SHOULD DYSPEPTICS DIET.

Marlborough Express, Volume XLVIII, Issue 111, 13 May 1914, Page 6

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 insult 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 and pressing upon the surrounding vital organs 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 x and even cancer. Food fermentation being primarily responsible for all the trouble, it was long the custom of physicians to permit the usa only of such foods as could not ferment, but unfortunately urifermentabie foods were'soon found to be so lacking iv nutrition as to result in partial starvation and vapid! loss of strength and vitality. In view of this fact, physicians nowadays seldom, it ever, recommend dieting, but adopt instead the mo<re logical plan ot' permitting tire eating of any food that may be edsired, and thaii. preventing fermentation by neutralising the acidity. This they do by prescribing half a. teaspoonful of bisurated magnesia in a Id title 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 ."eat practically anything they want so long as1 ;a little bisurated magnesia is taken immediately afterwards." { Dieting for dyspeptics is seldom necessary, and' will soon bo a thing of the cost. 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 nances are lacking in its peculiar valuable propertics.-^Advt. '