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variety at one meal, but vary the diet from day to day, as the appetite may indicate.
21. Eat at regular hours, so as to maintain the normal intestinal rhythm which secures the daily movements of the bowels. Rather than omit a meal entirely, eat some fruit or a cake of Colax (agar-agar) with fruit juice, or some other simple nutrient which will keep up the peristaltic procession and rhythm.
Never take food into the stomach when remains of a previous meal are present.
22. The best meal plan is to eat twice a day. Eight to nine A. M. and three to four P. M. are the best hours; or eleven A. M. and six P. M., if the retiring hour is necessarily very late. When breakfast is omitted or taken very late, it is an excellent plan to take some fruit soon after rising.
23. If three meals are eaten, the heartiest meal should be taken at midday. The breakfast should be substantial, the evening meal very light, especially avoiding pastry, fats, rich sauces, and hearty foods. The evening meal should consist chiefly of ripe or cooked fruits, liquid foods, and such cereals as boiled rice or cereal flakes.
24. Avoid iced foods and drinks. Very cold foods or drinks, if taken at all, should be swal-
