Elbert County tribune and Elbert County banner., 1921-05-13
HEALTH DEPENDS ON THE
FOODS WE EAT.

pears tuc tdDit Vi cVtIy uOiu6
three times day every day in the
year, the exceptions being too few
to be counted. What then, IL the
SO trustingly be broken
The unrefined grain Of wheat AS
in organic form the twelve mineral
growth and life of the animal body.
Chickens. guinea pigs, white miae
or monkeys fed on bread made from
the unreined wheat thrive indefi-
nitely, but these same animals fed
on an exclusive white bread diet
perish in from five to seven weeks.
! When -four is whitened and re-
fined, three-fourths of the mineral
salts are removed: they are con-
tanned in the outer brown skin, the
cells underneath this skin and the
germ OF the wheat berry. The
vitamins are also largely distracted
What is left in the wheat flour that
we buy. use, and give to our fam
lilies for their daily bread. is mostly
refined gluten and white starch
cells. i'i--f'
| We have been educated to like
white -four and white bread. until
anything else seems repulsiye to 'Is.
but IL we can view both the white
bread and the darker loaf made from
whole wheat with the eyes of
knowledge, we shall soon feel far
differently. The white loaf will
call to our minds the tremendous
inroads of diabetes, Bright's dis
ease, hardening of the arteries, in
middle life, and the malnutrition,
ricketts,. infantile paralysis. and poor
teeth, of childhood.
| AS we look at the coarser brown
loaf. we all think of the hardy
Scotch. people that until recently
grains, a nd our sturdy ancestors OF
the days before the reign Of spotless
white four With such thoughts
as these in our minds. will We need
any urging to turn our appetite to-
ward the humble brown loaf ftly
named by our bakeries. Health
IBread?" l think not
our best magazines. there appeared
an article on "vitamins" which 1
wish everyone of YOU could read.
IVitamins. are the recently discovered
and but little known ife-givinE
properties of food. without which
children cannot grow or adults
maintain life and vigor. This ar
|ticle is the most Illuminating and
lcomprehensive discussion of the
subject that has yet beer. in print.
i There are three kinds Of vitarnii1s
now known, which we will call A,
liz. and c. All three are present
in mix and green vegetables, and all
are needed for the growth and
energy of human creatures. :, A is
found in uncooked dairy products.
in yolks of eggs, cod-livers oil, and
leafy vegetables. Without this
yitamin in their food, children have
ricketts,, bow-legs, and eye-disease.
1t is not present in nut-butter and
cleo. both of which find their best
market in the country. Whenever
they are used in the place OF butter
milk and green vegetables must DO
4 added to the diet for safety.
B is important and mystrical in
its action. without it., sucR4diseas-
es as beri-beri, and pellagra deyel-
ope. There is some reason for
thinking that we should look here :
for the cause of anfantile paralysis
4 Acne. rough skin and boils are
found when is scanty in the diet.
When it is plentiful, it is thought to
lstimulate the action of various
\ glands, to quicken growth and in
: crease It,, and to increase the pow
ers of procreation and reproduction
This wonderful vitamin Is found In
the outer bulls of grains (whole
wheat) and in the seeds Of grains,
in stalks, in fruit, and very album
dainty in yeast This is why eat
ling yeast has been found to be such
a marvellous and almost universal
cure for rough skins boils and acne.
i c is found in the. citric fruits.
like oranges. lemons, lines and
grapefruit, in spinache. peas, to-
matoes, cabbage and lettuce. Cooking
or drying removes most of it, ex-
eept in theecase of tomatoes and
oranges. For instance. green peas
have it but canned peas have lost
1t. For this reason children fed on
pasteurized milk should receive a
little orange or tomato juice every
day to supply c which the pasteur-
. ization has taken O,it sof the milk.