The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-09-05
IRISH MOSS IS GOOD FOOD

According to McClendon (Jour. Biol. Chem. 102,9D seaweed con- tains thousand times as much io- dine as any other food.
 The diet of the Japanese has in- cluded a considerable amount of would seem that people who regul- arly take much more iodine than others get suffer no injurious effects. In Japan where the people get so much iodine in their custom ay diet cretinism and goitre are al- most unknown. In the so-called goitre-belt of the United States, a wide area extending north along the Appalachian mountains to Vermont, thence west thru the Great Lakes res ion thence south to Montana and Washington, thence south to in- clude most of the Rocky Mountain and Pacific States, altho cretinism is rare, goitre, myXedema and hypo- thyroidism are common ailments, the latter two conditions frequently escaping recognition and proper treatment.
 Without going into the signs and symptoms of myxedema or hypo- thyroidism in greater detail than is necessary to indicate the physical and mental condition that calls for increased intake of iodine, I give the necessary Instructions for Taking an Iodin Ration" that is, enough iodine to supply the daily requirement of the body, in pam phlet under that title, available to any one who asks for it and incloses stamped envelope bearing his ad- dress.
 Irish moss nutritive, easy to di- gest, pleasant to taste, soothing to inflamed mucous membrane, for merly much used as demulcent in bronchial, diarrheal and urinary tract irritations. An emulsion of Irish moss is soothing lotion for chapped kin and similar irritationS. Dried Irish moss may be bought in drug stores.
 This recipe for Irish Moss Blanc Mange or New England sea-moss pudding is given by a woman who has lived for 59 years in Boston and spent many summers at Scitu- ate where they gather the moss She says she has never seen a per- son with goitre in that part of the world, but has seen great deal of it in Idaho.
 | IRISH MOSS BLANC-MANGE (New England Sea Moss Pudding) One-third cupful dried crumbled | t1Y1lotnI TVteIN with cold water and allowed to soak for 15 minutes. Pour of the water, pick over the moss, add guart of milk, cook in a double boiler for one- half hour-no longer Add pinch of salt and strain. Then add two teaSpoonsful vanilla, one-fourth cup full of sugar, strain again, pour into individual molds dipped in cold water. When firm unmold and serve with any fruit and sugar and cream, perhaps sprinkled with nutmeg. QUESTIONS & ANSWERS CellulOse
 Lecturer stated that because cel- lulose is not broken down by the dilute acids or enzymes of the ali- mentary tract of man we get no more than lS6 of the nutrients in most vegetables and fruits. (L. L. B.
 Answer--Perhaps you miSunder- stood, or else the lecturer was a hum. bug. Of course man gets nearly as much nourishment from potatoes. bananas. apples. beans, peas. etc., as animals do. Perhaps herbivorous animals derive more nourishment from cellulose or fibrous material in vegetables, fruit, grass, foliage, than man can,
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