Evening star., 1898-03-12
FRUIT CURES,
The Effect Health of Almonds
Grapes and Strawberries.
From the Medical Record

Grapes and Strawberries.
From the Medical Record
According to a celebrated health expert
blanched almonds give the higher nerve or
brain and muscle food and the man who
wishes to keep up lis brain power will do
well 70 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 Frunes are said to afford proof
against nervousness, but are not muscle
feeding. They should be avoided by those
who suffer from the liver. But it has been
proved that fruits do not have the same
effect upon everybody. Some men cannot
eat apples without suffering from acute
dyspepsia. Fruit cure" is form of treat
nent which is quite the rage in continent
tai 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 discovered
many medical authorities became enthu-
SlaSllc In their writings over the remark
able curative virtues OF grapes; while
certain Van Sweeten, of a more modern
date, is said to have recommended in spe-
cial cases the eating of twenty pounds of
Strawberries day. The same gentleman
also reports case of .phthSis healed by
Strawberries, and cites cases in which ma
MACS have gained their reason by the ex-
elusive use of cherries. These Instances
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 continent, and that
people betake themselves to Meran, Vevay,
Bingen. or to Italy and the south of France,
with the intention of devoting six weeks
to the cure, during which time they are
expected to have gradually accomplished
the feat of consuming from three to eight
pounds of grapes daily. Grapes are said
to exercise salutary action on the ner-
vous system and to favor the formation of
fat-that is to say, when fruit of good
qualify is employed; If the grapes are not
sufficiently ripe and are watery and sour,
the patient may lose rather than gain
fruit diet In cases OF dyspepsia are due to
the TACT that the noxiouS germs habitually
present in the alimentary canal do not
thrive in fruit juices
That fruit is a most valuable article of
food cannot be denied, and that many dis
eases may be greatly benefited by a diet
largely composed of fruit Is true enough.
1t is a fact, too. that the majority of peo-
pie eat more meat than they require Meat
eaten OF ce q day is sufficient 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 greater drain on the gas
trio juices than the system is able to with
stand. The cures attributed to the grape
occur for the most part with those who are
accustomed to high living, and are really
owing to the fact that the organs of diges-
ton are given much needed rest. Semi
starvation would answer the purpose al
most as well. For the person whose work
lies chiefly Indoors, a mixed and varied
diet Is most conducive to good health.