Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1927-08-26
Nutrition Nuggets:

| While it is best to think of foods in
| their positive relation to nutrition, we
| must not forget that they have also a
preventive work to perform. Ricketts,,
| for example, is a disease that appears
at different times of the year and it
may often be traced to a lack of one
of the vitamins. The quickest way to
bring up the supply of this vitamin is
| to give the children cod liver oil over a
| period. 1t has been found that If the
diet is lacking in this vitamin that pre-
vents ricketts,. it is very often lacking
in another vitamin also, namely, the
one that is present in butterfat and
milk. Lack of this latter vitamin will
often lead to a tendency at least TO
tuberculosis. So it is a good plan to
remember that merely by cutting down
on the supply of one vitamin we are
| sometimes in danger of an INSULT
cient supply of another.
| Individuals who cannot eat eggs with
| impunity land there are more than
we sometimes realiZe). will do well to
| try certain experiments. One is think
| ink now Of both adults and children.
| The very young children should have
an egg once day, if possible, but
| not until they have reached the age
! of two years. Before that age even one
| egg is too much for the digestion At
one time The first experiment then
should be that the infant who is be-
ginning to eat solid food may digest
half an egg when he could not take a
whole one. Again, both children and
adults will sometimes digest the yolk
of the egg when the white will cause
considerable trouble. This latter fact Is
traceable to the possible putrefaction
caused by the white after the residue
reaches the intestines. AS for grown
ups. they often eat eggs in the form of
baked custard, scrambled eggs. poach-
ed eggs or even fried eggs when the
system revolts at eggs that are plain
|! boiled. Just why this is the case no
one seems to know, but experiments
have proven it to be so.
If there is u tendency TO constipa-
ton, to increase the supply of the Sec
Ond vitamin or Vitamin b Will help
, considerably in correcting this condition
Milk. whole grains. fruit juices and
vegetables all contain this important
element. In fact, most authorities feel
that if an ordinary rich mixed diet is
eaten, there need be no fear of
deficiency of vitamin Il. On the other
hand in connection with this matter of
constipation. it may be well to pay
special attention to the foods contain
ing this important vitamin. An extra
supply of fruits and vegetables. whole
grain breads and cereals with milk and
eggs besides, may work wonders in
making it possible for one to discard
his mechanical aids to intestinal
health.
Although the average individual
should confine his diet studies to such
facts as will give him practical work
ing knowledge. even this will make it
advisable for him to know the terms
used in discussing dietary making. One
of these words is the name for body.
building food There has been some
confusion because of the use of both
proted and protein. Luckily this con-
fusion may be cleared up at once, since
the former word is now abandoned.
The word protein is applied to series
If food substances which help the body
in the building Of its own tissues.