Tip 239. More Than Just a Diet For Losing Weight
A suitably planned course of dietetic
treatment, in conjunc
t
ion with suitable exercise
a
nd other measures for promoting elimination is the only scientific way of dealing with obesity.
The chief c
o
nsideration in this treatment should
b
e the balanced selec
t
ion of foods which provide the max
i
mum
e
ssential
nut
r
ients with t
h
e least number of calories.
To begin wi
t
h, the patie
n
t should un
d
ertake a juice fast for s
e
ven to ten days. Juices
of lemon, grape fruit,
orange, pin
e
apple, cab
b
age, celery, may be tak
e
n during this period. Lo
n
g juice
fast up to 40 days can also be under
t
aken, but o
n
ly under ex
p
ert guidance and supervision. In the alternative, short juice fasts
sh
o
uld be repe
a
ted at regul
a
r intervals of
two months or so
until the desired reducti
o
n in weight is achieved.
After the juice fast, the
p
atient should spend a f
u
rther four or five days on an all-fruit
d
iet, taking three meals of fresh juicy fruits such as oranges,
grapefruit,
pineapple
a
nd papaya. Thereafter,
he may gra
d
ually embark upon a l
o
w-calorie well- balanced
diet of three
basic food
g
roups, namely (i) seeds, nuts
a
nd grains, (i
i
) vegetables and (iii)frui
t
s
, with emphasis on r
a
w fruits, vegetables, and fresh juices.
The foods which should
be drastic
a
lly curtailed
o
r altogether
avoided are high-fat foo
d
s such
as
butter,
c
h
eese,
choc
o
lates,
crea
m
,
ice-cream,
fat meats, fried foods, a
n
d gravies; high carbohydrate foods like
bread, can
d
y, cake, co
o
k
ies, cer
e
al
products, l
e
gumes, potatoes, honey, sugar, syrup and rich puddin
g
s beverages s
u
ch
as
a
ll
-
fountain
dri
n
ks
and
alc
o
holic drinks.
Tip 240.
Vegetable Juices that Fight Fatigue
Raw veget
a
ble juic
e
s
,
e
s
pecially carrot juice, t
a
ken
separately or in combination with juices of beets and cucumbers, is highly valuable in overcoming fati
g
ue. The formula proportions considered
helpful in t
h
e combination juice of
5
00 ml are carrot 300 ml and beet a
n
d cucumber
100 ml each.
The patient
should avoid depending for an energy lift, on c
r
utches s
u
ch as taking
a
spirin, tranquill
i
se
r
s
and other
drugs, drink
i
ng coffee or
alcohol,
smoking, eati
n
g some sugar or
sweets. Th
e
y give only a
temporary
boost and t
h
is is
soon followed by a downward
p
lunge of energy, leaving the suff
e
rer worse than before.
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