WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT.

Otago Witness, Issue 3265, 11 October 1916, Page 47

WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD EAT.

A PHYSICIAN'S ADVICE

"Indigestion and practically all forms of stomach trouble are, nine times out of 10, due to acidity; therefore stomach-sufferera should, whenever possible, avoid eating food that is acid in its nature, or which by chemical action in the stomach develops acidity. Unfortunately, such a rule eliminates most foods which are pleasant to tho taste as well as those winch are rich in blood, flesh, and nerve-building properties. This is the reason why dyspeptics and stomach-sufferers are usually so thm, emaciated, and lacking in that vital energy which can only come from a well-fed body. For the benefit of those sufferers who have been obliged to exclude from their diet all starchy, sweet, or fatty food, and arc tryin"- to keep up a miserable existence on gluten products, I would suggest that you should try a meal of any food or foods which you may like in moderate amount, taking immediately afterwards half a teaspoonful of bisurated magnesia in a littlo hot or cold water. This will neutralise any acid which mav be present, or which may be formed, and instead of the usual feeling of uneasiness and fullness, you will find that your food agrees with you perfectly. Bisurated magnesia is doubtless the best food corrective and antacid known. It is not a medicine, and has no direct action on the stomach; but by neutralising tho acidity of the food contents, and thus removing the source of the acid irritation which inflames the delicate stomach lining, it docs moro than could possibly be done by any drug or medicine. As a physician, I believe in the use of medicine whenever necessary; but I must admit that I cannot see the' sense of closing an inflamed and irritated stomach with drugs instead of getting rid of the acid—tho cause of all tho trouble. Get a littlo bisurated magnesia from your chemist, eat what you want at your next meal, take some of the bisurated magnesia as directed above, and seo if I'm not right."—Advt.