The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-04-01
YELLOW FOODS FOR v1TAMIN A

From animal experimentation infer that
an adequate quantity of Vitamin may help
to keep us immune to infections in general and
respiratory infections in particular. we may
be wrong about this. 1t will take many years
patient observation of persons subslstlng on
various diets to determine Whether the INFER
ence is applicable to man.
Meanwhile no harm in seeing to it that
every body particularly he children gets
enough Vitamin A.
yellow foods seem to be the best sources of
this yitamin. 1t first found In putter 1at,
then in egg yolk and then in cod liver Oil. OF
course whole milk and cream contain IT, put
butter is the richest of the three. Ripe panama;
orange juice contain it, Sweet potatoes and
carrots contain Vitamin A. While white pota-
toes and red or white tubers or roots contain
little none. Yellow corn or yellow corn meal
contains it.; white corn meal does not Vltamln
is abundant in liver. kidney, sweetbread, but
only sparingy found in lean meats or in the
body fats of animals It Is not aouna IN a aiI
coconut OIL peanut oil other vegetable oil.
The green relishes-spnach, watercress, let
tuce beet tops turnip tops celery leaves rau
sources of Vitamin A. So are the green onion
tops.
This vitamn is destroyed by oxidation.
Therefore YOU cannot get enough of it in a diet
made up largely of preserved, dried, canned
or sailed foods. Storage permits slow oxidation.
Heat favors oxidation. Prolonged heating in a
the Vitamin A in the food, but in ordinary
cooking the Vitamin is not entirely DESTROYED,
and in canning by vacuum process IT is not de-
stroyed.
Formerly Vitamin was confused with Vita
min D. The nutrition experts concluded that
two separate substances were concerned, and
they therefore postulated two where only one
had previously purported to exist
1t is all very confusing. this vitamin business.
Some of the experts have insisted that there
are six or seven vitamins demanding recognl-
ton whereas it is all ordinary doctors can
do to conceive three or four.
Besides keeping one more or less immune
i.fo4 win
parently serves to prevent ophthalmia, dry sore
eyes and night blindness, and some nutrition
experts suspect it may help to prevent stone in
the kidney or bladder
There is a great deal more hokum than truth
propagated concerning the vitamins, and one
must be ON guard against the gross mlsnfor-
maticn so cheerfully provided for the public.
For example, the claim made by some about
the vitamin value of milk is absurd in any case
and false If the milk Is pasteurized. The very
purest fresh milk to be had anywhere is only
a mediocre or inadequate source of any OF
the known vitamins. even for an infant.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Necrosis
Kindly let me know whether necrosis is con-
tagious. ok. NJ. F)
Answer-No Necrosis is any disease condi-
ton in which there is death of tissue. Ordinary
soap and water cleanliness in handling is ample
protection against infection by the foul dis
charges.
F1axseeds
Want to thank you for great benefit have
received from the haxseed treatment. 1 had
taken physics for rs years. (B. IT,
Answer-The correspondent refers to in
structions for breaking the constipation or
physic habit. Glad to mail instructions free to
any correspondent who tells me he or she has
the habit (this Is not treatment for
anything) and incloses stamped envelope bear
ing the return address.
Diathermy Extirpation Of Tonsils
Do you recommend the electrical method
f~. nlSuS lsc
9. Mrs N. HI. wy
Answer-The diathermy method (electro-
coagulation) is preferable in any case. think,
though few physicians are able to apply it in
the cases of children so young. If the child Is
tractable and the physician skilled in managing
children, the method may prove great sue
cess
Teaching Child.
Is 1t time to begin my 3 ia year old daugT-
ter reading, writing or other subjects? III not
now. when? q. Nj
Answer Yes, at home
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