DYSPEPTICS NEED NOT DIET. A SIMPLE MEANS OF PREVENTING FOOD FERMENTATION, ■... Food fermentation is the cause 6f all ther discomfort and; pain dyspeptics suffer. It does not necessarily follow .however. tKirte|n order to obtain relief they must deny themselves the enjoyment they derive from eat- T ing ed-called indigestible luxuries. The most satisfactory method of over" coming the> difficulty would be to-pre-vent the fermentation; from occurring at all, and this can he done by a ye*ry simple means. It mustfU'st-be explained' that most of\the foods ; we eat contain a of* acidrformiiig -elements; and mdigest-; ible foods, of c6urse*vcontaiii a larger proportion. When these foods are eaten, the acid collects, irritates the walls of the stomach, and causes the food to ferment while it is digesting. This fermenting food also gives off gas which distends the stomach, causing that full, uncomfortable feeling so often noticed after eating. The rodt of. the trouble is tire acid fermentation. To successfully prevent the fermentation, this acidity must be neutralised, and for this purpose ordinary bisurated magnesia has been found most valuable. Try half a teaspoonful "in a quarter-glass of warm water after eating, how quickly it will relieve ainy Bigns of fermentation. A second dose should be taken later in cases where the acidity is greater, and the discomfort returns. Antf chemist ..will supply bisurated magnesia, and if you always carry some you can eat what food you wish, and have n6 fear of inconvenience. Be sure you get bisurated magnesia, :as this is the only : .forn that' effective!v neutralises the acid [and at the earn© time mav be used .regularly without . harmful alter- ■" • : v ; ' ; ' , ''v v ;" ; : i-, ' ''■ '.■•■' .'.;:° '■■■■ • y '-. :
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Wairarapa Age, Volume XXV, Issue 10713, 6 March 1914, Page 5
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