Lose 10 Pounds in 10 Days!

The fatter you are, the more you can expect to lose on this diet. The average overweight person who is reasonably active physically can anticipate an actual fat loss of about 5 pounds in 10 days. Total loss of weight should be even greater and immensely gratifying. An average loss of a pound a day, or a total of 10 pounds at the end of the 10-day period is not too much to hope for as the readjusting tissues begin to eliminate surplus water.

Your actual weight loss will depend upon physical activity, previous caloric diet level, rate of metabolism, tendency of tissues to retain water, and other factors. In rare cases of extreme water retention it may take four or five more days to show maximum weight loss, but when it does show up it often does so with pleasing suddenness. If you don't get results on this diet,we hate to say it the suspicion is in order that you're doing between-meal "piecing" or sneaking in an extra snack here and there. At its level of approximately 750 calories, weight loss is inevitable.

a.Take as much water, black coffee or clear tea as you wish.

b.Restrict salt, though this is unnecessary unless there is actual water retention.

c.Use saccharin for sweetening coffee or tea.

d.Use lemon or orange in tea.

f.Use salt, pepper and vinegar in salad dressings.

g.Take a daily teaspoon of baking soda in water to guard against possible acidosis.

i.Take a daily tablespoon of calcium phosphate for mineral values if your doctor approves.

j.Change the order of foods within the day. Use the milk allowance in coffee or tea.

k.Add white of a second egg to egg portions for greater satisfaction, few calories.

l.Change the order of a day's complete menu from one day to another if it helps you better to utilize cans of opened foods.

m.Substitute one meat for another (but retain the two servings of liver). Use buttermilk instead of skim milk.

You Must

Boil or poach eggs (any method except frying). Broil, boil, bake or roast meats, never fry them. Use water-packed apricots, peaches, etc., or drain off the

heavy syrup. Eat only the lean portion of meats.

You Must Not

Use mayonnaise or oil dressings (mineral oil is permissible but may prevent Vitamin A absorption from vegetables; Vitamin Cocktail guards against this).

Use sugar or butter, cream or fats in foods or their preparation.Omit items (except coffee or tea) or eat less food than is allowed per day.Continue the diet beyond ten days without your doctor's permission, or begin it if he advises against rapid reduction (the diet is perfectly safe for anyone in normal health).

Vitamin Cocktail

This tasty and vitamin-packed little drink is a valuable accessory to any reducing diet splendid even if you aren't reducing, for that matter. It is rich in Vitamins A, C, the B complex, and D, and guards against deficiency of these essentials in restricted diets. The calorie value is negligible considering its vitamin richness. Mix fresh daily and serve chilled.

Mix a tablespoon of dried brewer's yeast with five drops of haliver oil with viosterol (or other A and D concentrate) in half glass of tomato juice. Substitute other fruit juices if you prefer; some persons find milk a more pleasing vehicle than juices. Or you may prefer to munch brewer's yeast tablets, take one haliver oil

capsule per day, and include citrus juices for all-around vitamin protection.

DAY 1 - MONDAY

Breakfast

6 halves canned or stewed apricots

Black coffee

Lunch

Broiled hamburger, 2 patties

Generous lettuce, tomato and cucumber salad

2 glass whole milk

Coffee or tea

Dinner

Vitamin Cocktail or grapefruit juice

Lean steak, broiled

Half a cup string beans

Raw celery, 4 stalks

Coffee or tea

DAY 2 - TUESDAY

Breakfast

1 egg, boiled or poached

1 slice whole wheat bread or toast

Coffee

Lunch

1 egg, boiled or poached

Asparagus, 8-10 stalks

2 glass skim milk or buttermilk

Coffee or tea

Dinner

1 cup clear consomme

Liver, beef or calf, large serving, pan broiled

Half a cup cauliflower

Half sliced tomato

Coffee or tea

DAY 3 - WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Vitamin Cocktail or tomato juice

Coffee

Lunch

Lean broiled steak

Half a cup string beans

Coleslaw

Half a glass whole milk

Coffee or tea

Dinner

1 cup bouillon

2 pork chops, broiled, lean meat only

Half a cup of stewed celery

Mixed green salad: endive, onion, lettuce, green pepper, radish, cucumber, to suit

Coffee or tea

DAY 4 -THURSDAY

Breakfast

1 egg, boiled or poached

1 slice whole wheat bread or toast

Coffee

Lunch

1 egg boiled or poached

Half a cup of spinach, broccoli or beet greens

Raw celery, 4 stalks

Half a cup of glass skim milk

Dinner

1 cup bouillon

Broiled chicken (lean meat of half broiler)

Tossed salad: lettuce, tomato, cucumber,

radish, chopped parsley 1 sliced orange Coffee or tea

DAY 5 - FRIDAY

Breakfast

1 egg, boiled or poached

1 slice whole wheat toast or bread

Coffee

Lunch

Poached egg on spinach

Half a cup of cauliflower

Half a glass of skim milk

Coffee or tea

Dinner

1 cup clear consomme

Liberal serving of fish with lemon

(Haddock, sole, halibut, cod,

whitefish, etc., but not oily fishes

such as salmon or tuna)

Raw salad: shredded cabbage, grated carrot,

chopped parsley and green pepper

Coffee or tea

DAY 6 - SATURDAY

Breakfast

1sliced orange

Coffee

Lunch

Lean steak, broiled

Coleslaw

Half cup string beans

Half glass whole milk

Coffee or tea

Dinner

Vitamin Cocktail or tomato juice

2 lamb chops or

2 small pork chops,

broiled, lean meat only

Asparagus, 8-10 stalks Coffee or tea

DAY 7 - SUNDAY

Breakfast

Vitamin Cocktail or grapefruit juice

1 egg boiled or poached

Coffee

Dinner

1 cup consomme

Serving lean roast beef, or

Half breast of chicken

Half cup broccoli or beet greens Sliced tomato on lettuce

Coffee or tea

Supper

2 slices lean beef from Sunday roast

Half cup string beans

Half glass whole milk

2 halves canned peaches (or 1fresh)

Coffee or tea

DAY 8 - MONDAY

Breakfast

1 egg, boiled or poached

1 slice whole wheat bread or toast

Coffee

Lunch

1 egg, boiled or poached

Half cup stewed tomatoes

Half glass skim milk

1 cup shredded cabbage with chopped parsley and green pepper

Coffee or tea

Dinner

Vitamin Cocktail or orange juice

2 broiled veal chops, lean meat only

Half cup stewed celery

Half grapefruit

Coffee or tea

DAY 9 - TUESDAY

Breakfast

Sliced tomato on green lettuce leaves

Coffee

Lunch

Broiled hamburger, 2 patties

1cup boiled cabbage

Half glass whole milk

Dinner

Vitamin Cocktail or tomato juice

Liver, beef or calf, large serving,

pan broiled

Half cup spinach, or beet greens Raw celery, 4 stalks

Coffee or tea

DAY 10 - WEDNESDAY

Breakfast

Half grapefruit Coffee

Lunch

2 boiled or poached eggs

Coleslaw

Half cup stewed tomatoes

Half glass of skim milk

Coffee or tea

Dinner

1 cup clear consomme

2 slices lean roast beef or lamb

Salad: lettuce, cucumber and tomato

with chopped parsley Coffee or tea

and weigh yourself tomorrow morning!

Over equal periods of time, the Miracle Diet should reduce you just as swiftly as out-and-out fasting. And you'll be much happier about the whole thing. When the body is completely starved for longer than a brief period, it slows down its metabolism in order to conserve its substance whereas your object, as a weight reducer, is to use up that substance.

Eventually, of course, a starved body must begin to draw upon its reserves of flesh and the breakdown of these substances results in accumulations of acid products which do not have sufficient minerals and buffers to neutralize them because there has been no food intake. It is unlikely that a one-day fast could injure you, if you are in normal health and the idea has any appeal, but the benefits (aside from psychological ones) are dubious from any long-term point of view and physicians who favor rapid reducing diets do not prescribe fasts.