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Meatless Menus for Gaining Weight—Winter: Introduction

In studying all of the menus here presented for gaining weight, it is well to remember that we are giving directions for well individuals. If a person is both ill and too thin he needs expert attention.

There are many who are unable to gain weight and remain healthy. Such persons will do best if they stop trying to grow heavier. There are others who are too thin merely because they are poorly nourished. They can gain weight.

It is never well to gorge. Those who are too thin will do better if they allow the weight to come gradually, than if they try to force it to come in a short time. What good does it do to become heavier and grow ill at the same time?

In these chapters on gaining weight we allow many combinations that we do not consider proper in other circumstances. For instance, you will find milk and eggs permitted in the same meal. In ordinary circumstances it is best not to take any eggs with a portion of milk.

It is usually bad combining to take more than one concentrated starch in a meal. In these menus on gaining weight, two starches in a meal are not uncommon.

In gaining weight a person often overeats. This is a bad thing to do in ordinary circumstances.

As soon as the normal weight is reached the overeating should cease.