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1 p.m. Cooked Vegetables. (To be conserva-
tively cooked. No spices. Salt alone to
be added.)
7 p.m. 1 glass of milk (8 02.)
and 3 medium-sized, fully ripe bananas,
or an enquivalent quantity of any other
fruit.
If need be, the same programme may be followed
for two or three days subsequently- By this time, if
the acute indigestion had no background of chronic
(long-standing) ill-healh, the patient will be quite
fit and digestion will be normal. He -may then
change over to one or other of the two programmes
out-lined below : (It should be clearly understood
that there is no rigidity about the diet plans which
have been suggested. If the patient has understood
the principles of Vital Economy and Positive Diet,
as taught by Sri K. Lakshmana Sarma, he can easily
evolve a plan of his own which will suit his bodily
condition, environment and financial means.* )
II
Up to 10 or 11 a.m. Nothing except water.
11 a.m. Meal consisting of rotis (or rice) and
cooked vegetables, (.4 small spoonful of
butter/ and a cup of curd may also be
taken.)
7 p.m. A glass of milk
2 to 4 oz. of dried fruits (one kind only.)
Some fresh fruits (one kind only.)
Ill
ALTERNATIVE PLAN
9 a.m. A glass of buttermilk with 1 02. of the
raw juice of vegetables^ddedJoJL__
* Those who have work at office or school during the day
should make a slight modification in the plans suggested. They
should take the lighter meal duiing tha day and the more
substantial one at night,