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Show w YOUR HEALTH GY DR. R H. BISHOP. 1 4 INCLUDE VITAMIXES. BY DR. K. IL BISHOP Much Ls said theso days about the Importance of vitamines in the normal healthy diet. Few know what vitamines vitam-ines are or what they do. Experiments have readily proved that no animal can live upon a mixture mix-ture of pure protein fats and carbohydrates carbo-hydrates nor. even when the necessary neces-sary suits are carefully added, can tho animal flourish. Three active substances which must be present to allow animal growth to flourish havo been called vitamines. They are known as the fat soluble vl-tamine vl-tamine that prevents scurvy, tho fat soluble vitamins that favors body growth and ths water soluble vitamins which lias to do with appetite. Tho presence of all three of these classes of ltamines Is e-ssential to bodily well being and even though tho symptoms of complete vitanune starvation star-vation may not bo present, many vague symptoms of malnutrition often may bf duo to an Insufficiency of vitamines. vi-tamines. Tho advance of civilization lias given giv-en us many refined foods which for the most part have lost their vitamines. vitam-ines. Such common foods its flour, sugar, rlco, macaroni, veffetable fats, lard und plain meats and fish are much deficient, in vitamines. The good thing ubout vitamines. however, is that comparatively sum!! amounts aro required to supply the requisite amount in tho uverago diet. All the essenetlal vitamines are to bo found in fresh milk, eggs, coarse flours, most vegetables and fruits, especially tomatoes, oranges, grapefruit grape-fruit . lettuce, spinach, cabbage, cauliflower cauli-flower and other leafy vegetables, and In peas and beans, grapes and other fruit. |