Show Daily He Health Service B By DB DR MORRIS FISHBEIN You may recall the furore that arose some some- sometime time ago about the use of ot aluminum pots pou for tor cooking and their effect on the human system The claim was w made that foods cooked in such pots would woud absorb some of ot the metal which would be dangerous to the body There There is no cause to tobe be concerned about bout this The tiny amount of DC metal that is dissolved in the food lood has been found to be harmless and andin andin andin in some instances it actually may maybe maybe maybe be beneficial And that thais is true not only of aluminum ute ns s. s but those of copper iro iron and tIn fn The point is th that t these metals and others other ar present in the human human hu hu- hu man body in minute amounts and that they serve a distinct purpose Copper for instance is needed with iron so best results may be had from front theiron Foods that contain fair amounts of ot this metal include oysters beef bee liver mushrooms currants split peas pork and lobster If i r your daily diet contains occasional occasional occa occa- amounts of ot these substances you will vill get all the copper that you ordinarily need Si Sick k persons of ot course may require extra ectra amounts of such foods and these should be prescribed by the doctor Manganese is Is' another important metal Foods that contain it are blueberries whole wheat split peas navy beans bean choco chocolate t beet greens bananas kidney beans and chard Other metals found in smaller amounts in the body are chromium tin tiu silver aluminum cobalt and nickel Many of these are to be found foun-d in milk and in various vege vege- tables Ordinary amounts of these met metals b when taken into the body are promptly eliminated through the intestines One of the most dangerous metals is lead This may nay be taken into the body bedy through beans apples cherries cherries cher cher- ries nez sausages and other foods Meat sometimes contains lead due to the fact that cattle may have haye licked newly painted surf surfaces ces ice also ma may contain lead if it the grapes have been sprayed with lead arsenate A physician has estimated that the average person takes bItes in from o one fifth fifth c-fifth to one one half h of a a thousandth thou thou- s of a gram of lead and gets rid of about the same zime amount every every ev ev- ery cry day In this this' quantity lead is not harmful |