Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1888-09-12
ICE CREAM AND FRUIT.
An old Doctors Advice Worth Bear
ing in Mind

| IlON SUI
swell, it has been shown TO a GER
tainty that dish Of Ice cream taken
/ after a meal or lunch will retard diges-
/ lion At least two hours, and where the
/ digestive organs are not in hrst rate or
/ der Il may do even worse than this.
/ We know well that digestion does not
/ take place in a temperature Of less than
| 100 degs-; OF, in other words, whatever
| is taken into the stomach must become
/ heated up 10 100 degs. Fahrenheit be-
/ fore il begins TO be digested. When
| ever the temperature falls below this
/ digestion is at once suspended, and fer
mentation takes place"
why do physicians prescribe 1t for
some dyspepticsl"
because IL suits some Of them.
/ Where there is a feverish condition of
the stomach a small plate of ice cream
will not only prove refreshing but re-
lieye that diSagreeable gnawing sensa-
/ ton that accompanies this form or dyS-
pepsia. 1t must not be taken immedi-
| ately before or after meal, but when
the stomach Is entirely free of food,
/ and no cake or other solids should be
/ eaten with it,"
..IIow about ice cream and straw
/ berries;"
"They form a strong combination,
| too strong for delicate stomachs. The
| berries alone are about all in the way of
an acid that the average stomach can
/ bear, so that il is putting il rather
strong To add milk and corn starch.
! Some persons cannot eat strawberries
| at all without suffering from irritable
/ ity of the stomach afterwards. The
| acid which they contain is the same as
that in Sorrel and other wild growths
that make their appearance early in the
| spring, which seems TO be a provision
of nature for cleaning the system Of the
accrstiOus OF the winter. You notice
| that the strawberry season is quite
| short, although much longer than be-
| fore the fruit became profitable. IL IS
| followed by other fruits, all more or
| less tart, but growing sweeter as the
weather grows hotter, winding up with
sweet pears, which are especially rich
in sugar.
Are we to infer from this that
lemons and other acid fruits should not
be used except in countries where they
naturally LelOngE'
''SOme good authorities say that
fruits should only lie eaten in season aud
In the ATTITUDES where they grow. For
my part / do not know whether there
Is danger Of bad results from Judlci-
Gus use of fruits out Of season, how
ever. / am iucliuel 10 think that na-
lures schedule is the best, and that we
Will at least he as well of, and prob
ably better, II We are governed by II.
You knew Or. lie MOyne, Of WASH
iugtOu. Well, he never allowed his
f1iks 10 preserve fruits Or anything that
had 10 be sealed up, or boiled IN sugar
90 perserye n. lie said such things
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time, and II they were suitable for other
times they would keep without having
% suspend the Laws OF nature 10 pre-
vent decay. Potatoes, apples, turnips
and the like were, III his opinion, suit
able tor al seasons, because they could
lie Kept all the year round"
Then you would advise people 10
go slow on ice cream!"
Yes. OF course each individual
must Judge for himself as 10 the gener-
al effect. If headaches follow, with
Clammlness, sour taste, or a feeling as
II the mouth had been scalded, il viii
be better 10 leave tile strawberries out,
and If any Of these symptoms continue,
then drop the ice cream. What was
said about its effect on the digestion of
food applies TO all classes. The delicate
Will experience the bad effects sooner
than those who are strong, but even
the strongest will feel it IN time. In
my judgment no other cause has been
more prolific of disOrdered digestion
than this, and know of no other con-
nection that Will produce sallow COM
pleXion, yellow teeth, dark rings around
the eyes, headaches, foul breath, and
loss OF appetite more promptly and more
certainly than Just this same delicious
ice cream
is there no way in which it may be
eaten with safetyE''
"Yes; you can take the eantidote with
the poison. If l were TO prescribe or
suggest ice cream to either well or sick
l would insist on them drinking a por-
tion of a cup of hot coffee or tea before
beginning the cream and the remainder
ut intervals, and finish with at least
half cup rs hot as II could be drank.
In this way the III effect of the cold
substances would be counteracted.
But it is the cooling effects that we
are most anxious TO get,"
That IS merely a sensation in the
mouth and upper portion of the throat,
extending no farther than the nerves of
taste. Besides that, instead of cooling
the body 1t increases TIE heat. Nature
las to raise that cold mass of stun to
the average temperature OF the body as
quickly rs possible in order to prevent
painful state of affairs, and to that
end she calls large quantities of blood
to the endangered organ. This dis
turbS the whole machine, so that 1t
soon gets into perfect furOr. During
this period chill, exposure, or a shock
would probably end in spell OF sick
ness.
what about Ice water as 4 cooling
beverage?n
1T is a snare and delusion. y
glassful of it is just as bad as plate of
ice cream taken after a meal, because
the digestive process has to be suspend
ell until the temperature of the stomach
has been raised to the proper pitch.
Cool water is always more effective in
allaying thirst than ice cold water.
The latter may increase the thirst, and
it does Increase the heat of the body.
! Cool water may be INDUCED in without
fear of bad results, but the ice cold
article is always dangerous. The
| quickest and surest way to cool the body
Is TO take a glass of hot lemonade or
hot water. 1t is instantly absorbed,
and in few minutes 1T is being evap-
| grated from the surface of the body.
Evaporation, you know, produces cool
ness. The hot draughts also act as
tonics to the stomach and remove the
sense of thirst"
Would you advocate the erection of
hot water fountains with a view to
keeping the public cool?''
mo, would not. because the sud-
den cooling OF the body by these means
might bring about as serious ills as any
other sudden change. l would advo-
cate the use of cool water, and would
not have the ice come in contact with
1t, but remain outside of the vessel con-
taining the water. Ice cream, ice
water and ice drinks kill more people
than cholera You needn't laugh; it's
right. The cholera may knock them
out faster just while it is at it, but the
others are getting their work in the year
round"