The Waterbury Democrat., 1931-06-02
MODERN BANNERS ARE EXCEEDINGLY
 CANNY

From the second edition of McCollum ana smmonds' Food Nutrition ana aea,.m. tnars al Rai timore, I quote this paragraph on freser'a''o of Vitamin c: ,..or,a a method of canning fruits and vegetables so as to preserve their anti-scorbutic propertles.
 The vitamn is destroyed more ,ap,uis by by oxidation Gin contact with air) than IL IS py the high temperatures. The juices of fruits ana vegetables contain considerable dissolved oxy- If heated at once on bringing from the garden this dissolved oxygen destroys the Vitamin.' II
 the materials are prepared for canning put ,. are
 immersed in slightly salted water for rev
 hours they can then be canned and processed
 without losing their antiscorbutic Vaiue.
 While in the water which shuts o1 ne aa a' m me
 oxygen in the tissues of the fruit IS used up :
 and so oxidation of the vtamin during subse-
 quent heating is prevented. Up to the presen.
 time (1928) this process has not been apple.a
 in a large way to commercial canning It IS
 still unwise to rely wholly upon the antiscor-
 butte value of canned foods. ,o,,
 In a personal commuhlca'oh' h"S '' A''N' Kohman writes:
 and Eddy have recently discovered method
 of canning fruits and vegetables so as to pte- serve their antiscorbutic value is inaccurate
 Neither I nor Dr Eddy have in any way dis- covered or revised any canning method as result of our vitamin studies with canned foods Any method that McColum describes m his book therefore, is not ours but that of the canning industry. The vitamin studies that Dr Eddy and have carried on have not inolcateo that any revision of canning methods IS neces- sary from the standpoint of conserving the vitamins in the foods."
 We'll, girls, the plot thckens Dr Kohman informs me that the commercial canners had realized before vitamins were heard of that oxygen must be excluded in canning fruits and vegetables because of its deieterious effect on the food or the container or both. II follows that when the vitamin story did appear, the canning industry was already doing lha' which is most essential in conserving the vitamin content.
 think we may safely rely on modern factory canned fruits and vegetables to yield suihcien' Vitamin for the requirements of the body Es- pecially canned tomatoes. When it comes to home canned fruits and veg etables it depends on the freshness and the un- broken condition of the food to be canned the promptness with which it is processed, and the process used. Of course heating or cooking in or dinary vessels destroys Vitamn c. The method described by McCollum and Cimmonds and inac- curated credited by them to Holman an Eddy, Is a good one for home canners to follow. Drown the vegetables in weak salt water for few hours before canning. Many successful home canners have assured me they tin cans and a gadget that seals the cans perfectly dis a seasy to manipulate as d common can opener. The home canner SC
 equipped is as capable as any factory, though il is hard for her to keep the cost down to the low cost of factory canned food these days. Lithia Tablets
 have been taking Lithia tablets every day fol the past three weeks to improve my kidney con
 ditiOn. pass about a quart of urine every nigh
 between 10 p. m. and a. m. Do you think
 need to continue them? (Mrs J. J. D. | Answer-As much ever, and if you ask mt | I'll say don't think anybody ever needs litha ir
 any form. It has no effect that proper food does
 not give aside from the water you drink witt
 the lithia.
 | Reaches Annihilated
 Three years ago house was so Overrul
 with reaches that 1t reminded me of a cOmmunfs
 meeting in Union Square-they were so jamnHet
 they could scarcely move. used half carton o l- (Our own roach discOuragcr, which W,
 will gladly give any reader who sends stamped envelOped and asks for instructiOns) have
 never seen roach since. (Mrs M. FL | Bad Throat Please give me your opinion and advice re
 gardng strcptOcOccus hemoyticus throat. (Mr A. c. E.) | Answer-It is a bad throat and I advise you tt | consult physician | Cod Liver oil
 l I am girl P in a rather down condition | started taking cod liver oil with orange juice
 but did not keep 1t up over two months because
 my people advised against 1t. They said grOwi people should not take cod liver oil. Miss M. F. | Answer--I know of why growi people should not take it if they get any ben eft from <. While cod liver oil is most essen
 tial for babies under year old that doeS no | imply that 1t Is not good for older persons.
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