DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET.

Stratford Evening Post, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 61, 13 March 1914, Page 5

DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET.

A Simple means of Preventing Food

Fermentation.

Food fermentation is the cause of all the discomfort and pain dyspeptics suffer. It does not necessarily follow, however, that in order 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 be 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 Ave 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 be neutralised, and for this purpose ordinary bisurated magnesia lias been found most' valuable. Try half a teaspoonful in a quarter glass of warm water after eating, and see how quickly it will relieve any signs of fermentation. A second dose should be taken later in cases where the acidity is greater, and the discomfort returns. Any chemist will supply bisurated /magnesia, and if you always carry some you can eat what food you wish and ha% r e no fear of inconvenience. Be sure you get bisurated magnesia, as this is the only form that effectively neutralises the acid and at the same time may be used regularly without harmful aftereffects. , x