The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-02
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 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 III nervous and stomach diseases
which are caused by the strenuous life
of this nenrotlc. neurasthenic age in
which we live, we are constantly having
our attention called to some food fad
dist s "pew idea on the subject of
aGmcntatiou
Most prominent among these theorists
is The vegetarian. who insists that meat
was never intended for the buma n
stomach. despite the fact that his an
cestors for 5000 years or more used
1t as their principal article of diet. and
tho old pairiarchs of Biblical history,
meat eaters. All of the great nations
of history have been users of meat and
ali of the most powerful and advanced
countries of today employ IT exten-
sivelv IN their dietaries, and their su.
perior development and high degree of
civilization are in strong and striking
contrast TO the decadent and degeper-
ate nations of Asia and the tropics,
whose inhabitants are vegetarians.
Another fsllacr which has lately be
come a fad is the so called "'low-prO.
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
sem starvation for the most important
reGters of The system-tbe ones on
which we depend the mos; TO enable
us to successfully fight the battles Of
life. Those nations whose people use
foods containing but little proteid are
e L. g. al l>,,,1 hn
Japanese, who have always been small
of stature. have. since adopting q more
liberal proteid diet, shown a remarkable
increase in, size, vigor and general de-
velopmcnt: and ii is only since Japan
became meat eating nation that it
has developed into a world power.
Still another theory lately advanced
is that sugar, pepper and salt are gas
trio irrisants. sn5 irritate the mucous
membrane of the stomach: although il
is known that sugar possesses high
caloric value. while pepper and salt as
sis: digestion rather than Interfere with
it. as y I1Imed-
The breakfast plan. the omeal
per dav, and even the oae meal daily.
has been advocated: while some advise
Two or three weeks fast, during
which all food is withheld from the
Stomach ''to give it a rest, completely
Ignoring the Eact thai the system ; us
sues arc being constantly torn down
and east off, and new material TO re"
bDlld them must be supplied from The
food.
II j. utter nonsense TO concern one S
self about al these absurd and illog-
ical theories. as life is entirely too
short ard there are other things re.
ouiriug our attention. Eat what You
want whcn vor want it, and as much
as the system needs to replepish its
waste. and then take ono or two OF
Stuart : Dyspepsia Tablets. and forget
all about food fads and stomach trou.
blcs. They digest all kinds of food 80
thoroughly yru won t know YOU have q
stomach They arc powerful digestors
of every kind of food, though harmless
TO the system. and may be taken at
any tirna and in any quantity.
Get box from your druggist for soc,
ami send us your name and address
for free sample Address +. a. Stuart
Co, 40 Stuart Bldg, Marshall, Mich
gan.