DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2004, 11 March 1914, Page 5

DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET.

,i SIMPLE MEASS 'Of PEEVEXTIXG SVUB i'jao&MVmO.N. - Food fernientritten is the canst of all the thscoiuiort and paiu dyspeptics suffer. It does uot necessarily Jo-Jiow, however, that in ordai? to obtain relief they nrnst deny theimelvos the ejijoyaeiii tlisy <tesive from fating sg-cellcd indigestible ltiSurte. The most satisfactory tpetttod of overcoming th« difficulty would ha to prevent tb* t»!i'tncßlati«ii lvoia ownrriag nt ail, and this caa bo done by a' yory eimple meaiis. It must first L»e csplaihfitl tkut most ef the foods we cat wntain a certain quintity of acid-ferifiiiig- eJeSneata, oncl indiscstible foods, of cowrso, contain ft largw pfoporlion. When Uieso fooils ar» cateii, the acid collects, irritate the .walls of the stomach, anil causes the fsod to foHHPikt wltilo it is digesting. T'ljis fettncntißg food ,-iUo gives'off gas tvjrich distends the stoiiuich., causinj that full, uncoeiforUble feeling so often noticed aftcr eatiftg. Tlifi mot of (ho trouble fe the acid fermentation. To sueccssfnlly prevent thft lenii-MUatiow, tliis scidity must k> nentraHsed, ami for t'hift ptifpWo iMnary biseratetl magncsa has fceo-n- found Wost vfth«ib!e. Try half a foasjioonfiil in a qoartci' glass of wanit water affef Hiting, an-d see how quickly it will relievo any signs 'of feraientation. A sewnd , doSti slimild )>e tAteii late-r in msos where tho acidity is groatef, aid the discomfort ieturns. Aisy chi'i.isist will supply bisuimwt magnesia, And if yen altrays ■ tatty sttm-o foil can cat what food you wish and have »o tai" fit' JECeJiveniencc. B»> sure voti gei Uisnratert' laosiifsio, as this is Hiu only form tit.it rilVotivoly ncutraJisps the aeW aiuJ at II«? same Uinc may tjo \iwtl regiikvi.f wHUowt lamhil aftw-tf* feetf.