Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-06-24
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Jsdgmsnt SHOULD re Ex~rcised In Par.
taking of Ii.


THE hygienic extremist is never
tired of eNpatiating ON the advantages
Of fruit as n breakfast DISH" said an
Did doctor, "and there may be persons
who are benefited by the use of fruit
early in the day; but l know from
careful observation that il is positively
injurious TO n great number of persons.
Robust people, with great vitality and
strong digestion. often find themselves
improved in condition by the use OF
fruits of all sorts; but thin. pale, cold
hlooded women and men rarely keep
their health through long course OF
fruit-eating early in the day.
Just consider for moment the alb
surdi,y OF beginning the day with an
orange or two, then some cereal with
cream or milk. The acid of the fruit
curdles the milk, and often causes i'm
digestion and the most acute pain. |
believe that fruit and cereals and milk
should never be taken one after the
other. If it is more agreeable 10 the
palate TO take the fruit. omit the other.
or take the cereal with n little butter
and sugar. As there are so many peo-
pie who depend largely upon oatmeal
and other farinaceous food for their
morning meal, il would be found an
excellent plan 10 take fruit much later
in the day. Indeed. very decidedly APP
prove of taking fruit between meals
when one is the most likely to crave
II. L know that many OF my patients
have declared that they ate fruit at
breakfast simply because they had got
ten into the habit of IL, and because
everybody said il was the proper thing
TO do. l have been obliged to forbid
fruits of many sorts To scores of my
patients. Fresh apples are almost al.
Ways allowable, but when they are
cooked they are 10 many persons de.
cided irritant. One lady can eat fresh
apples az any time of day or night with
great benefit, but when they are cooked
IN any way, especially when made into
apple sauce, they cause Indigestion al.
most as soon as they are eaten. Or
anges disagree with many, especially
when they are partalIen Of before
meals, and two OF my patients have
had SUCH violent paroNysms of pain
after eating them that their use has
has been abandoned altogether
"Rhubarb is another article about
which there are many opinions. Ii is
almost like poison TO certain temper.
aments, and seems to agree with others.
| have often remarked. however. that
dishes of which people are very fond
are likely to be the last things that
they viii admit as disagreeing with
them. IL is always something else. or
they are bilious, or have taken cold. or
they invent some new and flimsy excuse
for their indisposition.
We once had as n guest n very deli
cate young woman who positively dis
sipated OF morning diet of fruit.
knew that il was bringing On dvspep-
STA, but whatever | said she met with
laugh and the assertion that she
couldn't live without fruit for break.
'nst. II so Glanced that our family
went TO the country for a few DAYS. and
subsisted on plain food. without n
particle Of fruit. The young woman
improved in health every day, and when
we returned the customary fruit was
omitted. And this would be the ex-
perience of n large number of persons
II they would try the experiment. IN.