The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-24

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his column.
bread, the Salisbury diet tfrom
which Salisbury steak gets its
name. and which stated that meat
was the only good food for man) A.,
down TO the Hay diet, which states
that all illness is due to eating
starehes and proteins together.
Never, during all this time, has
the fad of fasting los. its devo-
tees. | do not know how he stands
on the subject now, but long ago
when he was younger and full of
eternal juices. Mr.. Upton Sinclair
passionately advocated periods of
fasting, which he called 1.-The foe
Of sickness"
Many Might Benefit
OF course, | am not fundamen.
tally against fasting in the proper
place. could here and now give
the National Nutrition Board the
names and addresses of a num-
Der of people for whom, in my So
be-, professional opinion, fasting
would do great deal of good.
The common sense of the situa-
ton was stated by a layman, Pro-
fessor Harry Thurston Peck, the
editor of the Bookman. He re-
viewed a book called THE No
Breakfast Cure" This book was
embellished by photographs of the
devotees of the no-breaxfast cure.
DR.. Peck, on looking these over,
said that he could pick out many
people who certainly would be
benefited by no breakfast for a
very long time, and others who
should have a number of break.
fasts in rapid succession.
Mr.. Sinclair believed that the
following diseases were benefited
by fasting: indigestion, rheuma.
tism, colds, tuberculosis, c1nstipa.
ton, poor circulation, headache,
anemia, liver trouble, blood poi
soning, neurasthenia, sciatica,
asthma, eczema and catarrh. Most
of these names are very vague and
would mean very little to a physi-
clan, such as catarrh, rheumatism
and liver trouble. The list Ger.
tainly includes too much. 1t is GER
tainly dangerous to tell person
with tuberculosis that he should
starve.
Case Histories -
Some Of the case histories can
be believed; for instance, Mrs.
L. w. S., age %, tasted so days
for appendicitis. She says: II
have definitely been benefited by
fasting. My stomach is not dis
tressed after meals. I feel per-
fectly healthy and look the same"
Most physicians who have had
any experience with it know that
the only medical treatment (that
is, opposed to surgical treatment)
for appendicitis is fasting.
1t does little harm because most
people automatically stop it before
it goes too far.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
A. F. c.: What is scoliosis and
is there a cure for it?
Answer: Scoliosis is curvature
Of the spine. It is usually due to
bad posture. IL can be corrected
by exercises and braces, but this
should be done early in life.
A. D.: What is the cause Of
yawning and how can it be rene
died?
Answer: Yawning is caused by
the accumulation of sleep toxins
in the blood. 1t can be remedied
by going to sleep, thank God.
Praise the Lord and pass the pill
lows!
V. E. K: What is the difference
between a heart murmur and
dropped beats?
Answer: A heart murmur is
due to mechanical difficulty in
the heart and can only be heard
by the examining physician with
a stethoscope. Dropped beat is a
physiological disturbance due to
irregularity of the beats Of the
heart muscle, and is determined
~ examining the pulse.