WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 1078, 20 March 1913, Page 4

WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT.

A PHYSICIAN’S ADVICE,

“Indigestion, and practically all forms of stomach trouble are, nine times out of ten, due to acidity; therefore stomach sufferers should, whenever possible, avoid eating food that is acid in its nature, or which by chemical action in the stomach develops acidity. Unfortunately such a rule eliminates most foods which are pleasant to the taste, as well as those which are rich in blood, flesh and nerve building properties. This is the reason why dyspeptics and stomach sufferers are usually so thin, emaciated, and lacking in that vital energy which can only come from a wellfed body. For the benefit of those sufferers who have been obliged to exclude from their diet all starchy, sweet or fatty food, and are trying to keep up a miserable existence on gluten products, I would suggest that you should try a meal of any food or foods which you may like in moderate amount, taking immediately afterwards half a tea-spoonful of bisurated magnesia in a little hot or cold water. This will neutralise any acid which may be present, or which may be formed, and instead of the usual feeling of uneasiness and fulness, you will find that your food agrees with you perfectly. Bisurated magnesia is doubtless the best food corrective and antacid known. It is not a medicine, and has no direct action on the stomach; but by neutralising the acidity of the food contents, and thus removing the source of the acid irritation which inflames the delicate stomach lining, it does more than could possibly be done by any drug or medicine. As a physician I believe in the use of medicine whenever necessary, but I must admit that I cannot see the sense of dosing ah inflamed and irritated stomach with drugs instead of getting rid of the acid — the cause of all the trouble. Get a little bisurated magnesia from your chemist, eat what you want at vour next meal, take some of the bisurated magnesia, as directed above, and see if I’m not right.”