The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-29
A Chapter for Dyspeptics.

A Spanish proverb pronounces the
man blessed who does not know that he
has q stomach. For those unfortunate
enough to possess that knowledge, no
absolute rules can be given. The safest
that know is to eat what the appetite
relishes, and what experience has
proven satisfactory. On no account let
any one be tempted to eat what he does
not relish. Taste is one of the most inn
portant aids to digestion. Now can
prove from the books that butter and
all fats are as nearly indigestible as
anything used as foods can be. But
not one man in q hundred will digest q
dry crust as quickly as he will one that
is well covered with good rich favored
butter. All that the argument against
the digestibility of butter is good for. is
against the use of poor butter-that
against which the potato revolts.
The popular tables, showing the COM
parative digestibility of different foods.
have Just this use. The dyspeptic may
look over the list, and select therefrom
of the most nutritious and easily di-
gested foods those which his appetite
most Graves. If he is not hungry, let
him wait until he is. There is no use
in hurrying to eat before the appetite
has come. Better wait, and let the ap-
petite do the hurrying, as it surely will.
Some regard must be had to other
considerations. If the stomach is weak
the food should be more concentrated,
and If somewhat stimulating all the bet
ter. A great deal has been written
about the excellence of fruits as
aids to digestion, and as result
of this nonsense we have thou
sands of dyspeptic men and women
solemnly munching apples from a sense
of duty. My idea is that nothing eaten
from q sense of duty ever did a man
much good. He had much better have
sense of appetite. Fruit is especially
injurious to many dyspeptics. 1t is not
concentrated fOod-not nutritious
enough. If a man is so unfortunate as
to be excessively eostive, apples will
doubtless purge him, but that is very
different from being easy of digestion.
In place of eating apples for that pur.
pose let him drink sweet cider, which
will not at least load his stomach with
hard and for him almost indigestible
substance containing little nutritive
value.
Most dyspeptics are physically weak.
As their food does not properly digest
they get too little nutrition, and thus
their digestive organs constantly grow
weaker. 1t is not true that they gen.
orally eat to much. Whatever they eat
more than their stomachs will digest
is of course too much; but generally
indigestion results from improper Sc
lection of foods, rather than from ex-
cessive quantity. Dyspeptics who
starve themselves make great mis-
take. Their disease is itself slow
process of starvation, from the non-use
Of the food which they eat. Give such
men the kinds of food which their
stomachs crave, rather cautiously ut
first. and increase the amount as their
digestive organs will bear it, and they
will soon begin to improve. Good. easi-
ly-digested food, eaten with a relish, is
the best possible prescription for dys-
peptic.
Meats are better, because more stimu-
lating, than bread and potatoes. Es-
chewing fat meats as pernicious, the
lean of meats, and especially poultry or
game, will give q better appetite to
most dyspeptics than any other kind of
food. OF course as soon as possible
bread, potatoes and other foods should
be added, to give variety; but if only q
few mouthfuls can be taken, it is best
to have it both concentrated and stimu-
lating. Cakes should be avoided; so
should pies and pastry.-Ezaminer and
Chronicle.