The Waterbury Democrat., 1939-06-05
TWENTY YEAR OLD JOKE
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STILL GOOD
 have to laugh, writes Mrs. F. F., when I think that 20 years ago my father forbade his children to eat wheat germ. He bought it under the name of shorts in 100 pound sacks to feed to his hogs. He said it was the finest thing money could buy for hogs, but 1t might give us the stomach ache. The craving for it was so great, however, that we sneaked 1t and ate it by the hand- full dry.
 Fathers prejudice against using the heart of the wheat kernel as food still keeps a lot of people in 8 cachectic state (general i'll health) --cachexia Americana. A similar prejudice against the use of skim milk has caused enormous wastage of that excellent food, which is second only to fresh sweet milk in nutritive value, digestibility and desirability in, the daily diet of in- telligent people.
 have been yelling my head of, figuratively, for years trying to persuade people to use PLAIN WHEAT as a staple of the daily dietary. But 1t seems when they set out to obtain a supply of wheat they are pretty certain to encounter the quaint old Cat least fifty or sixty years old) prejudice against the use of such stuff by human be- ings. Even merchants who have wheat for sale (for feed) rebuf the | inuuiring customer with the miSin- formation. that wheat that hasn't been processed is scarcely fit for human consumption.
 One ounce of wheat or of wheat bran contains as much vitamin B complex as rounded teaspoonful oi | wheat germ or three carrots or two eggs or a medium size banana ol a head of lettuce or three ounces of orange juice or tomato juice. Only an insignificant part of the vitamir B. complex in wheat remains Tn the white bread universally part as ar excellent fundamental part of every meal. It Is the very fact that people depend so much upon bread fol energy, warmth, building and repair material, and hence bread furnishes so large a proportion of the calor' ies required daily, that prompts u to urge the general use of wheat wheat germ and wheat bran in thu everyday family dietary, for this | the natural, economical way to pro vide the daily ration of vitamin I complex, without which normal nu' triton and good health is impos' sible.
 Then, too, the extremely larg' percapita consumption of sugar II the United States (109 pounds), s' it follows that nearly one-fourth O the percapita energy requirement. l met by eating sugar in one form ol another. Sugar is entirely free of thu minerals and vitamtns that grey with 1t.
 Finally, estimate how much O the yitamins and minerals in variou: yeketables and fruits are destroyed or dissolved out or removed by re fining, preserving. cooking. and othel processes to which food is subject ed.
 Then tell me if you can where any one is going to get the optima daily ration of vitamins and min. erals which is indispensable fol health and vigor. If you can't tel me, let me try to tell you-next tim' l xue chat ahn,1t this
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Gambling
 Is gambling a disease? If so, car it be cured? Your answer is t settle an argument. (F. Al
 Answer-It is not a disease in thu medical sense. Perhaps it is symp' tom of social disease, faulty educa' ton, false ideals, manifestation O childish longing to find the pot O gold, hidden treasure, get something for nothing.
 May It Never Become . Clint
 Baby girl 1 1-2 years of age. notice when the light shines in hel eyes at night there is gleam 1T her eyes like cats eyes in ths dark. (Mrs. P. H)
 Answer-it is the normal reflection of light from the retina in the bacl of the eyeball.
 All Is Not Asthma That Wheezes
 Please tell me something about asthma. My husband. 63, suffers from constant wheezing and hare breathing. especially when he exerts himself or when the weather | heavy or damp. (Mrs. D. M0. Answer It doesn't sound like asthma. Asthma occurs only by spells or seizNres, with intervals o' normal breathing between spells Constant difficult breathing anc wheezing rather suggests emphy- sema (loss of elasticity and balloon ing of portions of lungs), bronchiec. tasis (ballooning of bronchial tubes) or simple chronic bronchitis. Glad te mail monograph on asthma on re. quest, if you enclose stamped en- velope bearing your address. If you want booklet Gall it Cri," which deals with these and other causes