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Thirdly, sweet dried fruits may be eaten all the year round, and should 

 be eaten with nut meal. 



Fourthly, raisins stand at the head of all fruits, and if soaked for twelve 

 to twenty- four hours before being eaten are the finest of fruits for curing 

 anasmia and debility, and for supporting the needs of the body in old age 

 as well as in youth. 



Fifthly, tomatoes, walnuts, nut butters, peanuts, malted peanuts, are 

 rich in proteids, and produce most meaty dishes when wisely prepared. 



Sixthly, apples and grapes should be in every house in the land all the 

 year round, and when they cannot be obtained raisins should be used so 

 that every adult eats four pounds of apples or grapes or one pound of 

 raisins per week. 



Seventhly, nuts are far too little known, but are of immense importance. 

 The newer pine kernels and butter nuts are readily digestible, while most 

 of the other nuts can be used if put through a nut mill, and the remainder 

 can be eaten by nearly everybody if used in their malted form ; while the 

 nut butters should replace all the other animal fats for those who love 

 daintiness and purity from disease. 



Eighthly, fruits and nuts may be taken at any time of the day if due 

 care be taken in mastication, but if taken w^ith cereals they are better 

 taken early in the day rather than at night. 



Ninthly, the best adjuncts to fruit are cream, clotted cream, curds and 

 whey, milk puddings, fresh cheese, cream cheese, and honey. 



Tenthly, by the right use of a wisely selected fruit diet a large number 

 of diseases which are caused by excess of proteid waste {e.g. gout, head- 

 ache, constipation, debility) can be cured. 



Eleventhly, by the right use of fruit juices and fruit salines the deposits 

 which are the causes of old age can be reabsorbed, and youth and activity 

 be perpetuated much longer. 



Twelfthly and lastly, I believe in the old adage, only in a much more 

 amplified form, that "an apple a day keeps the doctor away," and that it 

 would be to the permanent welfare of England to grow more apples and 

 breed fewer doctors. 



