The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-08-06
Why Not Fruit Pies2
BY JANE EDDINGTos.

1t liz perfectly common sonse prom
osition. TO anybody who know. as
much physiology as every man and
woman In the world needs to know to
keep we'll and happy. that It is a very
bad thing TO put starchy and acid foods
into the mouth at the same time. Yet
when Doctors wifc mentioned this
TACT In her own particular way, there
came liGc "A cash OF lightning Il whole
new set Of ideas about the numerous
food combinations made with Just these
two CLASSES OF food. producing some
thing electrically very bad.
If one observed this rule no fruit
pies, no cereals with fruit juices. no
macaroni or spaghetti, with tomato
sauce. no baked beans with ketchu,
or vinegar. no bread and butter with
any but the sweetest fruits would be
eaten. WHAT scores Of rccipes would
toe cut out OF our cookbooks at a
blow
This is comparatively new discov-
cry but let those WHO feel distressed
after eating any of these or similar
combinations consider the matter in
their own ease and experiment a lit
tie. = real sufferer will soon be CON
verted
Ii No wan, a good example of what
"
others will effect, let us look at this
doctors wife, who. with her husband
practices what she breaches. though
She does not preach much--the more
~ the pity. You can know her "A long
limo without hearing her mention food
But here Is what sine has: Splendid
physique. wonderfully smooth. clear
skin; yes. and two-weeks'- old baby.
whose whole initiation into this world
OF woe has been exceedingly. happy.
The mother gives the true physiologi-
cal reason why the little girl shall
sleep on her right side. new light
on ono of the greatest and most per-
picking OF diet questions perhaps shons
so brightly Just because of the exalta-
ton this child had inspired
The skentic will say, The woman
was born with this physique and skin,
The skeptic is wrong. for accident made
OF her little cripple. and not wishing
TO be cripple she studied physiology.
by this ncans she rcctifed alarming
tendencies. and escaped some OF the
suffering she could have Inherited, ac-
cording to common opinion. For in
stance, as regularly az her mother ate
strawberries just so regularly did she
have hives. because she ate them with
bread and butter. After years she
learned II was not the fault or the
berries. hut OF the acid and starch
combination.
Many "a mother who would not make
her child eat bread with an apple or
an orange will make him eat II with
berries. when his instinct Is really
thing to be relied upon. He does not
want the bread. Conventional wisdom
about foods has Yet 10 suffer some
hard blows
The digestion Of the starches besins
In the mouth. or should do so. The
juices of the mouth are alkaline, and
ii is only In an alkaline medium that
starches are affected, yet a very little
acid present will stop this action.
The stomach juices are acid. and
starchy foods pass through it without
giving UP their essence. The great
and heavy work of diges'ing starches
goes on in the small intestines. into
which pours strongly alkaline score
tions, when all is well. But III the
liver or other organs Of secretion arc
sluggish and cannot function proper
ly. then the work of digesting starches
lis poorly done. and the best start t:.ey
can get in the mouth is none too good
If the digestive juices do not begin
their work on foods, there are fer
ments In the foods which begin 10
work, and the number Of unnormaI
things caused by this independent ac-
ton OF food In the body canal are most
numerous, some merely disfguring to
the body. others more serious.