The evening times., 1896-12-01
DRINK AT MEALS.
An Important Part.

The real trouble witt tea and coffee
drinking is not generally Understood. II
is common knowledge with everyone that
physicians advise the discontinuance Of
both tea and coffee when IA person is
sick, particularly when the digestive ma
ciiHery is affected. ANY person with a
slight knowledge of chemistry can make
the following experiments, securing the re-
suits given. Coagulate,hcgg albumen
when mixed with artificial gastric juices
will he practically entirely Gigestcd in
eight hours. |-
When tea is added during the process Of
digestion, sc per cent of .albumcn will hc
digested. leaving "a per cent undigested
while If n decoctiOu of coffee Is mixed with
the albuInen, the result will De but IL per
cent digested and 80 per cent undlgested
This means one thing, and the experiment
speaks that fact plainly. When tea or
coffee is taken into the human stomach
they very seriously interfere with the
natural and healthful operation Where Il
person has an exceedingly powerful di-
gestive apparatus, he can stand this abuse
for a time, but IL Is sure to tell sooner or
later.
In addition to the above it may be said
that any ordinary analytical chemist can
anaiyZe coffee and show the poisonous
aikaloids OF much the same character as
found in strychnine. whisky, tobacco and
morphine. These pOiSOnS have a direct
effect upon the liver. and furred tongue.
CUSiIye bowels. bad skin and various other
indications of approaching sickness are
apparent. These facts have Deen recof
nized by physicians for many years, but
it is difficult to induce people to leave off
their habits even when those habits are
shown to be injurious and to shorten the
existence of the human body.
The manager OF La Vita Inn, health in
stitution at Battle Creek. Mich, made a
large number of experiments in the direc-
tion of a food drink that would be at once
nourishing, palatable and fragrant, with
out any OF the poisonous or injurious prop
critics. His experiments were confined
TO cOmpounding and arranging products of
various cereals. or grains, such as were
intended by nature for mans subsistence.
Being i'll a position to note the effect OF
the beverage upon weak stomachs, and
patients who needed the most nourishing
food and drink that could be obtained,
his experiments were conducted under what
would probably be considered the most
favorable circumstances. After continued
use and the most positive evidence of the
healthful properties of the food-drink, pa
tients who had been healed wished to con
tinue the use of the cereal drink after
their return to their homes, and Others
made demand for it.
In order 10 supply this demand and the
public generally, the Postum Cereal Co.
Limited, was formed. AHpt ople who drink
coffee and tea 90 rot care to discontinue
their use, although quite satisfied of their
hurtful properties There are a oueh pco-
pie, however, i'll America, who hold their
health in high enough esteem TO lie willing
10 give a little attention to their food and
drink. There is no habit the creature ac-
qures which produces as much real ENJOY
ment as the old-fashioned habit of tcing
thoI oughly well. When man can inhalc
a deep breath OF pure air and feel that
every part of the machinery Of the human
body is working perfectly, the feeling OF
comfort produces deep sense of easy Con-
tent and thankfulness to the Creator for
the mere privilege of living.
Postum is n thoroughly healthful food
drink. 1t can be taken at each meal by
all members of the family Including the
children. 1t quickly establishes itself as
an important part of the meal, and when
left out, one misses the fragrant odor, the
comforting flavor and the health giving
properties. 18 - t
/ Id. coffee 80 ce nts) giyesl40 to As cups
] package Postum t25 cents, gives 100
cups.
About to 1 in favor OF Postum.
This item of economy is yino means the
chief consideration. Health. comfort and
red blood speak out strongly for the natural
drink. -
This pure food drink brews exactly the
same fragrance and taSte ,bwith none of
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