Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1898-02-23
Fruit Cure.

According to a celebrated health ex-
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 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
clearheadedness. Apples supply the
brain with restS 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 up
on everybody. Some men cannot eat
apples without suffering from acute
dyspepsia. Fruit cure" is form OF
treatment which is quite the rage in
continental Europe now with persons
suffering from real or imaginary ma
ladies.
The New York Times says, in ref
erence to this one of the latest fads:
In the tenth century, an investigator
has discovered, many medical authori-
ties because enthusiastic in their writ
ings over the remarkable curative viz
tues of grapes; while certain Van
Sweeten. of n more modern date, is
said to have recommended in special
cases the eating of twenty pounds of
Strawberries a day. The same gen.
tleman also reports n case of phthisis
healed by strawberries, and cites cases
in which maniacs have gained their
reason by exclusive use of cherries.
These instances savors rather of the
ridiculous. but there IL no doubt that
the so-called grape cure for indiSes-
ton and other evils Is carried on in
many places on the continent and
that people betake themselves to Mer-
an. 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 a salutary action on the ner-
vous system and to favor the formation
of fat-that is to say. when fruit of
good quality is employed; IL the grapes
are not sufficiently ripe and are wetery
and sour, the patient may lose rather
than gain weight. The valuable re-
suits obtained by fruit diet in cases
of dyspepsla are due to the fact that
the noxious germs habitually present
in the alimentary canal do not thrive
in fruit juices"
THAT fruit Is n most valuable article
of food cannot be denied, and that
many diseases may be greatly benefit
ted by a diet largely composed of fruit
Is true enough. IL Is u iuSA' wv WAT
n majority OF people eat more meat
than they require. Meat eaten once q
day is sufficient for a person not en-
gagged In manual labor or who does not
take much strong outdoor exercise. A
large number of the complaints con-
tracted owe their origin to the con-
sumption OF food which entails a great
or drain on the gastric juices than the
system is able to 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 n much needed
rest. Semi-staryation would answer the
purpose almost as well. For the person
whose work lies chiefly in doors. a
mixed and varied diet is most con-
lucive to good health.-Medical Record.