Show wit WHAT ww to EAT and WHY Q noted food authority relates the miracle iracle IVI of VITAMINS and explains why YOU MUST EAT THEM or DIE 9 9 9 by C HOUSTON GOUDISS 8 6 east am st new york WE E LIVE in the most inspiring age the world has ever 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 grandparents were at fifty much of the hard won knowledge of how to eat so as to increase efficiency y 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 laboratory back a and n d forth back a and n d forth he was conducting a nutrition ar experiment of vast importance H he e 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 working 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 1 I have called vi tamine because it is necessary to life thus the word vitamin came into being along with the first knowledge of these anin minute ute but powerful factors which exert such a tremendous influence on human health and happiness 0 0 0 SPARK PLUGS OF NUTRITION other biochemists bio chemists throughout the world including sir frederick gowland hopkins in england and hart humphrey babcock and mccollum McCo Ilum in the united states had been working on the same problem that funk had partially solved they knew that the first step was to find out how vitamins affected the human body and that the second step was to discover what foods contained these vital substances and so there be began gan a long series of experiments experiment s in the laboratories of great universities all over the world which demonstrated what happens when a diet is deficient in any ot of the vitamins and proved that hat if laboratory animals als are wholly deprived ot of vitamins for a short time they will die these experiments are of the utmost significance to every homemaker because the same thing happens to human beings as to experimental animals today our knowledge of vitamins has progressed to such a degree that it is possible to state the exact requirement qui rement for most of the vitamins and to designate the foods from which adequate quantities can be obtained LD 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 respiratory and all alimentary tracts it influences fluen ces the he health of the hair and skin Is necessary to prevent a serious eye disorder known kno wn as night blindness and is essential tor for the formation of healthy teeth vitamin A is found in milk butter marga margarine rine that has been reinforced in with vitamin A concentrate 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 digestion which is vitally important if the body is to obtain fuu full benefit from the food consumed this vitamin is closely related to the energy metabolism and the requirement qui rement increases with the rate of growth and with increased energy expenditure so that growing children and working men and women should receive very generous amounts vitamin B is found in yeast whole wheat cereals oatmeal milk fresh and dried peas and beans spinach cabbage and other greens egg yolk and liver VITAMIN C FOR TEETH GUMS vitamin C plays an important part in regulating body processes and prevents the dread disease of scurvy A lack of this essential vitamin results in profound changes in the structure of the teeth and gums may be responsible for hemorrhages occurring anywhere in the body and for or the degeneration 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 tomatoes green peppers ban bananas anas and strawberries in most foods it is easily destroyed by beat ahn is why it is so important to include some fresh raw foods in the diet daily VITAMIN D AND RICKETS vitamin D is sometimes called the sunshine vitamin because it can be manufactured in the body through jugh the action of direct sunlight on the skin this is the vitamin 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 he bones become becom 3 soil soft and twisted resulting in pitiful 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 concentrate cen this precious vitamin from fish liver ever oils and add it to foods or to increase the vitamin D content of foods through irradiation 0 ANTI STERILITY VITAMIN E vitamin E comes in for less discussion 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 VITAMIN G PROLONGS 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 experiments demonstrate that cataracts in the eyes may be due to a deficiency fici ency of this vitamin which Is found in yeast and in liver kidneys 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 mineral deficiencies certainly enough has been b e e learned of vitamin chemistry to make clear that the homemaker tails fails in her duty who does not provide vitamins in abundance for every member of her family both building maintaining ng family health TN TH THE C houston goudiss i 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 CAP carbohydrates BO and PATS 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 a and nd rich red blood these subjects have been treated in an interesting and understandable mariner 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 once 1 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 fall fail them see to it that every member of your household your children the wage earners the middle aged and the elderly get enough vitamins to afford them the health that science has placed within their grasp cd C houston goudiss 1938 |