'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 irritate and distend the stomach and make' normal digestion impossible. The .gas by distending the stomach ar.d pressing upon the BUitounding vital oi^ans 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 primaiily responsible for all tho trouble, it was lo.ng the custom of physicians to pefmit the use only ofi such foods as could not ferment, but unfortunately unfermentable foods were soon found to be so lacking in hutrition 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 ot permitting the eating of any food that may/ be desired, and then preventing fermentation by neutralising the acidity. This they do by in-escribing half a teaspoon* ful 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 stomach sufferers can "cat practically anything they want so long as a little bisurated magnesia is taken immediately afterwards." Dieting for dyspeptics is seldom necessary, and will soou be a thing of tha past. Be sure to get the same as what the doctors prescribe. It is bisurated magnesia, spelled b-i-s-u-r-a-t-e-d. Other forms bearing somewhat similar chemical names are lacking in its peculiarly valuable properties.— Advt.
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Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1914, Page 9
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'SHOULD DYSPEPTICS DIET?
Evening Post, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 103, 2 May 1914, Page 9
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