A post on FB asked for help on Glandular Fever. I replied, My daughter had it in year one in high school. Adele Davis’ recommendations knocked it on the head within a fortnight.
She then asked where to find the recommendation so not easily finding it on the web, I pulled out my old, discoloured copy of the book and transcribed this for her:
Fortified Milk or Pep-Up
Let’s Get Well by Adele Davis, 1987
ISBN 0-04-612029-7
pg 301
Tissues can rebuild at maximum speed only when all nutrients are supplied at one time; hence this drink – a friend calls it the scorcerer’s potion – is an attempt to meet that need. It can be made with a variety of ingredients, however, and should be adjusted to your own taste buds. Combine and blend in a liquifier or with an electric mixer or egg beater:
2 egg yolks or whole eggs
1 table spoon lecithin
1 table spoon mixed vegetable oils
1 1/2 teaspoons calcium lactate or 4 teaspoons calcium gluconate
1/2 teaspoon magnesium oxide
1 cup yogurt or 1 tablespoon acidophilus culture
1 teaspoon granular kelp (optional)
When thoroughly beaten, add:
1-2 cups whole skim milk
1/4 to 1/2 cup yeast fortified with calcium
1/4 to 1/2 cup non-instant powdered milk
1/4 cup soy flour or powder
1/4 cup wheat germ (optional)
Nutmeg or 1 teaspoon pure vanilla
1/2 cup frozen undiluted orange juice
Pour into a container and add the remainder of the quart of milk; cover and keep refrigerated. Stir each time before using.
Any ingredient may be decreased or omitted provided it (the nutrients it provides) is obtained in some other manner. For instance I prefer to take kelp and lecithin in buttermilk. When a high calorie diet is desired, whole milk can be used and/or more oil, a banana, crushed pineapple, or any frozen undiluted fruit juice added. If the total day’s phosphorus intake exceeds the calcium intake by more than one third, the amount of calcium added to the pep-up should be increased.
Should milk be poorly tolerated, pineapple or grapefruit juice may be used as a base, powdered milk and yogurt omitted, 2 teaspoons of milk sugar included, and the amount of soy flour, acidophilus culture and calcium doubled.
In case much medication must be taken, no fewer than 3 or 4 eggs or egg yolks should be added to guard against liver damage.
If calcium or powdered milk is omitted the magnesium oxide should be decreased to 1/4 teaspoon but if several members of a family share the drink, the magnesium allowance should be 1/4 teaspoon for each. Vary the drink to meet individual requirements.
Ill persons and individuals subject to digestive disturbances should only take 1/4 cup of pep-up at each meal and mid-meal with hydrochloric acid and digestive enzymes.
Should gas prove to be a problem, larger amounts can be taken, but if distress does occur, the digestive acids and lecithin should be increased.
As soon as digestion and absorption become efficient enough to permit, drinking the entire quart of pep-up daily, or 6 servings of 2/3 cup each, usually accelerates recovery. If little other food is desired, the pep-up and supplements can meet the nutritional needs.
