and honey are recommended, the same as for breakfast, except that the almonds may be omitted at night.

Caution: Do not eat anything fried nor cooked in fat of any kind, as that makes the food too rich and indigestible, causing fermentation. Much rheumatism is due to fermentation in the system as a result of this practice.

Instead: Add some butter, or better still, some sesame oil, olive oil, almond oil or any good vegetable oil with lemon to taste, to the food as it is served. Preferably, allow each one to add this to his own portion of food, so that the amount may be according to the individual's taste and needs.

Caution: Never drink cold water, iced tea, etc., after the meals; it slows down the process of digestion. The stomach works at 105 degrees F [Fahrenheit] [40.6 degrees Celsius].

Instead: One may take fresh ginger juice with the meal, sufficient to suit the taste and aid digestion. For a hot drink, if one is desired with the meal, use the tea made of ginger, foenugreek [fenugreek] and peppermint, sweetened with honey.

Some good whole-wheat bread or toast may be taken sparingly. Bake your own whole-wheat or rye barley bread. But note that wheat, corn, millet, etc. are best cooked as porridge and more easily digested that way. It is soaked thoroughly and cooked longer.

Note: Only sweet fruits combine with cereals. Never combine acids and starches; that is, citrus fruit or juices (oranges, grapefruit, lemons, limes) should never be taken with the starches nor after a meal consisting of any starchy food (potatoes, rice and all cereals, bread), because it sours the food and causes fermentation, which is the background of many a case of arthritis and rheumatism.