Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-03
heath CrankS and
Fo0d faddists
Have Evolved Some Strange and Won
derfuI Theories Concerning
Stomach Treatment.
a Trial Package Of stuart's Dyspepsia
Tablets Sent Free.

Within the last twenty years there
has sprung into existence theories by
the score relative to the kinds OF food
that human beings should eat, and
should avoid. With the tremendous in
crease in nervous and stomach diseases
which are caused by the strenuous life
Of this neurotic, neurasthenic age in
which we live, we are constantly hav-
Ing our attention called to some food
caddist's new idea on the subject of
alimentation.
Most prominent among these theo-
rists is the vegetarian who insists that
meat was never intended for the hui
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 develop
ment and high degree of civilization
are in strong and striking contrast to
the decadent and degenerate nations OF
Asia and the tropics, whose inhabitnats
are vegetarians.
Another fallacy which has lately be-
come a fad, is the so-called low pro-
ted" diet Now, the foods which are
rich in proteids are the ones which
build up nerve. brain, muscle and blood,
80 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 wellbuilt. The Japa-
nese who have always been small Of
stature, have, since adopting more
liberal proteid diet, shown remark
able increase in size vigor and gen.
eral development; and it is only since
Japan became a meat eating nation
that it has developed into a world
power.
Still another theory lately advanced
is that sugar, pepper and salt are
gastric irritants and irritate the mu-
cous membrane of the stomach, al
tho it is known that sugar possesses
a high caloric value, while pepper and
salt assist digestion rather than inter
fere with it, as is claimed.
The no-breakfast plan, the two-mea
per day, and even the one meal daily
have been advocated, while some advise
a two or three weeks fast. during
which all food is withheld from the
stomach ito give ii rest" completely
ignoring the fact tina the systems it's
sues are being constantly torn dowr
and cast off, and new material TO re-
build them must be supplied from the
food.
1t is utter nonsense to concern one:
self about all these absurd and illogi-
cal theories, as life is entirely tot
short, and there are other things re
curing our attention. Eat what yol
want when YOU want it, and as mucl
as the system needs 10 replenish it
waste, and then take one or two o
Stuart's Dyspepcia Tablets and forge
all about food fads and stomach trou
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thoroughly YOU won't know you hav
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to the system, and may be taken at an
time and in any quantity.
Get a box from your druggist for 50t
and send us your name and address 70
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