The dietetic treatment of diabetes / by B.D. Basu.

  • Baman Das Basu
Date:
1916
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Credit: The dietetic treatment of diabetes / by B.D. Basu. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    a minimum. In an account of some experiments- initiated by Mr. Horace Fletcher which Dr. Ernest Van Someren in 1901 submitted to the British Medical Association, and afterwards to the Congress of Physiologists at Turin, it is stated that;— “ One fact, fully confirmed by the Cambridge observations, consists in the effect of the special habits described upon the waste products of the bowel. These are greatly reduced in amount, as might be expected ; but they are also markedly changed in character, becoming odourless and inoffensive, and assuming a condition which suggests that the intestine is in a healthier and more aseptic condition than is the case under ordinary circumstances.” Everyone should be taught to properly masticate and insalivate the food —it is one of the most neces¬ sary conditions of good health. Worries and anxieties are an important factor in the causation of toxmmia, and hence of diabetes. It is the Jews who are said to be victims of diabetes more frequently than any other community in Europe, There must be some common factor in the case of the *That veteran scholar, Babu Pratap Chandra Ghosha of Vindhvachala, very properly observes ‘‘ Either be a thorough Sahcb and masticate your food while talking and enjoying it for an hour or be a Hindu and observe perfect silence when eating * * . There are plain rides to be seated comfortably and with a pleasant and contented mind one should take his meals, never speaking ill of things taken and so forth. They are an interesting set for our conduct—nay tables and high seats and spoons and forks are enjoined. Spoons and ladles are directed to be used in serving and dressing food ; nay not even salt should be served by bare hand.”