Use one grain at a time. Chapati, rice and
pulses, milk, ghee, gur and oil are used in ordinary households besides
vegetables and fruit. I regard this as an unhealthy combination. Those
who get animal protein in the shape of milk, cheese, eggs or meat need
not use pulses at all. The poor people get only vegetable protein. I the
well-to-do give up pulses and oils, they set free these two essentials
for the poor who get neither animal protein nor animal fat. Then the
grain eaten should not be sloppy. Half the quantity suffices when it is
eaten dry and not be sloppy. Half the quantity suffices when it with raw
salads such as onion, carrot, radish, salad leaves, tomatoes. An ounce
or two of salads serve the purpose of eight ounces of cooked vegetables.
Chapatis or bread should not be eaten with milk. To begin with, one meal
may be raw vegetables and chapatti or bread, and the other cooked
vegetables with milk or curds.
Sweet dishes should be eliminated
altogether. Instead gur in small quantities may be taken with milk or
bread or by itself.
Fresh fruit is god to eat, but only a
little is necessary to give tone to the system. It is an expensive
article, and an over-indulgence by the well-to-do has deprived the poor
and the ailing of an article which they need much more than the
well-to-do.
Any medical man who has studied the
science of dietetics will certify that what I have suggested can do no
harm to the body, on the contrary it must conduce to better health.