Show thiamin necessary for keeping nerves healthy good food sources of 0 vitamin A and their unit content in the raw tate state are escarole carole cs chicory in one fourth head beet greens per cup broccoli per cup up of heads turnip greens 11 00 per cup spinach per cup carrots in one large scraped carrot lambs quarters per cup parsley per I 1 sprig g green pens peas in two lair tablespoons I 1 el sweet potatoes potato cs in one peeled pumpkins in one half cup winter squash per cup apricots in four halves tomatoes 2000 in a small sm all one beef liver in one fourth pound eggs 2700 2 in one butter per tablespoon american cheese per ounce roquefort efort cheese per ounce As to thiamin br r vitamin bl B l 1 dr russell M wilder chairman of the food and nutrition committee of the national research council has said adequate supplies of this vitamin are necessary for maintaining the national will because of its role in keeping nerves healthy and in correcting nervous disorders it has been called the morale vitamin its also good for lagging appetites and in the experience of many doctors has taken the place of the old spring tonic the committee recommends from 15 milligrams units tor for a slender woman of sedentary babi habits is to 18 mam units for a moderately active man pt cf pounds and units for a very active man of this weight generally the thiamin thi arnin I 1 requirement goes up with the amount of food taken you can get some thiamin from the garden but the richest supplies come from the butcher shop and grocery store |