Abstract

In earlier articles we concluded that antacids relieve the pain of peptic ulcer but do not influence the rate of healing.^{1 2} Perhaps because patients with stomachache tend to blame their food, physicians also often prescribe a diet. About fifty years ago Sippy began to use frequent milk feeds to buffer gastric acid, and modified Sippy diets based on milk, cream, steamed fish and purees³ were widely adopted. Though tests have failed to show that such diets help to hasten ulcer healing or to relieve symptoms they are still used.