| Show r Dr Brady Says Good Oral Digestion Depends I Largely Upon State of Teeth By William Brady 51 M. D. D Mouth cancer kills persons a year in the United States Dr Hamilton B. B G. G Robinson of Ohio Onto State university believes of or the victims could ff be saved by early i t f. detection through regular visits to too to n the dentist t 7 Addressing g- g ga a ac c con convention o n v e n tion of physicians a and n d 44 4 00 den dentists t s Dr Robinson s said aid I. I mouth cancer Is often oHen caused by Dr Ir Bra y rough edges of teeth by tartar deposits and by poorly fitting or broken dentures The trick i is to persuade people to make regular visits to the den den- Most ost of em are pretty dumb about it they it-they they think you are cracked when you try to tell em m how important it is to keep all teeth their teeth their own or dentures made b by the dentist functIOning dentist functioning if they I hope to maintain health vite general gen i eral cral efficiency and good looks and I achieve e longevity After all that s sort rt of is natural enough Most citizens have not had the advantage o of in- in in physiology not formal instruction in m school Lost Ills His Patients Not ot too many years ago the doctor who tried to persuade ignorant ignorant ig ig- people to save sa their teeth for the sake of good digestion simply drove paying patients into the offices of his shrewd competitors tors who assured the poor it was just as well and cheaper to have ha em out and be done with I it The successful practitioners did not specify in fact they Ui did not know just what the dupes would be done with Between ourselves ourselves our our- selves s and not for publication it was good health Now Xo or any time when I call caU you or anybody ignorant if you are not a downright imbecile you know kno perfectly well that I mean ignorant ignorant ignorant ant of physiology hygiene health You may be a college professor a brilliant lawyer or a distinguished distinguished distinguished distin distin- editor in the eyes of the world and yet a poor geek from my viewpoint For Instance tell me now offhand offhand offhand off off- hand what you know ow about ora oral digestion if anything Ten to one that you are ignorant of the physiology physiology phy phy- of digestion The toothpaste toothpaste tooth tooth- paste and gum chewing-gum i interests have not brought it to to your attention I I Listen Stupid Well Nell now not now listen stupid It will willi do odo you no harm to know about I Ii i oral digestion and If this catches I I you before you ha have hae e degenerated d beyond recuperation it may do you I some good Starch yields two- two thirds of the calories in our everyday everyday everyday every every- I day diet A considerable part of the digestion of starch begins in in inthe Ithe the mouth provided the food I II I vegetables cereals stuffs bread-stuffs of all kinds is properly masti masti- masti-I masti During mastication th the II i I starch-digesting starch enzyme called caned canedI I ptyalin in the saliva is well mixed j i j with the food so that it can act acts I II I on each granule or cell The starch I for an hour or so after the food I has been swall swallowed swallowed-it it it is retained in the upper end or fundus of the stomach where little or no acid can reach it until the ptyalin has finished its work Later when the food passes along through the they I pylorus lower gateway of stomach stomach j i ach into the duodenum first 12 I fingers' fingers breadth of intestine other i enzymes in the pancreatic juice I continue the starch now largely I converted into soluble sugar called caned i maltose digestion I The efficiency of this salivary or oral digestion depends on the I condition of the teeth If one or I I several se teeth f are missing missing good miSSing gOOd good good- bye good digestion The beginning of the end of good health vite good good looks for tor literally rn 11 millions 1 Hof of ignorant people QUESTIONS J ANT AND n ANSWERS Hard Ill I'll Floors Will Viii working on hard concrete or floors have a bad effect on the feet as one gets older F F. A AO A. Answer Answer No Enriched Bread r For Fo your information the article I by a noted nutrition authority explains how enriched bread fulfills every cry requirement that your much touted bread can W. W J J. J C. C Answer The Answer The magazine article defines enrichment as the process of bringing white flour up to the level el of whole wheat flour in content content content con con- tent of iron and three B vitamins thiamin riboflavin in and niacin If I neld ned you up took the 55 5 5 10 nn and 20 bills from your wallet and gave you back the 1 51 and coins would you be enriched Copyright 1950 John F F. Dille Co |
