| Show WHAT to EAT and WHY wv Q bufo OU fO noted food authority relates the miracle of VITAMINS and explains why YOU MUST EAT THEM or DIE by C HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 east st new york E LIVE in the most inspiring age the world has ever WE W known chemists grow plants without soil doctors snatch men from death with insulin surgeons perform incredibly delicate brain operations and thanks to the amazing discoveries of nutritional scientists children enter the world with far better chances for long and happy lives while men and women of seventy are more active and useful than their grand parents were at fifty much of the hard won knowledge of how to eat so as to increase efficiency curb disease and improve the chances for longevity is due to the discovery of vitamins 0 0 0 VITAMINS discovered twenty six years ago a now famous scientist walked nervously around his labora tory back a and n d forth back a and n d forth he was con ducting a nutrition experiment of vast importance H e didn dian t quite know what he was going to find but he believed that he was on the verge of a revolutionary food discovery the scientist was my friend casimir funk a brilliant polish biochemist bio chemist he had been work tog ing on the problem for many years at last in the year 1912 his experiments were positive and conclusive then he announced to the scientific world that he had discovered a vital force this force said funk I 1 have called vi tamine because it is necessary to life thus the word vitamin came into being along with the first knowledge of these minute but powerful factors which exert such a tremendous influence on human health and happiness SPARK PLUGS OF NUTRITION other biochemists bio chemists throughout the world mc including luding sir frederick gowland hopkins in england and hart humphrey babcock steen bock and mccollum in the united states had been working on the same problem that funk had par bially solved they knew that the first step was to find out how vita ams affected the human body and that the second step was to discover what foods contained these vital substances and so there began a long se nes ries of experiments in the labora tones tories of great universities all over the world which demonstrate demon strat ed what happens when a diet is deficient in any of the vitamins and proved that if laboratory am mals are wholly deprived of vita mins for a short time they will die these experiments are of the ut most significance to every home maker because the same thing happens to human beings as to experimental animals today our knowledge of vitamins has pro grossed gressed to such a degree that it is possible to state the exact re qui rement for most of the vita ams and to designate the foods from which adequate quantities can be obtained 0 0 e 1111 resistance AND VITAMIN A to date six vitamins have been identified vitamin A promotes growth and builds resistance to disease it is necessary for the health of the mucous membranes of the body and helps to guard against infections of the respire tory and alimentary tracts it in fluentes fluen ces the health of the hair and skin is necessary to prevent a serious eye disorder known as night blindness and Is essential tor for the formation of healthy teeth vitamin A is found in milk but ter margarine that has been re in forced with vitamin A concen egg yolk cod liver oil thin green leaves and yellow fruits and vegetables such as carrots sweet potatoes apricots and bananas APPETITE AND VITAMIN B vitamin B promotes appetite aids digestion prevents a serious nerve disorder it is essential to the maintenance of a good diges tion which is vitally important if the body is to obtain full benefit from the food consumed this vitamin is closely related to the energy metabolism and the re qui rement increases with the rate of growth and with increased en ergy orgy expenditure so that growing children and working men and women should receive very gen erous amounts vitamin 13 is found in yeast whole wheat cereals oatmeal milk fresh and dried peas and beans spinach cabbage and other greens egg yolk and liver 0 0 0 VITAMIN C FOR TEETH GUMS S vitamin C plays an important part in regulating body processes and prevents the dread disease of scurvy A lack of this essential vi A tamin tamm results in profound changes in the structure of the teeth and gums may be responsible for hemorrhages occurring anywhere in the body and for the degenero de genera tion of muscle fibers generally vitamin C is most abundant in succulent fresh green leaves such as green cabbage it is also found in onions potatoes oranges to matoes green peppers bananas and strawberries in most foods it is easily destroyed by heat that is why it is so important to include some fresh raw foods in the diet daily 0 0 VITAMIN D AND RICKETS vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin because it can be manufactured in the body through the action of direct sun light on the skin this is the vita mm min that is necessary for the proper utilization of calcium and phosphorus in building bones and teeth when it is lacking in the diet of infants there develops that horrible disease known as rickets in which the bones become soft and twisted resulting in pitiful I 1 deformities knock knees bow legs pigeon breast in foods vitamin D is only found in appreciable amounts in fish liver oils and egg yolk that is why every homemaker should be so grateful to the scientists who labored to discover how to con cen this precious vitamin from fish liver oils and add it to foods or to increase the vitamin D content of foods through ieradi aaion 0 0 0 ANTI STERILITY VITAMIN E vitamin E comes in for less dis cassion than the others because its significance to nutrition has not been fully determined it does however appear to be necessary for successful reproduction and is found especially in wheat germ and lettuce 0 0 0 VITAMIN G PROLONGS TO YOUTH vitamin G is necessary for growth and for the maintenance of health and vigor at all ages it helps to ward off old age by prolonging the vigorous middle years it is essential to the health of the skin and recent expert ments demonstrate that cataracts in the eyes may be due to a de fici ency of this vitamin which is found in yeast and in liver kid egg yolk milk cheese and green leafy vegetables one authority claims t that h a t chronic disorders of the throat stomach lungs colon heart and kidneys may be traced to vitamin and m mineral moral deficiencies certainly enough has been learned of vitamin chemistry to make clear that the homemaker fails falls in her duty who does not pro vide vitamins in abundance for every member of her family both building maintaining family heal ali IN TN THE C houston goudiss articles that have appeared weekly in this newspaper previous to this one the nationally known food authority has described FOOD as it provides the key to mental and physical power PROTEINS the foods you cannot live without carbohydrates BO HYDRATES and FATS foods that provide motive power for the body machinery and MINERAL SALTS that you must have in order to build strong bones healthy nerves and rich red blood these subjects have been treated in an interesting and understandable manner free of scientific terms principally offering advice to the housewife that will aid her in the problem of feeding the members of her family such foods as will build and maintain their health every one of these articles has a definite place in your scrapbook for future reference if you have missed any of these discussions the publisher of this newspaper will supply them upon your request if you have not already done so start a department of these informative articles in your scrapbook at oncel children and adults depend upon you for their food supply it lies within your power to help them to health and happiness or condemn them to weakness illness and sorrow do not fail them see to it that every member of your household your children the wage wag earners the middle aged and th the elderly get enough vitamins to afford them the health that science has placed within their grasp a C houston goudiss 1938 |
