The Big Stone Gap post. [volume] (Big Stone Gap, Wise County, Va.) 1892-1928, 1898-04-14
ABOUT FRUIT CURES.
Almonds, Grapes and
Strawberries.

According to a celebrated health ex
8 pert, blanched almonds give the higher
nerve or brain and muscle food, and
the man who wishes to keep up his
brain power will do we'll 10 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
clearheadedness. Apples supply the
brain with rest. Prunes are said to
afford proof against nervousness, but
are not muscle feeding. They should
be avoided by those who suffer from
the liver. But 1t has been proved that
fruits do not have the same effect upon
everybody. Some men cannot eat ap-
pies without suffering from acute dys-
pepsia. Fruit cure" is a form of
treatment which is quite the rage in
continental Europe now with persons
suffering from real or imaginary mala-
dies.
The New York Times says in refer
ence to this one of the latest fads:
I'm the tenth century, an Investigator
has discovered, many medical autLori-
ties became enthusiastic in their writ.
ings over the remarkable curative vir. |
tues OF grapes; while certain Van
Sweeten, of a more modern date, is |
said 10 have recommended in special !
eases the eating of 20 pounds of straw.
berries a day. The same gentleman
also reports case of phthiss healed
by strawberries, and cites cases in
which maniacs have gained their rsa-
son by the exclusive use of cherries
These instances SAVIOR rather of the
but there is no doubt that
the so-called grape cure for indiges-
ton and other evils is carried on in
many places on the continent, and that
people betake themselves to Meran.
Nevay, Bingen, or to Italy and the
south OF France, with the intention OF
ievoting six weeks to the cure, dur
ng which time they are expected to
have gradually accomplished the feat
If consuming from three to eight
pounds of grapes daily. Grapes are
aid to exercise a salutary action on
he nervous system and to favor the
ormation of fat-that is to say, when
ruit of good quality is employees; il
he grapes are not sufficiently ripe ,
nd are watery and sour, the patient
nay lose rather than gain weight. The
aluable results obtained by fruit diet !
cases of dyspepsia are due to the
act that the noxious germs habitually
resent in the alimentary canal do not
hrive in fruit juices"
That fruit is most valuable article 4
I food cannot be denied. and that )
'any diseases may be greatly benefited I
y a diet largely composed of fruit i. c
rue enough. 1t is fact, too, that the II
laJority of people eat more meat than 4
hey require. Meat eaten once a dav
suihcient for a person not engaged
manual labor or who does not take
uch strong outdoor exercise. A large
lumber of the complaints contracted Ii
We their origin to the consumption Of ca
od which entails greater drain on III
e gastric juices than the system i.
lie to withstand. The cures attr;h. ST
ed to the grape occur for the most RI
rt with those who are accustomed to Gl
gh living, and are really owing to the
CT that the organs of digestion ara
ven much needed rest. Semi-starva. n,
IN would answer the purpose almost PR
well. For the person whose u,orL m
> chiefly indoors, mixed and varied -,
= is most conducive to good health 20
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