| Show Personal Health By sy Dr William WilBam Brady I do not believe it has hu been proved that any harm com cornea comes from taking larger amounts o of vitamin D p than n nutrition authorities designate s nate as the minimum minimum minimum mini mini- mum daily dally re requirement requirement requirement re- re of ot vitamin vitamin vitamin vit vit- amin D D that that is the amount amount of ot vitamin D infant j child chUd or a adult d du u 1 t t must roust get in one onoN form or another t to maintain good nutrition n. n functional functional functional efficiency Dr Bra Brady normal gr growth and development health vite This Is merely my belief mind you you and and please dont don't tell teU me the facts of life for I 1 have followed d medical literature re pretty thoroughly for many years and am therefore familiar famUlar with the conclusion conclusion con con- 4 reached re reached ch d' d by various writers regarding calcification of vital or or- gans gars which they ascribed to too much vitamin D. D Admits Mistake l I do hereby acknowledge however however however how how- ever that I was wrong about the value of massive or enormous doses of ot vitamin D from to units daily as a n remedy for tor chronic arthritis The exper caper experience lence of ot physicians and patients with this high potency treatment treatment treat treat- ment h has been disappointing appointing Inmost in inmost inmost most instances although one ana cannot cannot can can- not help w wondering whether there is not something in it that we may understand nd better when we know more about vitamin D and about t arthritis as we well I mean very every v ry now ow and then one reads a a report of f a c case se in which apparently the high potency D treatment h has re restored restored restored re- re stored a cripple to his or her former former for for- for tor- mer working capacity But I no longer recommend or advise taking more mor than I U S I p XH XU units of vitamin D a day in any a except zT c except pt of course under your physicians physician's orders t Requirement I Nutrition physiologist and d physicians clans universally lly agree agre that every very Infant requires not l less s than an U US S P XH XII units of ot sunshine vitamin vitamin vita vita- min D daily dally and most physiologists physiologists gi ts and physicians now agree that that much or more should be supplied In one form torm or another daily dally throughout childhood and arid some of us if 1 may be so bold as to count myself among the phy physicians believe a suitable le daily dally ration of vitamin D is essential right on on through the ye years Of course vitamin D s. s Is essential for assimilation assimilation- utilization I and retention of ot calcium and and- andin indirectly in in indirectly directly of phosphorus too I believe believe bell be be- ll lieve ve calcium deficiency and vitamin vitamin vitamin vita vita- min D deficiency have havi much to t to do with early arly l loss s of the characteristics tics of youth and I premature manifestation manifestation mani mani- of ot you know what old timers timer I QUESTIONS S S AND ND A. A ANSWERS S If U Yo Your r Time I Is Worth Vort Anything In today's mall mail there were the usual sual number of anon anonymous letters rr t to sag say t answer un wi signed letters Tonsils r Daughter r 0 tl years year ears old old has hu enlarged enlarged en en- tonsils w which ne need d to come o out t. t Mrs Mra A. A W. W Answer Why Answer Why All All- children of that age normally have large tonsils ton ton- sils BUs f I lou Fourteen eD Lucky Kids Kida Idl Have Have- raised 1 14 kids kId 12 of ot our own and 2 adopted adopt d and we have found that the best cereal Is IS made as you l suggest in your pamphlet on wheat At At- least our kids have al always xi- xi ways waya loved Javed it and nd they are pretty healthy specimens D. D 0 O. O B B. Answer What Answer What r-What What a world of difference difference difference dif dif- ference between your your home sir sit and the house house apartment apartment or alee sleep sleeping sleeping ing quarters quart rs of the the- kind of people who just cant can't nf afford rd to have havo a baby or or want waitt to wait wait wait Readers Readers w who er ask in writing for the e pamphlet let and stamped self ad dressed envelope may have it Wheat to Eat Care of Salt Lake Telegram gram Home Service Bureau S Salt lt Lake City City 10 1 10 U Utah h. h Functional Murmur I E year old ye ht rold son has haa had per per- perfect per feet fe fet t health until this year when he had s Shi th n th oo- oo tor tor found a functional murmur in n his hea heart t. t Although he told mo moto moto moto to forget abo about t It Mrs M. M t S. S Answer Answer rd l' l Id I'd forget about Dr y r. r yak and next time the boy needs medical care cuo consult consulta a good doctor Functional mur- mur mer me means the doctor do doesn't know what if It anything alls ails the patient Girl t Goes Goe Flabby I am 19 9 61 inC inches 1 s tall talk po pounds For the last two years 1 I have hae had bad an increasing dread of becoming fat imagine fat Imagine I see seo bulges bulges' att after r on one square meal and try to starve the next two days a M. M L F. F Answer You Answer You should weigh not less leu than pounds Cultivate Cultivate cult cult- va vate e vita vite te and you'll feel and look and be less flabby that flabby that flabby state lack of tone ton makes you feel feeland feeland and d loo look too fat tat EI Egg White Is 13 It t true that egg white Is ls Indigestible In IndIgestible Indigestible In- In digestible G. G A. A Answer Answer No No but bul raw egg white is ls less Jess complete and less Ius quickly digested than c cooked egg white e. e Copyright 1948 Jo John n F. F DJU Co |
