Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-03-02
REMARKABLE EXPERIMENTS
And STUDIES ON THE STOMACH.
How To Eat Properly.
BY DIR. VALENTINE.

Not long ago Horace Fletcher pub
lished book called The A, Is, ~ OF Our
Own Nutrition" In which he advocated,
Nature will do all the rest for you
Alright" After dozen years OF uninter-
rupted experiments upon himself and
upon dogs, cats aud other animals, Mr..
Horace Fletcher concludes that the aver
ige human being eats three times as much
Is Is good for him that by eating only
,ne.t third as much and mastlcatlng it
wen more thoroughly than by Glad
Itone's famous thlrty-two bites Of each
nouthfui, person Is assured OF unfalllng
health, strength, contentment and lon
levity In q word, he will have annihll.
tied the chief cause OF all disease -Indl-
test0n. Mr., Fletcher conducted expert
nents at Yale and Cambridge Unlyersi-
lies, and made tests under the auspices
u the United States Army. As result
" his experiments he advocates that
)eope should ignore false appetite and
ralt for return OF normal appetite,
which Is indicated by a desire for some
particular simple food, accompanied by
| watering OF the mouth OF which is
FOOD advice, but a great many Amcrl-
.ans, both men and women, are thin, pale
Ind puny with poor circulation, because
hey have already ill.treated their stom-
lchs by hasty eating or too much eating,
oy consuming alcoholic beverages, or by
700 close confinement to home, Office or
factory, and In consequence the stomach
must be treated In a natural way before
they can rectify their earlier mistakes.
The muscles In many such people, IN
.yery weary, thin and thin-blooded per-
lon, do their work with great difficulty.
As result fatigue comes early, is &
IRENE and lasts long. The demand for
nutritlve aid Is ahead OF the supply. To
insure perfect health every tissue, bone,
nerve, tendon or muscle should take
from the blood certain materials and
return TO IL certain others, 1t Is neceS-
iary to prepare tho stomach for the work
" taking up from the food Wnst Is
necessary 10 make good, rich, red blood.
We must 20 to Nature for the remedy,
which shall be simple but effective.
There we're certain roots known 10 the
Indians OF this country before tho advent
u the whites which later came 10 the
knowledge Of the settlers and which are
now growing rapidly In professional
favor for the cure Of obstinate stomach
md liver troubles. These are found to
be safe and yet certain In their cleansing
and nvgorating effect upon the stomach
and blood. These are; Golden Seal root,
Queens root, Stone root, Bloodroot,
Mandrake root, Then there Is Black
cherrybark. The medicinal principles
residing in these native roots when
extracted with glycerina as a solvent
makes the most reliable and efficient
stomach tonic and liver lnyigorator,
Where there IL bankrupt vitallty--such
A. exhaustion, bad nutrltlon-and thin
blood the body acquires vlgor and the
nerves, blood and all the tissues feel the
favorable effect.
Although some physicians were aware
OF the high medicinal value of the above
mentioned plants, yet few have used pure
gycerlne IN combination, or as q solvent,
and usually the doctors prescriptions
called for the ingredients In varying
amounts, 10Th alcohol.
Nearly forty years ago, Dr. Pierce
found that chemically pure glycerine, Of
proper strength, was best for extracting
the medicinal properties from these roots
and that II gave added value to a tonic
compound In restoring tone and vigor TO
the entire system without the detrlmen'