IT PAYS TO EAT SLOWLY

New Zealand Times, Volume XLII, Issue 9788, 11 October 1917, Page 9

IT PAYS TO EAT SLOWLY

.Few people chew their food sufficiently. land to this fact is ascribed a good' deal of dyspepsia. The first action of the digestion of food, occurs in the mouth—mastication, end the mixing pi food with saliva.'" Too often food enters the stomach in a more or less unbroken state and remains undigested! A famous London doctor used to bluntly tell his patients that - the -stomach, is not a gizzard and resents being put upon. The late Sir Andrew Clarke mode his patients count their bites. He said that every mouthful of animal food required thirty-two bites, and ho made them count accordingly. Persons who have been careless in their eating or from some other cause are subjects of dyspepsia, should try the tonic treatment for their complaint. They .should avoid haste at meal time and take a course of Dr Williams' Pink Fills to restore stomach tone. They act-direct-ly on the blood, and the first response from the stomach is a bettci; appetite freedom from distress alter eating and an increase in ambition and energy generally. Try Dr Williams' Pink PUia as a stomach tonic and see how your general health improves. These pills are sold by all medicine dealers. Free booklet, "What to Eat and How to Eat,” will be sent on request by the Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Bex 815, G.P.0., Wellington- ..