Salt Lake Telegram | 1922-03-25 | Page 7 | Health Talks

g qi I 4 By DR R. R H H. H BISHOP A good lOw ilOw of 01 healthy gastric juice d depends upon many factors Regularity In n time of meals Is one of the greatest A t lot of 01 people are careless In this re reSpect re- re and consequently good food Is often blamed for poor digestion when It t was really a broken schedule that c aused caused the upset Efficient mastication Is another factor fac fac- fac- fac t tor or in putting the stomach In a good humor to re elve food tood and in sending the he food down in such a shape as to be t taken aken care care- of with ease The pleasant sensations from the sight smell mell and taste of t food not only make t the tho he mouth water but the stomach as well Some foods stimulate a flow of 01 gastric g juice aside from tram any pleasant sensations they ther may produce and ar are of ot great re t value wh when n the appetite falls fails or wen for some some reason the stomachs stomach's re re to food are weak Water is such s a and nut may be taken a l. l few minutes few minutes before or at the beginning of ot t. t a meal with lo positive stimulating ert e- e er- er The most efficient gastric stimulants are re those substances which give flavor fla 0 o meats hence the advantage of meat earls earls' arl in the meal It is also well to be begin a a. meal with I soups containing extracts of ot me meat bouillon ouillon bouillon consomme and other kind t meat stock as a I. I foundation st stomach r responses n s are feeble bl In at this s tact fact g we find the chief lei Jr Ifor for or beef bee broth broh for invalids but I beef beet broth Itself has little if it an any value it should be accompanied 11 some real food which it will helP ln gest The state of mind Js Is another affecting the flow of gastric jule t general nervous state is very a n fleeted in the stomach m t i front Attention to the appearance arance of the table and other tricks of th thelt thel which hl h hh tend t to put t the prospective t e e ein in gy gyr In a h happy frame r of i mind f are arel i t t while from this point of view JI Excitement worry anger ch tigue tigue tigue-la In tact fact any emotional j tends to retard the digestive pro 1 00