The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-03-19

blanched almonds give the higher nerve
or brain and muscle food. and the man
who wishes 10 keep up his brain power
will do well to include them in his daily
bill of fare. Juicy fruits give more or
less the higher nerve or brain food, and
are eaten by all men whose living depends
On their clearhea dedness. Apples supply
the brain with rest Prunes are said 10
afford proof against nervousness, but are
not muscle feeding. They should be
avoided by those who suffer frem the
liver. But it has been proved that fruits
do not have the same effect upon every
body. Some men can not eat apples with
out suffering from acute dyspepsia
Fruit cure" is a form of treatment which
is quite the rage in continental Europe
now with persons suffering from real or
imaginary maladies-
The New York Times says in reference
to this one of the latest fads: IN the
tenth century, an investigator has discov-
cred. many medical authorities became
enthusiastic in their writings over the
remarkable curative virtues OF grapes,
while a certain Van Sweeten, OF more
modern date. is said 10 have recommend
ed in special cases the eating OF % pounds
of strawberries a day. The same gentle
man also reports a case OF phthisis healed
by strawberries, and cites cases in which
maniacs have gained their reason by the
exclusive use of cherries. These instan-
ces SAVIOR rather of the ridiculous, but
there is no doubt that the so-called grape
cure for indigestion and other evils is
carried on in many places on the contin-
ent, and that people betake themselves
to Meran, Vevay, Bingen, or TO Italy and
the south of France with the intention of
devoting six weekes TO the cure, during
which time they are expected TO have
gradually accomplished the feat of con-
Stunning from three to eight pounds OK
grapes daily. Grapes are said TO exer-
else a salutary action on the nervous sys-
tenn and to favor the formation of fat
that is to say. when fruit of good quality
is employed; if the grapes are not sufiic-
iently ripe and are watery and sour, the
patient may lose rather than gain weight.
The valuable results obtained by fruit
diet in cases of dyspepsia are due to
the fact that the noxious germs habit
ually present in the alimentary canal do
not thrive in fruit juices.
That fruit is a most valuable article OF
food can not be denied and that many
diseases may be greatly benefited by
diet largely composed of fruit is true
enough. 1t is a fact, too, that the ma
jority of people eat more meat than they
require. Meat eaten once a day is suff-
cient for a person not engaged in manual
labor or who does not take much strong
outdoor exercise. A large number of the
complaints contracted owe their origin to
the consumption of food Which entails
created drain on the gastric juices than
the system is able 10 withstand. The
cures attributed to the grape occur for
the most part with those who are accus-
toned TO high living, and are really owing
to the fact that the organs of digestion
are given a much needed rest. Semistar-
walton would answer the purpose almost
as we'll For the person whose work lies
chiefly indoors, a mixed and varied diet
is most conducive to good health.-Medi-
cal Record.
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