The Dolores star., 1909-11-26

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oM sAtT AMp DRUNKENNESS.
Psrssr 10 one q shs ehsss causes q
Indigestion. and Thst gaeeur.
aaee 1rebriety.

eAusss a Drunkenness and that salt
IN excess u . potent cause Of indi-
gestioa are the theses upheld By Dr..
II. o. Bseson, Of Cslcite. Col. in The
Journal Of Inebriety Boston. Spring..
He wastes little time on the nrst, re-
garding II - amply demonstrated By
otesrvation. From medical stand
point" he says. - careful study Of
inebriety must Of Ascessity be . study
Of indigestion" ~ when the diges-
tivs apparatus IL Drforming its func-
tieas normally tnsrs 10 NO distress
ard consequently no call for drugs"
TIE greater part Of the article ID de-
voted to clearing up the relations OF
Q too salty diet to this unnatural
craving for alcohol. He writes:
"The purpose Of this paper II to call
attention to . very common and an
entirely avoidable cause Of tndigss-
ton, viz. the use Of common salt In
excess. The standard claim that salt
10 an I'D to digestion 10 not true. This
statement needs to be qualified ~ to
qsantity only. And am prompted
to make the following more explicit
statement without fear Of successful
ccntradiction: All supplementary
salt with food is superhuous and dis
tincly harmful to digestion.
salt with food IN the proportion
of parts or less to the 1000 10
beneficial to digestion. but beyond s
parts to the 1000 II 10 positively
harmful. Our daily average consump-
ticn h approximately 32.5 parts to
1000. Nfs ~
''sea water contains about 81 parts
to I.000.
"The taste Tor salt with food is &C.
quired IN every instance. It does mot
exist in animals or birds. Animals
and primitive man alike take salt
only in the intervals Of digestion. I'm
salted food ID a. vslatable - salted
food. except when tho taste IL per
vsrted BY the long continued use Of
salt with food.
"a nine months continuous diet
of unsalted food enables me to make
this statement with positiveness."
According to DR.. Beeson, our daily
army ration contains s07 grains of
salt, Of which only Is are assimilated.
In experiments made recently At
Colorado university Il was found that
) parts Of salt in 1000 lessons the
tire Of digestion by one to three
hours, while II the proportion per
1000 were increased to 8 the time
was incrsassd again by two to three
hohrs. The writer concludes:
Enough has been said to show
quite conclusively that salt IL q GER
tain disturbsr Of digestion when used
with food in proportion greater
than that Of the blood. or 6.5 parts
TO 1000. Also 1t II clear that hyper
chloridation means the storage in the
system OF an injurious amount OF
water. That extra salt demands extra
water IL plain. And It ID easily seen
that . thirst accompanied BY physical
and mental distress ID prone to resort
to drugs in addition to water for
relief.
.Th. dry, f.uet. produced BY /.
sslty mear u the index to the dry
condition Of all Of the mucous sur
faces. When elimination takes place
q reactien occurs. and the mucous
glands become active again. This
process repeated day after day can
have but one result. exhaustion and
secondary infections. This is the
picture Of the production 'of catarrhal
inllammations wherever located.
And who can wonder that child
bred on an. excessive salt diet be-
comes an invalid. an incorrigible. or
q criminal. or q lunatic?"