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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1787, 27 June 1913, Page 3

38,000 DYSPEPTICS IN WELLINGTON. PHYSICIAN TELLS WHAT TO EAT, AND GIVES SOUND ADVICE TO ALL STOMACH SUFFERERS. A well-known medical, practitioner recently made the startling statement that a careful estimate shows that nearly 50 per cent, of us have some degree of dyspepsia—that's about 38,000 people here in Wellington. When it was suggested that 50 per cent, is a pretty large percentage, tho doctor, seeing that ho was not being taken quite seriously, spoko as follows, and with emphasis that at once dispelled till doubht as to whether or not lie was in earnest:—lf 50 per cent, of the people of your town had just been exposed to smallpox, tho whole town would be panicBtrickcn, and yet such oxposuro probably would not cause anywhere nearly as many deaths as will be caused, in time, by complications following mild cases of dyspepsia that aro being neglected right at tills moment. Ono drink of whisky doesn't make a drunkard. One day's neglect of a mild attack of dyspepsia isn't going to kill anybody. But nearly everyone neglects an abnormal condition of the stomach for months or years before becoming conscious ot being an actual victim of real dyspepsia. And neglect, from that time on, ran do damage pretty fast. It may lead tu stomach ulcers or cancer, and terminate latally. Tho enormous amount of dyspepsia, and its alarming increase from year to year, are due to the fact that we "don't live normal lives. It's not normal to eat fast, to eat ultra-fancy foods, to sit all day at a desk, to live an inactive indoor life, etc. These abnormal conditions of living cause hyperacidity of the stomach. That means an excess of acid in tho stomach contents. That excess leads to dyspepsia,- indigestion, belching, distress' after eating, wind, acid stomach, etc. For the euro of any of these troubles, I prescribe, first of all, the use (of some common sense. Don't starve or gii lon any freak diet, but eat moderately, avoid fancy dishes, go light on stimulants, and seo if you can't get a little moro exercise. Don't tako any pepsin or patent medicines or drugs to act on the stomach, but go to your chemist and get a little ordinary bisuratcd magnesia, and tako one-half to one teaspoonful in a little lint or cold water after each meal. The bisuratcd magnesia is an antiacid. It is not to act on the. stomach at all, but to act entirely upon the contents of the stomach—'to neutralise Ihp excess acid. That is the way to get rid of your dyspepsia, indigestion, etc., and keep out of danger of dereloyiDtf sUmmch. uicors or .c^cotcrA^V