The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1910-01-05
Health Cranks and
Food Faddists
Have Evolved Some Strange and Won
dcrful Theories Concerning
Stomach rrcatmer.
A trial Package Of Stunrt's Dyspepsia
Tablets Sent Free.

a Trial Package of Stunrt's Dyspepsia
Tablets Sent Free.
Within the last 30 years there has
sprung into existence theories by the
that human beings should eat, and
should avoid With the tremendous
increase ! n nervous and stc5aach dis
eases which are caused by tie strenu-
Gus life Of this neurotic, neurasthenic
age in which we live. we are. con
stantly having our attention called 70
some food faddist's new idea" on the
subject of alimentation.
Most prominent among these theo-
rsts is the vegetarian. who insists
human stomach, despite the fact that
his ancestors for 5000 years or more
used 1t as their principal article OF
diet: and the old patriarchs OF biblical
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
to-day employ it extensively In their
ment and high degree of civilization
are in strong and striking contrast to
the dccadent and degenerate nations
Of Asia and the tropics, whose inhabi-
ttants are vegetarlans.
become a fad is the so-called low
proteid'' diet. Now, the foods which
are rich in proteids are the ones which
build up nerve. brain. muscle and
tho amount of proteid used simply
means semi-starvation for the most
important centres of the systematic
ones on which we depend the most to
enable us to successfully fight the bat
ties of life. Those nations whose peo-
pie use foods containing but little pro-
teid are never Of large frame or well
built The Japanese, who have always
been small of stature: have. since
adopting more liberal proteid diet,
shown remarkable increase in size.
9vigor and general Developments; and
1T is only since Japan became a meat
eating nation that it has developed
intoGa world power
is that sugar, pepper and salt are
gastric irritants and irrltate the mus
cous membrane of the stomach, all
though 1t Is known that sugar pos
sesses q high caloric value, while pep
than Interfere with 1t. as Is claimed.
5 The no-breakfast plan, the two-meal
per day, and even, the one meal daily
has been advocated, while some advise
which ali food lis withheld from the
stomach ito giveGit n rest, [" completed
ignoring the fact that the system's
tissues are being constantly torn down
and cast off, and new material to re-
build them must be supplied from the
food. Y
1t is utter nonsense to concern one's
self about all these absurd and illogi-
cal theories, aslife is entirely too
short, and there arc other8things re-
}uurng our attention lGai what you
want when YOU want it. and as much
as the system needs to treplenish its
waste, and then take ono or two OF
stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. and forget
all about food fads and stomach trou-
ibles. They: digestSall kinds OF food so
.thoroug hly vol, won't knowayou have
q stomach, They are powerful dlges-
tors OF every kind of food though
harmless $, to I he syst en-, and may be
steken3.at any time and In any nilaitity.
s5sIf Get a ihoX roe .yourE druggist for
SOC and send us 81 n IA me- and att-
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