The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-12-31
PRUNEs ARE GOOD 10 EAT.

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 Recently reader submitted this inquiry:s z l Are prsanes, said to. have "a 4tse-
 cided acid reaction. bad enough to
 exclude from oneis diet if one, has found that by eating 2 or 8 priires day elimination is perfect without
 need for laxatives? E $
 The answer was as follows:
 Pr1ineS yield alkaline. ash. They
 contain a small amount of organic
 acid. which may increase .acidity in the urine, not In the blood By all
 means continue eating prllnes Dried
 prineS are an excellent source of iron, vitamin A. calcium, potassium vitamin B complex.
 Another, reader fears the impress sion that I gave in that answer may
 do considerable harn1.. especially to
 invaIfdS who have acidoSiS. and that T am wrong when T saya pr,lnes yield alkaline ash" If by that I
 mean they do not increase acidity in
 the system. Frankly I have no idea what ails
 the invalid who has acidods. So far as nay knowledge goes, an invalid withs acidosdE Is seriously if, not dese l perately i'll and in no condition to experiment. with diet. Such arl in- valid Is or should be under the care of a physician and only the physi-
 elan attending the invalid can ads wise about diet. Gf ,. Itais morbid to imagine. that minor
 disturbances of health or ' vague symptoms may De due t0 .sacidosis'',. That notion belongs in the same category, as the n6tiin that shieh blood presStireD Is accountable for impairment of health or for vague symptoms of which the individual complains. ''Ir6igestion ss.DyS-
 pepsla or ''gass belongs in the same category. .,s K xs !, .i.s
 I1sirare instance it might be atfs visahle to omit prlneS from the, diet
 in order to keep the urinary acidity | within normal bounds. But aside | from. that we, must regard primes
 aSfp6d of speciaf value, for, as inen-- | tioned hey supply several elements which ate likely to be defctent in the everyday ddet of the maj jority Of
 Aside from; an of5that, If the habit of eating Seyeh nor eight prilnSS daily
 enables aS victim of the Constipation l habit to get along without the use of phySic then ,f repeat by Si all
 means continue eating pf,ines.
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Bin Likes Spinach
 1 Strangely enough. our Bill, 35s l years old, is very fond of spinach. I don't suppose 1t can do any harm to let him eat allyl1 wantS1of it2s. tMrs. Gs Wl A Ai1swer--No, 1t is SilarmleSS !. he likes 1t. If asyoungster does not Ike
 1t he doesn't miss much by turning 1t down firmly but gently. sPractic-i ally none of the calcium and only about half of the iron in spinach is used by the bocy. Cheap Rich Source of B CompIex ! Hind I enjoy 8 much higher state of health when I supplement- my diet with "a good daily ration of vitanain B complex. but. the cost of 1t strains my budget. s i (AGiss l.. ND ! Answer Excellent cheap source of vitaraih B complex is what mil
 lers call .'tfe scalp of the sizlEgs'' or "middNngE plus germ" If you
 can lind miller who will catch out
 6 few pounds of such wheat germ
 for you from time to time, you,Il
 have your B complex and your bal-
 anced budget too. Eat four ounces
 of it. daily: that will give you apr | proximately as much vitan1iia B
 complex as you would get in four | tablets or IF capsules of B complex.
 Heart and Artery {. Please explain what ''eardioVascri-
 lar degeneration" means. Have yoi
 any literature 4on hardening Of the arteries? ,,e. CALL M.). i .AnsWer--C Card diovaseular degenera- ton or disease CCvDJ means grade ual wearing out of heart and ar- teries, with replacement Of fsiilc- tioning cells by non-1i -1ilnctionin db- rulis. repair or scar tissue and ulti- mately -hy deposits of caEinrm. CXp | includes Inyocarditis. arttrioseler- osis, chronic intefstitial nephritis. apoplexy, angina, coroliaFy 0cclt- acn or thr0inhosis, etp. Send ten
 cents and stamped enyelop bearing
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