The San Francisco call., 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
neurotic, neurasthenic age in which
we live, we are constantly having our
attention called to some food faddists
new idea" on the subject of alimenta-
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 II 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
dtetaries, and their superior develop
ment and high degree of civilization
the decadent and degenerate nations OF
Asia and the tropics, whose inhabi-
tants are vegetarians.
Another fallacy which has lately be-
come a fad is the so called '1ow-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 Jap
anese. who have always been small of
stature, have since adopting a more
liberal proteid diet shown a remark
eral development; and it is only since
Japan became a meat-eattng nation
that it has developed into a world
power.
Stin another theory lately advanced
is that sugar, pepper and salt are
gastric frrttants and frrftate the mu-
cous membrance OF the stomach. al
though 1t is known that sugar pos
sesses a high caloric value, while pep
per and salt assist digestion rather
than interfere with it, as is claimed
The no-breakfast plan, the tWo-meaI
per day, and even the one meal daily
has been advocated. while some advise
a two or or ednS three weeks, t,ssss fast during
stomach "to give il a rest" completely
ignoring the fact that the systems
tissues are being constantly torn down
and cast off. and new material to re-
build them must be supplied from the
food.
self about all these absurd and illogi-
short, and there are other things re-
curing our attention. Eat what you
want Wnon you want IT, ana as much
as the system needs to ,replenish its
waste. and then take one or two OF
Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets. and forget
all about food fads and stomach trou-
bles- They digest all kinds OF food so
you won't know you have
a stomach They are powerful diges-
tors of every kind OF food though
harmless to the system. and may be
taken at any time and in anyaQuantity.
Get a box from your druggist for soc.
and send as your name and address for
free sample. Address, +. A Stuart Co.,