Show A to EA and WHY C houston houff on goudiss goud iss describes the f he rodys vital need for vitamin Q names most significant sources of this sub substance sf ance by C HOUSTON GOUDISS F ALL the vitamins that should be include din the diet bevery OF every day none perhaps is more important nor more frequently provided inadequately than vitamin C there are I 1 believe two reasons for this first unlike some of the other vitamins vitamin C is not store stored d by the body so that it is impossible to build up a reserve supply in order to maintain top health it therefore must be furnished in the diet every day second the C vitamin is more easily destroyed than some of the others for it is oxidized upon exposure to the air and is usually partially destroyed in CO cooking oking that accounts for the well known rule that it is usually i desirable to include in the daily diet some raw foods such as cobbage cabbage or citrus fruits the rule may be waived however when tomato juice or cranberry sauce are included in the menu for careful experiments have determined that because of their high acid content these two foods retain their vitamin C to a remarkable degree when commercially canned or when cooked quickly in the home functions of vitamin C the full importance of include i a ing an adequate supply of vitamin crich C rich foods in the diet can ca only be fully appreciated when the amazing functions of this vitamin are fully understood uri der stood long years before the first vitamin had been discovered and when the science of nutrition W was as still in its infancy english physicians ceans observed that the use of orange juice would help to cure chil dren of a serious disease characterized by a sallow pale complexion flabby muscles and a painful inflammation of the membrane surrounding the bones of the legs and as early as 1795 it was discovered that oat british sailors could be prevented from develop ing the painful and serious us disease of scurvy if they were given a regular ration of lemon juiced velch had been eva evaporated P orated to a syrup it was because lemon then called lime juice was invariably prescribed for the navy that british sailors came to be known as li limies a term which is still in use today scurvy a C controllable disease scurvy was thus prevented or cured in both children and adults long before scientists learned that mat precious vitamins vita is the controlling factor in this als disease ase and shortly after the turn of the century a systematic study was begun by scientists in ih both europe and america to discover all the foods that possessed the almost magical power to prevent and cure this former scourge of mankind in the course of many painstaking investigations and brilliant discoveries we have gradually increased our knowledge of scurvy until today we know that the substance which prevents the disease is vitamin C may retard growth in children it has also been noted that many cases of latent scurvy can be found among children and adults adul tsin in all walks of life it has been determined for exa example that many children who are restless irritable or ret retarded ardea in growth are in reality suf suffering from a deficiency of vitamin C when deprived of this vitamin experimental animals develop swollen tender joints sore laws jaws and spongy bleeding gums while the teeth become loosened and assume irregular positions hemorrhages may occur almost anywhere in the body due to capillary weakness and are particularly common in the kidneys intestines test te iries bone marrow maerov mar rov under the skin in the muscles and adrenal glands indeed one of the most ite interesting resting of all the discoveries concerning vitamin C was made with guinea pigs etwas it ana observed that in a healthy animal the adrenal glands are rich in vitamin C while lil in a scorbutic animal they contain practically none pyorrhea and vitamin C many investigators have discovered that a deficiency of vitamin C causes profound changes not only in the gums but also in the enamel and dentine of the teeth athas it has licen been suggested ug that pyor may bo be associated directly with a vitamin 0 deficiency certainly there is enough convincing evidence as a result of work with both children and adults to indicate the importance of an adequate supply of vitamin C in maintaining healthy teeth sources source of this th body regulator vitamin C is produced produce dby by plants during their growth it is found in juicy stems bulbs roots tubers and fruits outstanding among the fruits are the citrus family including oranges lemons and grapefruit tomatoes and cranberries raw cabbage is a good source as is watercress so important Is vitamin 0 that hat one or more generous po portions i of a vitamin crich C rich food should be consumed daily preferably at every meal orange and tomato juice havo have been used interchangeably for quite alte some time as a convenient and easily available source of vi tamin C in recent years some soma experiments performed ed al 4 a leading university have given a high ranking to cranberries on this score so po that they too may be ba ranked as a significant source of vitamin C these brilliant little red berries come into market in the fallaha fal ltha the very time when it is important to eat generously of fruits to fortify the body against fall and winter ills their tart flavor helps to stimulate appetite and their fruit acids promote intestinal tone neither the maturi maturity nor variety of the fruit appears appear to have any influence on the vitamin content and even when cooked di as whole fruit sauce they retain from 75 to 80 per cent of the original vitamin C content of the fruit cranberries are arc also a fair source of vitamin A which is not impaired by cooking and they contain iodine iron copper and mank manganese anese because they are such a versa versa tile fruit cranberries ca can abe be utilized throughout ho menu ind and at tiny any meal thus orange and aad tomato juice may be va varied hed at al breakfast by serving a crat cranberry iberry conserve jelly or sauce or n cranberry juice cocktail for lunch or dinner this same fruit may bo be serve served d as an apt appetizer with the m meat at cc course urse or used to make a adri variety ety of attractive desse desserts arts it iii C foods are included generously in the daily illet diet the homami rj may well feel that she has provided her family faintly with an important form of health insurance C houston 37 |