| Show HEALTH at least 30 different food elements have been found necessary for life L by dr james W barton J IN N THESE days when you read and ana hear over the radio about the various minerals and vitamins that must be in the food if we are to remain well vell or even live you naturally wonder whether or not you and yours are really eating in a sensible or scientific manner As a matter of fact we really di do 0 need d all the vitamins and i minerals of which cb you read and hear there are no less than 80 30 differ different eni food elements which are essential or absolutely feces sary tor for we life ifancy one ot of these 30 food elements is left oui of the diet or ts Is not present in sufficient cieni amounts the health of the individual la is impaired and death will eventually re suit this informs tion has been obtained after years ol 01 0 dr barton laborious and pains taking investigations and observations I 1 am quoting dr frderick F toronto to tn national health beliew it is interesting to note that one of these essential substances was isolated but a few months ago nico binic acid this substance known to chartists cher lists tor for 75 years was not nol suspected of having anything to do with human nutrition until some months ago when it was discovered that it would cure that dreaded d dis is ease pellagra of the south southern ern states As pellagra affects the stomach intestines nervous tem skin and eyes it can be seen how important food can be to the entire body nicotinic acid necessary it is now established that tiny amounts of this acid are necessary to life it is found in many food substance sub such as wheat germ liver and yeast A further interesting and valuable discovery was made in that if pa dents with pellagra have some in faction present presen also such as an ordinary cold the amount of nicotinic add acid necessary to overcome the pel lagra is increased many umes times the infection increases the need tor for this I 1 substance just as infection increases increase the need tor for iron in the system dr shows also iso the need ot of each of the vitamins and other food substances and one naturally asks himself how can it be known that all these food factors are present in the diet build up your diet around milk meat eggs vegetables and fruit add some vitamin D in the wintertime cod liver oil butter egg yolk milk liver green vegetables are rich in vitamin D and you can be sure that you are getting all of the 30 food elements necessary gaii tor for health ind and life |
