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the singular.) but had actually built up a cor&pre*
hc-nsive system of dietetics both in health and in
disease. Every honest and intelligent allopath
admits^this.
For getting cured of your digestive troubles you
may have to reduce your daily intake of protein to
30 or even 20 grams. A healthy adult does not need
more than 50 grams unless he is a hard-working
labourer, in which case he will need 10 or 20
grams more.
Some foods which are easily digested, normally/
may be difficult to digest owing to some personal
idiosyncracies. For instance/ the ripe banana is
normally very easy to digest. But there are some
people whose stomachs do not tolerate it.*
Dr, Milton Powel, a famous Naturopath of the west/
writes that disregard of such idiosyncracies is a cause
of indigestion. But he is putting the cart before the
horse. These idiosyncracies are not present in
healthy people. They are in fact a symptom of
indigestion and not the cause thereof. But once
they are developed, it is prudent to respect them so
that the digestive trouble may not get worse.
But that does not mean that a person whose
stomach does not tolerate the banana or any other
food should go without it for the rest of his life. He
should of course avoid it in the initial stages,, but
after some improvement is attained, he should try
to accustom himself to that food little by little in the
proper manner and thus train his stomach to
tolerate it If he proceeds step by step, this should
not be difficult.
* Such idiosyncracies are very rare. Frequently it is found
that there is no Sdiosyncracy at all and that 1he refusal of the
stomach to digest certain foods is due to the wrong manner
of mating them*