AFRAID TO EAT.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17251, 19 August 1916, Page 4

AFRAID TO EAT.

WEALTHY DYSPBPBIC DIES OF STARVATION.. ' An inquest was recently held upon n wealthy man who had died from starvation. He was a victim of digestive trouble, and afraid to eat because of the pain which always followed. This tragic proof of the folly of dieting should servo ns a warning to those of our readers who experience pain' and unpleasantness after eating. It should be remembered that indigestion, dyspepsia heartburn., flatulence and wind aro usually but symptoms of excessive acidity and food fermentation. The acid retards digestion, turns the food sour, and causes fermentation and wind. Obviously, therefore ,it is acidity which is the root cause of practically all forms of digestive and stomach trouble, and that is why the physicians, advise sufferers to take bisurated magnesia after meals. Bisuiatccl jnagnosia is not a drug or a medicine but an antacid and food corrective, which can bo obtained from high-, class chemists everywhere. Half a' teaspoonful taken in a little water after mteals is sufficient to instantly neutralise acidity and prevent all possibility of the food fermenting, and if dyspeptics would only adopt this simple precaution they would soon find drug taking and dieting unnecessary; bisurated magnesia would enable.them to oat hearty meals without fear of pain to follow.