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Leanness

p. 527 · The White House Cook Book
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Is caused generally by lack of power in the digestive organs to digest

and assimilate the fat-producing elements of food. First restore

digestion, take plenty of sleep, drink all the water the stomach will

bear in the morning on rising, take moderate exercise in the open air,

eat oatmeal, cracked wheat, graham mush, baked sweet apples, roasted

and broiled beef, cultivate jolly people, and bathe daily.

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p. 527