The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-10-20
ACID FRUITS AND ACrDosIs

AID FRUITS AND ACIDOSIS
Only otter years Of bad habits
| will definite disease develop. and
:Acidosis" is name used BY phy-
sicians to describe the general tox.
emia present in these destructive all
ments: Elimination Of toxins is re-
tarded and the cure Of all disease
depends mainly upon increased
elimination >of poisons from the
body. ] have never found method
superior to the fasting regime to
accomplish this purpose, and the
best results usually occur when fruit
is used to the exclusion Of all other
foods. The best Of all fruits for
TINS purpose are the citrus fruits,
such as the orange, lemon and
grapefruit. When no other food is
used, the elimination Of toxic ma
terial proceeds with the greatest
rapidity and, in a short time, the
blood has regained its normal bal
ance and is again alkaline in reac-
ton. The peculiar odor to the breath
Of diabetic patient is from the
acetone thrown out through the
lungs and, when case is durable.
this will disappear after q few DAYS
OF the fruit regime.
After enough elimination has TAX
en- place, the patient is placed on a
diet consisting mostly Of the vere-
tables rich in alkaline salts. such as
the so:called non-starchy vegetables,
spinach, celery, lettuce, chard, sum-
mer squash, etc. At the same time
the patient Is warned not to use the
foods rich in starch and sugar as
these foods easily ferment and pro-
duce an acid stomach. To insure
enough elimination Of the ordi-
nary bodily toxins, it is advisable
to make at least one meal Of the
day Of fruit, and the best fruit for
this purpose is either orange, lemon
or grapefruit. Other fruits are not
as good for this purpose as they
often create flatulence which does
not take place when the citrus fruits
are used. The tendency to the for
nation of uric acid crystals, as in
rheumatism, is counteracted by
those fruit juices and this disease
rapidly disappears. If rashes APP
pear on the skin when using citrus
fruits, it is because Of the poisons
coming out through the skin in such
large quantities that, temporarily,
some pores are blocked and rashed,
and irritation results. This will dis
appear in short time, even in such
skin diseases as Eczema and Psor-
iasis, and nothing should be done to
retard the skin elimination by ONT
ments which repress the poisons in
the body.
l do not know Of any food which
has such definitely beneficial eff
feet in the system as the citrus
fruits, and in no case can it be said
that they produce acidosis. OF
course, it is not wise to mix differ
ent fruits together which are incom-
patible any more than it is to COM
bine any other foods which are in
harmonious with each other. The
safe rule is to always use the fruits
by themselves, and If you do this,
there is no disease where fruits are
contra-indicated. Acidity Of the
body will always decrease, day by
day, until the normal is reached.
Thousands of laboratory tests have
confirmed this opinion and there
has not been a single exception to
this rule.
In these days, it is well to know
what fruits contain wealth of vi
tai elements in readily assimilata-
BILE form and the intensive cultiva-
ton has increased their beneficial
qualities.