INSURING GOOD DIGESTION.

Hokitika Guardian, 23 August 1917, Page 4

INSURING GOOD DIGESTION.

IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING FOOD FERMENTATION IN STOMACH.

Good digestion usually means good health. So long as the stomach does its work properly disease can find no lodging in the. human system; the liver, kidneys and intestines will perform their work perfectly and remain in perfect health; but interfere withj the proper digestion of food and an; unending train of troubles is sot m motion. About the only thing that will upset the stomach and interfere with the digestion is an excess of acid, usually caused by food fermentation. Food fermentation is due to chemical action in tho food itseli. This Lamentation causes the formation of gas, or wind, as well as acid,- resulting in the unnatural distention of tho stomach and tho burning by the acid of the delicate lining of tho stomach. Medicines and tonics cannot relieve this condition—they usually make it worse. The- fermentation and acid arc to blame, and these niust.be overcome and prevented by taking alter meals half a teaspoonfiil of hisurated magnesia in a little hot or cold water. Physicians recommend hi sura ted magnesia especially because it stops or prevents fermentation of food and neutralises the acid instantly, making it bland and harmless, without irritating or upsetting the stomach in any way. Get a little bisurated magnesia from your chemist and try it the next time your food ferments and upsets the stomach. Note how quickly the acid is neutralised, and how soon you forget that you had such a thing as a stomach.