DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 60, 12 March 1914, Page 3

DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET.

A Simple means of Preventing Food Fermentation. Food fermentation is the cause or all tlio discomfort and pain dyspeptics suffer. It does not necessarily follow, however, that in older to obtain relief they must deny themselves the enjoyment they derive from eating socalled indigestible luxuries. The most satisfactory method of overcoming the difficulty would bo to prevent the fermentation from occurring at all, and this can be done by a very simple means. It must first be explained that most of the foods we eat contain a certain quantity of acid-forming elements, and-, indigestible foods, of course, contain a larger proportion. When these foods are eaten, the acid collects, irritates the walls of the stomach, and causes the food to ferment while it is digesting. This fermenting food also gives off gas which distends the stomach, causing that full, uncomfortable feeling so often noticed after eating. The root of the trouble is the acid fermentation. To successfully prevent the fermentation, this acidity must bo neutralised, and for this purpose ordinary bisurated magnesia has been found most valuable. Try half a teaspoonful in a quarter glass of warm water after eating, and see how quickly it will relieve anv signs of fermentation. A second dose should he taken later in cases where the acidity is greater, and the discomfort returns. Any chemist will supply bisurated magnesia, and if you alw'avs carry some you can oat what food vou wish and have no fear of inconvenience Be sure you get bi«i (rated -.magnesia, as this in the only form that effectively neutralises the acid and at the same time may be used regularly without harmful aftereffects. s