DIET FOR CORPULENT PEOPLE
Fat persons should eat in moderate quantity any of the following articles of food:
1.The lean of meat.
2.Poultry, game.
3.Fish, fresh or salted, eggs, toast, greens, cabbage, water- cresses, spinach.
And avoid eating;
1.Fat meats.
2.Bread, biscuits, rice, arrow-root, sago, macaroni, vermicelli, puddings and pastry of all kinds, custards, cheese, butter, cream.
3.Sugar in any form.
4.Potatoes, parsnips, turnips, carrots.
5.Fruits of all kinds, fresh or preserved.
They may drink:
1.Tea and coffee without sugar or cream.
2.Acid wines, claret, dry sherry, seltzer, tamarind, or soda water.
3.Unsweetened spirits in great moderation
And avoid drinking:
1.Stout, porter and ale of all kinds.
2.Milk, sweet and port-wines, liqueurs, cocoa, and chocolate.