Rensselaer Union, Volume 3, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 June 1871 — Food for Dyspeptics. [ARTICLE]

Food for Dyspeptics.

Is reply to a cnery of a correspondent as to what a dyspeptic may eat, the Rural New Yorker says At ( the out set we beg of you not to call Crself a “ Dyspeptic." The very name a doleful sound. Say you have a weak stomach, or suffer from indigestion, but never own, even to yourself, that you have dyspepsia! Having suffered somewhat ourself from the “ unpleasantness ’’ indigestion, brought on by overwork, and having incidentally read, heard and seen considerable pertaining to it, we feel in the mood for a “talk” with this correspondent In the first place, dyspepsia is rarely, if ever, purely the result of eating food as generally provided and prepared in the majority of dwellings. Sunshine, abundant out-door exercise, plenty of fun, plenty of fresh, sun-tltered, air, regular Mbit*, bodies well and suitably clad, are each and all equally essential Aside from a few general principles, it is folly for one person to prescribe food for another. We once knew a woman who suffered inexpressibly from dyspepsia, being unable to oat even a stale piece of coarse bread without suffering most acutely, and became so emaciated as to be pitiful to behold. When the tomatoes in her garden ripened, she began to eat them; they agreed with her, and from that time she regained her health Yet Dio Lewis declares them to be unfit for food; and with many people possessing weak stomachs, the use of them is undoubtedly very hurtful One of the most eminent physicians in New York city prescribed for a delicate patient, raw onion to be eaten after dinner, The onion was to be small and tender. He had seen most happy results from the prescription, but in this case it proved the reverse, and was at once abandoned. No doubt but that raw onion, when it can be digested, is most beneficial, causing a flow of gastric juice when everything else fkil Is. To prevent dyspepsia, .raw onion should be eaten occasionally; not seasoned with vinegar and pepper, however.

Ripe friths, baked, stewed and boiled fruits; boiled wheat and corn; oat meal and Graham flour pudding*, or mush; rice boiled-in water or milk; vegetable and meat soaps, with little If any seasoning; tender meets delicately broiled, (mutton is generally preferred,) and coarse breed or crackers from ooarse flour, are each and all wholesome and easy of digestion. Coffee m a beverage should be abandoned; tea sparingly used; alcoholic drinks should be shunned. Eat not oftener than three times a dsy, (never between meals,) and with the etricUet regularity. Avoid uncooked milk, also. Drink nothing while eating, neither soon after. A glass of fresh water Just before retiring, and upon rising, agrees admirably with some persons. Of course, all new habits should be entered upon moderately. Chew your food thoroughly, and never spend let! than half an hour eating. Take a rest before meal time. Rub your stomach and bowels with your hands night and morning. Continue the 'exercise, slapping and liesting them, until they will bear as much of that sort of treatment as your arms and shoulders. Jgiugh when you feel like ctying, and go out for a walk when you feel like dying. If you live where lYesh, raw clam juice is obtainable, try drinking a wine glassful or more, after breakfast, for a tonic. Never cat quite as much as you want, and refuse to eat what you know to be unwholesome, even though you lose your last friend by so doing; you may win a better one—-Health.