The Bridgeport times and evening farmer., 1920-06-19
Home Health Club
 by H REFDFcR,
(Edited by David H. Reeder. La

(Ed1ted by DdVlo H. Reeder, La Porte, Ind.)
 complaint I hear is about like this: 'I suffer almost all the time with gas and b1oating after meals and es- pecia11y at night, I have taken lots of dyspepsia cures, and baking soda, but I bloat just the same.''
 It makes one a bit impatient some times to answer the same inquiry over and over and sometimes won- der if people will never learn to re- move the cause. I then remember that the readers of a newspaper sometimes miss a. number and that there are many new subscribers con- stantly being added and if I can help a few by telling a thing over in different way, those that already know how to get relief will not object.
 have, however, told you so many times how to get immediate all though temporary relief that I will not now again discuss that but sim ply state to those that are afflicted that you are constantly pi1ing up trouble ahead and making a real permanent cure harder by constantly resorting to ever increasing doses Of baking soda and other dope of that character.
 know it is true that many doctors tell their patients to "Just take a little baking soda and you will be O. K-,' but it is found that you are not O. K Far from it, the baking it does damage your stomach. It is to be repeated that two of the greatest industries of America have quite unintentiona1ly contributed in a very large measure to the cause of so much indigestion and to fer mentation instead of digestion. These two manufactured products are found upon nearly every table and are con sumed in enormous quantities and they are called Refined white sugar. and Refined white f1our.'' It is hard to decide which of the two is the greatest offender. Certain if is thai these two popular food products used they are in combination with what we call bountful spread of other good eatables, will in the cours~ of time, cause trouble in the best stomach that ever demanded food It requires fermentation to make | alcohol, when starch and sugar are | confined in a warm place with just
 little ferment as a starter, such for | instance es a few yeast spores are | still active in fresh bread. Fermen- 1 tation takes place very quickly and in 1 the process of fermentation gas is | rapidly developed, then a percentage l of alcohol and auto-intoxication. Df- | gestion under such conditions is ser
 iol1sly interfered with, especially ii 1 after eating what is considered Q I hearty, wholesome meal. person goes to work at once Either men, ta1 or physical labor, the result is the , same
 The principal reason why the dis | tressing symptoms are worse at nigh | is that much of the food taken al 1 previous meals during. the day, re- 1 mains und1gested and in a state o1 fermentation along the a1imentarJ 1 canal, until the fresh combination o1
 bread, (starch) potatoes (starch) | jel1ies, jams, cake, pie and puddings 1 <sugar) along with meats, peas corn, beets, pickles, salads and coffee i all mixed in the one container at i ideal combination for fermentation add a tired or exhausted body ant
 you get the very results of which yol
 complain
 In the process of proper digestion all starchy food must be changed in | to dextrin and grape sugar by tht
 natural ferments supplied by natur'
 for that purpose. If you put int | your stomach the starchy materia | | supply the sugar how can you expec
 nature to manufacture a produc 1 which is not needed, cannot be used and must be gotten out of the way A strike is called at once and tn
 process of fermentation or deca.
 starts, you know the result
 < Now here is a simple way to 4'righ l about face.''
 Don't eat a thing for an entire day
 in other words fast Drink lots 0
 water, said lots of it then drin:
 some more water, wash out the en tire alimentary canal, make it a Tea
 house cleaning day
 I once told a woman to fast fo
 a few days until her tongue cleare
 and she felt real natural hunger she did not remember that I sai
 "a few days but did remember abou
 the tongue and she lasted twent l days before it cleared and she fel natural hunger. Fortunately sh
 knew how to break the fast in th
 right way and although that wa about twenty years ago, she~is toda a strong, vigorous woman, she eat properly and is never troubled wit , gas.
 After you have cleaned out all C ] the unused and fermented or decaye , food from your stomach and intes | tines, you should have a natural hun
 ger for natural food
 You are or have been sufferfn
 with hyper-acidity, you had more ( the acid than alkaline secretions an
 therefore could not digest the starche
 even if you ate no sugar, candy, jam and je1lfes or other sweets, so we wi start the next day with a fruit t : counteract the acid of your stomacf Squeeze the juice of a lemon into small glass of water and drink 1t tn first thing in the morning.
 5 No sugar, just the lemon juice an water. It's not at all bad, I kno7 r from abundant experiences. Now fo : your breakfast, instead of the usus bread. butter, ham, eggs and code' | with possibly a few fried potatoes l suppose you try a raw egg or yer , soft boiled and glass of milk. Rath 5 CT light after a day without food yo 3 say, but you just try my plan for few days and see how well satisfie . you will be, It will be all the bette
 if you eat the egg and the milk a
 hour or even two hours after tn l lemon juice and water,