Show I r IN an l By Lulu Hunt Peters MD J t V H o mJ am H IN ACID CONDITIONS POTATOES on I After Alter Miss H. H read my article on the value of ot potatoes to help eliminate nate uric acid from the urine she was as disturbed d for she has an acid urine which irritates her greatly and se found that potatoes in any form caused her to have pain and anda in her stomach weight feeling of a three so 50 the file has not eaten them for stomach years She has a dropped For a while she fhe went on a diet composed composed com corn posed wholly of f vegetables but she abe and arid produced a low blood pressure had a loss of weight From that diet and was went vent on a regular she acid better in these ways but the still continues c condition what It Is that you have an idiosyncrasy to po po- is known as idiosyncrasy for tor fora a. a certain An means that medicine tain food or food or r although It 1 is a wholesome medicine for lor others it always always' affects affects affects af af- af- af It It is also you jou had eaten toom too that you possible starchy foods food with the m many ny other blamed the po 1 a- a and you potatoes I I I toes when hen excess breads and cereals cereal were the cause of your trouble Too acid with resultant Irritated bladders may be caused by diets which are wrong and a too tot urine is an Indication of a a. t general acIdosis Too much food too many calories too little food too few calories or the normal normal normal nor nor- mal number of calories s but composed com corn posed pored of too many of the foods which lease an acid residue will cause this In general you can think of the foods that leave an acid residue a as the flesh foods grains and eggs Fruits and vegetables and milk are art I the alkaline forming foods and the I fats and sugars are neutral But the neutral fats and sugars sugars' if taken In excess may may cause fermentation and so be acid forming The diet In acidosis should consist very largely larely of th the alkaline forming formin foods with enough of ot the n neutral to m make ke up 1 your total calories calorie An n exclusive milk mUk diet would no doubt be good for foi you vou for a while You should have liberal amounts of Water a glassful or two between meals and arid before going to bed Oranges potatoes melons and appl apples s have been found to be particularly par pat good for reducing the acid acid- therefore for acidosis acid acid- tv of th urine osis Although the fruits taste acid the a add acid id Is used or burned up in the body and the final residue is Ic alkaline Those who have an Irritable stomach with too much acid may find they ey cannot take these theOle fruits because temporarily temporarily tempo tempo- temporarily they add more inore acid to the tom ch These may have to take blander Iander fruits As far as your dropped stomach stomachS is S concerned I J would stop worrying about it It fo for it has been found on on examination of ot a lar large e number of hf thy thy college girls that many had hads s which were lower than used to be considered normal However if it your you is realy really really real real- ly y too low you might wear an abdominal abdominal ab ab- ab- ab and hip support That seems to relieve in many cases This s should be put on lying down An n elastic girdle such as you vou can canet cangel ret gel et in any corset store might do but ut it would be best to have your doctor send you to some one who makes the appliances I You see I 1 expect you vou to go to a aph ph physician for you need one We naVe have an article on A which you may have by sending a elf addressed stamped envelope with your our request Allow two weeks fC fo k tt receipt Tomorrow Tomorrow Answers Answers to Mothers |