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The Mineral and Acid Family:

This is made up of apples, oranges, prunes, raisins, cabbage, onions, carrots, squash, green salads, greens, potatoes, bananas, grapes, rhubarb, dates, beets, parsnips, pumpkins, turnips, cucumbers, and other fruits and vegetables.

The Meat and Meat Substitute Family, Known as the Proteins:

Beef, poultry, lamb, fish, cheese, beans, peas, eggs, peanuts, and milk.

The Starch Family:

Wheat, oatmeal, graham, and corn bread; such breakfast foods as oatmeal, cornmeal mush, rice, and fine wheat cereals, and muffins and cakes made of these different grains.

The Sugar Family:

Cane and beet sugar, molasses, syrup, honey, dried fruits such as dates and raisins, jam, marmalade, candy, maple sugar, and frosted cakes.

The Family of Fats:

Butter, olive and peanut. oil, lard, and other fats used in frying, bacon, nut butter, and the fat of meat.