Food For The Aged

Food For the Aged.

Food for the aged, according to a prominent English authority, should consist in the main of fruits and vegetables, as the acids dissolve out the lime salts from the tissues and so prevent too early stiffness of the joints and other parts. Tea and coffee are best avoided, as they cause paralysis or want of proper control over the limbs. Pork, veal, cheese and much flesh food must be avoided, as a heavy meal of any of these foods is liable to induce a stroke of apoplexy. All food should be simple, plainly cooked and taken in great moderation, lest the digestive organs be overtaxed. Breakfast may consist of porridge and milk, whole wheat bread and milk or whole wheat bread and fruit and a cup of cocoa or milk. Dinners may consist of vegetable soup and bread, macaroni, vegetables and some simple plainly cooked nonflesh dish; for dessert, stewed fruit and bread or plain rice, sago, tapioca or macaroni pudding. If flesh or fish is eaten, it should be of the most digestible kinds, as lean beef or mutton or boiled or baked white meated fish, and then in moderation. Supper may consist of whole wheat bread and fruit or boiled onions, celery or beet root and cup of cocoa or milk and water. Food should not be taken for at least three hours before going to bed.