Good Advice.

Feilding Star, Volume XVIII, Issue 272, 22 May 1897, Page 3

Good Advice.

A writer in iho Canterbury Times says : — Many derftnj;eußi]is nnd illnesses arias from stomachic troubles, and these -ire precisely what the acids and peptones contained in cultivated fruit will prevent. Apples are particularly beneficial, andthm is why we eat apple sauco wi'.h roast gooße and Bucking pis;, when the acids in the fruit assist in°.tenally in digesting the fats fn abnntlaot in this kind of food. In their uncooked state apples are even more efficacious ; bnt what I wish to emphasize ia that fruit aids greatly in the diction of all kinds of food, nnd is therefore, nn exceedingly valuable food in itself. 1 see that doctors are prescribing lemon ■juice very largely for pa'.ients wiih a weak digestion, and at Home the practice ofdriuking leawitli lctuon juice in-tead of sugar and milk is beins followfd by those who think it woith while to take care of their health. Women who suffer from a heavy drowsy f-eln>» in the daytima when they should be bright nnd actively inclined, would find themselves very wide awr.ko indeed if they would take the juice of a lemon in hot water the last thing br-for* retiring at night. Their health would improve, tho tired feeling on rising in the morning wonll disappear, their complexions would become clear and fresh, oil owing to tho virtues concealed in the loruo:i.