Show Tests Prove the Power of Food Demonstrate Vitamin Rich Diet Diot Vital to Health By C. C HOUSTON M MANKIND owes many things to the animals which have been used as test subjects in laboratories allover all allover allover over the world As doctors and scientists have waged their war against disease as they have made great strides forward In the study of foods food and nutrition they have carried earned on many of their experiments experiment with rata rats The Th rata rat pictured here dramatically dramatically cally ully illustrate the power of food to influence growth Although these theae two rats rate are exactly the tame same age the weight of one is 11 twice that of his brother Where one animal ii puny and Ind nd underdeveloped the Lb second is la lafat fat end and sleek leek and 1114 full tun of vitality What has haa produced such auch a I difference differ differ- sac enc in weight and general physical well being Merely a slight difference differ differ- ence nc in m diet The two rats rat have lived Wider wader Identically the same tame condition but bul the smaller mailer a animal Oil en a the left has bas received food lack lack- tot toe In n vitamins while theother the theether other ether rat has hi been fed ed the same lime diet reinforced with vitamins If a balanced wen food ration I Is I. vital to 10 the health of 0 animals how bow much more vital It U must be for or hUmiD human beings Surely the lesson to Is plain plaID to see gee If a I mother wants wana her ber children to 10 thrive she ahe must mat feed them adequately The child who I. I receiving a diet lacking In ID vitamins has bat no DO chance to te grow grew row and sad develop properly Nor will the tb adult on a deficient diet attain or maintain optimum health EDITORS EDITOR'S NOTE To plan plan a diet wisely to recognize the foods rich In important food rood elements we w. must learn to utilize the discoveries of or science We must keep abreast of 0 the newer knowledge of or nutrition a I as It II Is I. presented b by wise lie unbiased In la Interpreters such as I 0 C. C Houston Cow Gou- disc dill nationally known food authority author author- it ity It who each week offers offer his bis What Whal to 10 Est Eat and Why column In ID this newspaper In this column Mr translates the latest devel devel- development into simple non technical non language By following his hla articles regularly it is II tal easy to keep in step with the most mOlt up-to-date up finding of nutritional science |