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Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVII, Issue 63, 14 November 1913, Page 8

WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT. A Physician s Adt/h?. “Indigestion and practically all forms of stomach trouble are, nine hues out of ten, due to acidity ; th“reforo stomacli sufferers should, whenever possible, avoid eating food that k, 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 welj as those which nre rich in blood, ilesh am! nerve, buildilie properties. This is the reason why dspepties and stomach snJlerers are usually so thin, emaciated and lacking in that vital energy which can only come from a well-fed body. I'or the benefit of those sufferers w ho have hoen obliged to exclude from their diet all starchy, sweet or latty food, and aro 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 yon may like in moderate amount, taking immediately afterwards half a teaspoonl'ul of bisiirated magnesia, in a little hot or cold water. This will neutralise any acid which may lie present, or which may bo formed, and instead of the usual feeling of uneasiness and fulness, yon will find that your food agrees with yon perfectly, disunited magnesia is doubtless the host food corrective and antacid known, ii is not a medicine, and has no direct action on the stomach; hut by neutralising the acidity of the food contents, and thus removing the source of the acid irritation which inflames the delicate stomacli lining, it does more than could possibly be done by any drug or medicine. As a. nhvsician I believe in the use of medicine whenever necessary, hut I in list admit that I cannot see the sense of dosing an inflamed and irritated stomach with drugs instead 4 of getting rid of the acid—the cause of all the trough l , (let a little hisiirated magnesia, from your chemist, cut I what you want at your next meal,' take some of the hisurated magnesia as directed above, and see if I’m not right,” j;