SHOULD DYSPEPTICS DIET?

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1240, 2 May 1914, Page 4

SHOULD DYSPEPTICS DIET?

A SPECIALIST’S VALUABLE ADVICE. “Dyspepsia, indigestion, flatulence, and practically all forms of stomach trouble,” writes a leading specialist, “ are in nearly every instance the direct result of food fermentation and the consequent production in the stomach of acid and gas, which irritates and distends the stomach and make normal digestion impossible. The gas, by distending the stomach and pressing upon the surrounding vital organs, seriously interferes with their work, and frequently causes palpitation of the heart; but the acid is much more dangerous, because it irritates, then inflames, and even ulcerates the delicate lining of the stomach, producing dangerous stomach ulcers, and even cancer. Food fermentation being primarily responsible for ail the trouble, it was long the custom of physicians to permit the use only of such foods as could not ferment, but unfortunately unfermentable foods were soon found to be so lacking in nutrition as to result in partial starvation and rapid loss of strength and vitality. In view of this fact, physicians nowadays seldom, if ever, recommend dieting, but adopt instead the more logical plan of permitting the eating of any food that may be desired, and then preventing fermentation by neutralising the acidity. This thev do by prescribing half a teaspoonful of bisurated magnesia in a little warm water immediately after meals. This simple antacid is obtainable from any chemist, and so remarkable are its peculiar properties that dyspeptics and stmn .cn sufferers can ‘sa.t practically any- | thing they want so long as_ a little bisurated magnesia is taken imraedh ' ately afterwards.’ Dieting for 1 dyspeptics is seldom necess"" y, and will soon be a thing of the pm=t. x>e j : sure you get the same as what if ] doctors prescribe. It is bisurateo | magnesia, spelled b-i-s-u-r-a-t-e-L ] Other forms Lea* mg somewhat ( similar chemical names Jacking in its peculiarly valuable proper- ■ ties.” *

In the 1912-13 season —that is, Irom the year ending the 31st March, 1913 the amount of ‘‘good fair” exported was 34 per cent., while for the 1913-14 season the proportion was 28.56 per cent. In the previous season the amount of “fair” fibre was 57.71 percent., while for the past financial year, 1913-14, it was 63.52 per cent. This falling off in quality was no doubt due more to the poor quality of leaf available than to inferior work in the milling operations.— W. H. Ferris in the journal of the Department of Agriculture. MARCH GRADING RETURNS. Hump. The total number of bales graded was 14,455, as compared with 17,553 tor the corresponding month of last year, a decrease of 3,098 bales. For the twelve months ending 31st March, 1914, the number of bales graded was 160,249, as compared with 120,542 for the previous twelve months, the increase being 39,707 bales. The hemp was graded asunder : Good Fair. Port. Fair, high low Cora. Auckland 203 964 1,048 240 Napier 173 36 Foxton 1,165 2,337 -159 92 Wellingtons, 141 2,601 450 54 Blenheim 98 Pictou 74 108 Dunedin 158 240 Bluff 481 779 243 25 At Foxton 57 bales, Wellington four and Bluff one were rejected, and 51 at Auckland were condemned. Tow. During the month 4,484 bales were dealt with, as compared with 6,439 for the corresponding month of last year, a decrease of i,955 bales. For the twelve months ending 31st March, 1914, the number of bales graded was 52213, as compared with 40,933 for the previous twelve months, an increase of 11,280 bales. The. following are the details of the grading : 0) ’’2 03 V —' • j -i’S 5x3 rt U r? q Ph feO WO r<o H Auckland —lB S 1,051 Napier Foxton 124 631 131 898 Wellington 142 679 398 1,227 Blenheim 67 20 Pictou 7 91 59 J 57 Lyttelton Dunedin Bluff At Auckland 102 bales, Foxton 12, Wellington 8, and Bluff 44 were condemned. Stripper Sups. Passed tor export ; Auckland 10, Foxton 74, Wellington 48, total 142. Condemned ; Foxton 12. Wellington 7, total 19.