El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1910-01-03
Health Cranks and
Food Faddisis
Have Evolved Some Strange and Won
derfuI Theories Concerning
Stomach Treatment.
A Trial Package of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets Sent Free.

A Trial Package of Stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets Sent Free.
Within the last 20 years there has
sprung into existence theories by the
score relative 10 the kinds Of food that
human beings should eat, and should
avoid. With the tremendous increase
in nervous and stomach diseases which
are caused by the strenuous life of this
neurotic, neuraSthenic age in which we
live, we are constantly having our at
tention called to some food faddists
new idea" on the subject of alimenta-
ton.
Most prominent among these theo-
rists is the vegetarian who insists that
meat was never intended for the hu-
man stomach, despite the fact that his
ancestors for 5000 years or more, used
it as their principal article of diet; and
the old patriarchS Of Biblical History
who lived to prodigious old ages, were
meat eaters. All of the great nations of
history have been users of meat, and
all of the most powerful and advanced
| countries of today employ it extensively
| in their dietarieS, and their superior de
veIopment and high degree of civiliza-
ton are in strong and striking con-
| trast to the decadent and degenerate
nations of Asia and the tropics, whose
| inhabitants are vegetarians.
Another falIacy which has lately be-
come fad, is the so-called "low-pro-
teid' diet. Now, the foods (which are
| rich in proteids are the ones which
| build up nerve, brain, muscle and blood,
so that any great reduction in the
amount of proteid used simply means
| semi-starvation for the most important
centerS of the systematic ones on
which we depend the most to enable us
to successfully fight the battles Of life.
Those nations whose people use foods
| containing but little proteid are never
| of large frame or well-built. The Japa-
nese. who have always been small of
stature, have, since adopting a more
| liberal proteid diet, shown a remark
| able increase in size, vigor and general
! development; and it is only since Japan
| became a meat-eating nation that II
| has developed into a worldpower.
| Still another theO,y lately advanced
! is that sugar, pepper and salt are gas
trio irritants and irritate the mucous
membrane of the stomach, although 1t
| is known that sugar possesses high
caloric value, while pepper and salt
assist digestion rather than interfere
with it, as is claimed.
! The no-breakfast plan, the two-meal
per day, and even the one meal daily
has been advocated, while some advise
a two or three weeks fast. during
which all food is withheld from the
| stomach Ito give it a rest, completely
| ignoring the fact that the systems It's
! sues are being constantly torn down
and cast off, and new material TO re-
| build them must be supplied from the
food.
| It is utter nonsense TO concern ones
self about all these absurd and illogl-
cal theories, as life is entirely too
short. and there are other things re-
curing our attention. Eat what you
want when you want it, and as much
as the system needs to replenish its
waste. and then take one or two or
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets, and forget
all about food fads and stomach trou-
bles. They digest all kinds Of food so
thoroughly you won't know you nave
| a stomach They are powerful dlges-
tors of every kind of food through harm
less to the system, and may be taken
nj any time and in any quantity.
Get a box from your druggist for oOc'
and send us your name and address Tor
free sample. Address. F. A Stuart Co.,
$50 Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Michigan.