The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1898-03-15
DRINK AT MEALS.
An Important Part.

The real trouble with tea and coffee
is common knowledge with everyone that
physicians advise the discontinuance of
both tea and coffee when person is sick,
particularly when the digestive machinery
is affected. Any person with a slight
knowledge of chemistry can make the fol-
lowing experiments, securing the results
as given. Coagulated egg albumen, when
mixed with artificial gastric juices, will be
practically entirely digested in eight
hours.
When tea is added during the process of
digestion, 66 per cent, of albumen will be
digested, leaving "a per cent. undigested
while if decoction of coffee is mixed
with the albumen the result will be but
81 per cent. digested and 80 per cent. undi-
gested. 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 person has an exceedingly power
full digestive apparatus, he can stand this
abuse for a time, but it is sure to tell
sooner or later.
In addition to the above 1t may be said
that any ordinary analytical chemist can
aualyZe coffee and show the poisonous
alkaloids of much the same character as
found in strychnine, whisky, tobacco and
morphine. These poisons have direct eff
feet upon the liver, and furred tongue,
costive bowels, bad skin and various other
indications of approaching sickness are
apparent. These facts have been recog-
-, f,,,- hut
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 al Battle Creek Mich, made
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 in a position to note the effect of
the beverage upon weak stomachs and
natients who needed the most nourishng
food and drink that could be obtained, his
experiments were conducted under what
u,ouId probably be considered the most IA
vorable circumstances. After continued
1lsa and the most positive eViueucta OF the
baa1thfuI properties of the food-drink,
natients who had been healed wished TO
continue the use of the cereal drink after
their return to their homes, and others
made demand for IL.
In order to supply this demand and the
nublic generally, the Postum Cereal Co.,
limited, was formed All people who
drink coffee and tea do not care to dis
continue their use, although quite salts
fed of their hurtful properties There are
enough people, however, in America who
hold their health in high enough esteem to
he willing 10 give little attention to their
GOD and drink There is no habit the
creature acquires which produces as much
real enjoyment as the old-fashioned habit
of being thoroughly well. When man can
inba1e deep breath of pure air and feel
tbat every part of the machinery of the
human body is working perfectly the feel
mo of comfort produces deep sense of
aasv content and thNnkfulness to the Gre
ator for the mere privilege of living.
Postum Cereal Food Coffee is thor
cSgblv healthful food drink. II can be
eaIeen al each meal by all members of the
fan,i1v. Including the children. 1t quickly
estabiishes itself as an important part of
the meal. and when left out, one misses
Inc fragrant odor, the comforting flavor
and the heaith-giving properties.