Evening public ledger. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1914-1942, 1922-04-03

system with regularity. Just what effects
they produce we do not yet definitely know.
put put health and strength suffer. severely if
they are lacking in the general food scheme.
Ihcrr are three sets of these vitamnes
and three sets of conditions arise when they
are omitted from the food. The first of these
!itamlnes Is known rs fat soluble \, and it
is found in butter fats, leafy vegetables
Huch as spinach. lettuce. etc, and in egg
Soik. very little of it is also found in
the root vegetables with yellow pigment,
HTch as carrots and sweet potatoes 1t is
also found in milk. A young animal will
remain stuntcd in growth without this fat
s,9.upie ,.!e q, no matter how much Of the other
without 1t. and there will also be q tendency
OF the cornea Of the eye to harden. The
cooking OF milk does not remove this fat
soluble a from it, which is an important
I Ionns TO remember. IN growth of the young
"epehos largely upon this food element.
Value Of UnhusIed Grains
Inc second of the vitamines is known as
Walt. waasr soluble j. and 1t is found in most
vegetables, particularly in the husks and
M uIun OF grain. So, when persons insist
upon polished rice Or millcd -four and meal
they arc eating food which has had ono of II.
most valuable elements taken away from
A.. ihE upscnce of water soluble Il will
eventually result In such diseases as beri.
beri, or neuritis and muitiple paralysis
Beri beri IS. Of course, n rare dscnso !,
occidental countries where there are nlentv
OF o. vegetables, but it is very common in rho
orient, ana virtually all of II may be ,r,cod
.n,ah TO 1he ., Us" OF the white polished rico, of
WWlcn W. t!loSe people eat very large uuuntltios
we nave similar case IN our own rn,,ntrv
IN the use of very white bread 'rbn ,,,a
OF "hoie grain bread here and of rho nm.
polished rice in the East would mean rho
"'p,ng out of diseases Of this kind. '"'
7. is ro,,i ,niru IL named water soluble &,
tpnA
IN ireSh fruits and vegetables. Bur thoSs
must pe fresh; when canned or dri"l ,hj
valuable clement disappears. '"''
One Cause Of Scuryy
Inc continued absence Of water s,prb.
VIII eventually result in sc,,ryv. ;u' wh;eh
IN the days of sailing vessels. Whom man
, Mrn, without fresh foods for periods of
months AZ time, was very common Wo, ".
soluble is found in oranges and ,ar'nnt ,",ut
ma also in the juice of tomatoes sn ,His
u parents feel that they cannot rire .h"i,
cniiufch oranges during the months Of tbo
Sbaa,noS Shtp Mneh fresh vegetables cannot be- be-
fhe purpose admirably, W." S'r'e
Inc extreme lack of yitamines ,r,u
auce stunted conditions in the yonn" r," n,'J
~ Is matter of speculation as var % anu -,
Just no" many other sub nutritive ailme,,,
"horiaas,,. rnaSrn D! "; we are feeling our wny
know definitely what an utter lack W, M' 40 10
Sltamines will do, They certainly contais -, ane
some elements which are neccssnrS T., I'"anih ,',I
mote s,,I healthy growth in the young pr0i "0d
msvea nre equally necessary to maintain vigor and @
insure long hfe In the adult e't anu
There is also the eicmcnt y, ,,,.,
without which the bones and teeth h'a,",ui', n"n,
DC bullt and maintained Jhis ir e.nhoi
largely in milk, leafy vegetables ana ar"i.a round
a. w,n the husks left on All Of these Sec eesnt spss
dren ' and "ai' adts Psce in the food IL both ch
vig9r and strength necessary 70 ~" uron OF the
to do their best work 10 grow and