The Birmingham age-herald., 1910-01-07
Health Cranks and
 Food Faddists
Have Evolved Some Strange and Won derful Theories Concerning
 Stomach Treatment.
A Trial Package of Stuart's Dyspepsia
 Tablets Sent Free.

Within the last 20 years there have sprung into existence theories by the score relative to 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 neu- Sotic, neurasthenic age in which we live. constantly having our attention called to some food faddist's new idea" on the subject of alimentation.
 Most prominent among these theorists 1s the vegetarian, who insists that meat was never intended for tho human stom- ach, despite the fact that his ancestors for 5000 years or more used 1t as their principal article of diet; and the old pa- triarchs of Biblical history who lived to prodigious old ages were meat eaters. All the great nations of history have been users of meat, and all of the most power full and advanced countries of today em- ploy 1t extensively in their dietaries, and their superior development and high de- gree of civilization are in strong and striking contrast to the dAcadent and degenerate nations of Asia and the trop- ics, whose inhabitants arc vegetarians.
 Another fallacy which has lately be- come a fad, is the so-called 'Iow-proteid' diet Now, the foods which are rich in proteids are the ones which build LID nerve, brain, muscle and blood, so that any great reduction fin the amount of pro- teid used simply means senli-starvation for the most important centers of the system-the ones on which we depend the most to enable us to successfully fight the battles of life. Those nations whose peo- ple use foods containing but little protsid are never of large frame or wc1l-built. The Japanese, who have always been small of stature, have since adopting a more liberal proteid diet shown a re- markable increase in size, vigor and general development; and it is only since Japan became a meat-eating nation that 1t has developed into world-power.
 Still another theory lately advanced is that sugar, pepper and salt are gastric irritants and irritate the mucous mem brano of the stomach, although 1t is known that sugar possesses high call orio value, while pepper and salt assist digestion rather than interfere with 1t, as is claimed.
 The no-brsakfast plan. the two-fasal per day, and even the one meal daily has been advocated, while some advise TWO Or three weeks fast, during which nll food is withheld from the stomach "'to give 1t a rest" completely ignoring the fact that the systems tissues are being constantly torn down and cast of, and new material to rebuild them must be supplied from tho food.
 It is utter nonsense to concern oneself about all these absurd and illogical thso- ries, as life is entirely too short, and there are other things requiring our at tention. Kat what you want when you want 1t, and as much as the system needs te repleuish its waste. and then take one or two of Gtuart's Dyspepsia Tabletss aud forret all about food fads and stomach troubles. They digest all kinds of food 10 thoroughly you won't know you have a stomach. They are powerful digestors of every kind of food, though harmless to the systsm. and may be taken at Auy time and in any quantity.
 Get box from your druggist for soc, and send us your name and address eJr free sample. Address, E. A. Stuart Co., >-A stuart BldE.. Marshall, Mich.