Show iI I s Doctorin Doctor Doctorin in the Kitchens Kitchen by Laurence M M. M Hursh MD M.D. Consultant National Dairy Council RECENT SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS Teenage girls girts from low-income low families enjoy a fairly good diet according to a recent southeastern Missouri survey There were however some definite dietary problems notably notably notably no tably dietary intakes of iron and calcium being too low Also some girls Interviewed ved were not getting enough daily vitamin A AIT A. A IT WAS NOTED that less than 10 IOri- IOri of the girls were receiving the suggested number of four cups of milk or or equivalent amounts of milk products on a adaily adaily adaily daily basis The teenage-girl teenage findings were announced by a team of researchers researchers re reo re- re searchers from Lincoln University sity Jefferson Jerrerson City Missouri at atthe atthe atthe the annual meeting of the Federation of American Societies for Experimental Biology FA- FA SEB held in April in Anaheim California The meeting is one of the largest scientific conferences in the world Some of the other research findings announced at the meeting were IOWA STATE University researchers researchers re re- re searchers now have a method for detecting vitamin A status Physicians have been able to detect acute deficiency in patients But people especially young children with a marginal vitamin A status have not been detected Studies have indicated that about third one-third to one-half one of all children aged one to five years in the US U.S. and Canada get less than the accepted standard of vitamin A A. A And in underdeveloped underdeveloped under developed countries up to children go blind each year because of vitamin A deficiency Thus Thul the new Iowa State method is very important Not only the absence of certain certain certain tain minerals in water but the presence of excess amounts of other specific elements may play a critical role in determining determining deter deter- mining cardiovascular health according to University of Georgia Georgia Georgia Geor Geor- gia scientists IT IS not just a matter of hard water vs soft water being protective tive A great deal of research is necessary before any programs of enriching foods with specific minerals should be undertaken the scientists said Over Overeating by itself is not the only cause of obesity One cause may be an enzyme called P P deficiency The deficiency may be responsible responsible sible for obesity by increasing the efficiency with which the body utilizes foods This study was reported by dentists from the University of Tennessee at Knoxville Knox- Knox ville |