Show Soft Foods DAILY Are HEALTH B st t f for SERVICE v One ne I I Who Has a Poor Digestion j 1 By DR MORRIS MORRIS' FISH FISHBEIN BEIN Editor Journal of the tho American Medical Association and of Hygeia Hy Hy- ocia geia the Health Magazine Since 1832 when Dr DI Beaumont mad his hili J of or time the stomach on Oil Mackinac island leland because he ho was waN ablo able to look Into hue tho tIme stomach of ofa ofa a whoso t side o ha had hen boon shot away awny wn b by the explosion of oC a cannon can can- non It has been heen known that souse some foods food puss pass out of the tho stomach quicker quick quick- er than others Puro Iuro carbohydrates s or sugars I pass paRs out more quickly than th thO proteins pro plO move or Indeed the fats which aro are likely to remain In th time the stomach lon longer er than tho other foods Innumerable h Investigators all nil over tho the world have checked II up on this observation of Beaumont using man many mod modern rIl methods of at study and nil all of them havo o confirmed tile the original criminal observations Hc-c Hc Recently Drs Dra M M. f. f J. J Wilson WIson 1 V. IV II n. Dickson and H. H C. C Singleton have given new consideration to this problem In checking what other people have done don the they point out that tho tIme physical state of th th J foodstuffs li is of considerable Irn Imi In to determining how howl quickly quick quick- I ly the lie stomach Is emptied J Gruel Grime leaves leaver tho the stomach more t rapidly than dry ry carbohydrates or cr If lumps ot of i Ii cereals and large larse meat are aro retained much longer lonser than thant minced meat Anger AnJer fear and anul pas paa- oil f lIon slon delay tho the motions of the tom stem T r. ach and tho tIme drinking oft of I water u have definite effects ns nH d do does s s' s J JalO also alO the 11 of oC various drugs 1 j. j A As-a As n re result of or their experiments In tn feeding food of various arlouf kind tho the Investigators In are convinced d th that the Initial emptying emptying- of the till stomach s depends tlc on two main factors First Ir ti tho the c of ot normal movements In the this Intestinal tract second thoV tho consistency o of the room food that I Is taken r Liquid meals start to io leave tho ch as t soon loon ns as they aro are aroal awal- awal f lowed whereas tho thit more moro solid foods do n not l leave lea for a 3 longer er period I For or this reason It Is eu cus ternary tomary In iii diseases e In which ther there Is II difficulty difficult with digestion to f feed d 7 what whal Is Is' Known ns LS a soft diet dict |