Omaha daily bee., 1921-12-20
VITAMINE HUNGER.

The winter u the season OF the
deficiency diseases. aud. In oonse.
qucnce, the latest literature or
yitamincs Ia n matter OF interest
Mechrrison, an East Indian physi.
clan, has written II book In which
no gathers UP the information on
tho subject discovered prior 20 one
year ago, and that IL up to date. fol-
book.
In the main, what has been
written during this year is confirma
tory OF McCarrison's general con-
olusions. that vitamines are widely
distributed among foodstuffs, and
that reasonable care In dieting will
furnish any person all he needs OF
them.
lie holds that there are three
groups OF vltamines:
No. /, sometimes called water
soluble B.
No, 2, sometimes called fat
soluble A.
No. s, which prevents scurvy,
and which he calls c.
We are somewhat Interested In
people who develop scurvy or ul-
GERS on the cornea, or beriberi, be-
cause for long time they eat foods
very deficient In vitamines. but we
are far more interested In the mild
disorders which will trouble thou
sands OF people before next spring,
and which are due TO moderate te
vitamine hunger. | refer TO people
who will have all sorts of aches and
pains because they do not get
enough c, and to children who will
Will have spongy. bleeding gums and
rough skins because they do not get
enough c, and to children who will
slow up in growth because they do
not get enough A-none Of whom.
however, will be seriously sick.
AS to water soluble growth prin-
ciple b, these are the summarized
conclusions Of the investigators at
the beginning of this year.
The foods containing most of 1t
are: Germs of seeds, eggs. yeast,
wheat and rice bran, peas, and
lentils; such cellular organs as
sweetbreads, liver, kidney, and roe;
nuts are rich in it and so are vege-
tables and fruits.
Milk contains only moderate
quantity of 1t. Likewise the fleshy
meats such as steaks, roasts and
chops.
The germs contain more of 1t than
any other part OF the grain; the
bran coming next. Soya beans con-
tain more than wheat.
Raw cows milk, raw skim milk.
dried whole milk, boiled milk, and
sweetened condensed milk have it
in fair quantities. and each In about
the same proportion.
II iS contained ~ hopoooo IN tho
juice of oranges, lemons, grapefruit
and grapes. apples. pears and
prunes. There is as much of it,
volume for volume, in orange juice
as there is in milk, 1t abounds in
tomato juice.
Cabbage, lettuce. spinach, carrots,
and potatoes all contain it, but
onions have very little of 1t.
There is none of it in polished
rice, white rice, white flour, corn
flour, sago, tapico, arrowroot,
custard powders, egg substitutes,
pea flour, butter, cream, purified
cod liver oil, meat extract, tea and
coffee.
Coarse foods are richer in this
principle; refined foods are poorer.
The amount of phosphorus in the
soil on which vegetables or fruits
are grown increases or lessons the
content of the foods in this vitamine.
The human body stores up but little
of this vitamine for a rainy day.
To insure sufficient of this vita
mine one should eat plenty of whole
wheat bread, nuts, eggs, glandular
organs, fresh fruit, and green vege-
tables. If the body suffers moder-
ately from deficiency in this vita
mine. growth slows up in children:
adults develop neuralgia pains and
constipation. .
If the deficiency is extreme, beri-
beri results.
Don't Delay With Cancer.
Mrs. S. writes: 81. Is there any
cure for cancer? 2. Is it con-
tagious?"
REPLY.
I. Cancer can be cured by opera
ton, X-ray, or radium. Some cam
GERS can be cured by plasters; some
by the Coley treatment. SOME can
not be cured. Suspected cancer
should be examined without delay.
If cancer is diagnosed, treatment
appropriate to that case should be
given.
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