The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-11-24
TWo Roos FoR RREAEFAsT

TWO EGGS FOR BREAKFAST
 Notwithstanding all the knowl- edge of nutrition offered the public by doctors and near-doctorB In re- cent years, the typical American breakfast is still calculated to keep the Wlseacres pap-happy. The menu includes not only e cooked or ready- cooked cereal, which is mainly rec fined carbohydrate (starch or su- gar), but also toast, roll, hot cakes, waffleS, flapjacks, bread, biscuit, syrup, etc, oil of which is mainly refined carbohydrate.
 Carbohydrate is excellent food. Tt yields immediate energy for nlusa cular work or play. It is as easily digestible aS any other kind of food material. In Q well balanced diet it may and should supply about three- fourths of the total calories. It makes little difference whether the carbohydrates in the diet Is in the form of potato, bread, cornstarch, sugar, honey, rice, other cereals, su- gars, cakes, pastries, or whatnot. There Is no physiological founda- tion for the suggestion, too often given the laymali, that this or that form of sugar Is superior in any way to cane sugar or beet sugar in hu- man nutrition.
 The obvious fault with the Amer lean breakfast is that 1t supplies too much carbohydrate and not enough of most or all of the other essential nutritlye clements - pro. tein, fat, vitamins, minerals, and fibre, filler or roughage, for opti- maj nutrition and health.
 The shortage in protein and fat may be corrected by including two eggs In the menu. Two eggs cooked as you prefer-eggs cooked es you prefer are most digestible. Eat 'em raw if you like, although 6 portion of raw egg albumen passes through the aiinentary tract unabsorhed, and so cooked egg is more corn- pletely digested than raw egg.
 The shortage in vitAmllS Is part ly corrected by including two eggs in the breakfast (vitarnin A, vita min B complex, vitamin D and further corrected by eating plain wheat instead of refined flour or other refined cereals. On request, if you inclose a stamped envelope bearing your address, I'll send you a pamphlet, wheat to Eat" which gives suggestions on the use of plain wheat In the family dietary.
 By making wheat In one form or another a main part of the break. fast you get not only an increased ration of vItamln B complex but also more of the minerals and the fibre required for good digestion and good nutrition.
 QUESTIONS S ANSWERS
 Hernia
 I have had c small inguinal hernia for about eleven years, and have had the usual troubles with and discomforts from trusses. would never willingly undergo operation even if I were sure the operation would cure the hernia. but I am willing to have Q try at the injec- tion treatment you recommend, If you can tell me who in this neck of the woods Is qualified to give the treatment. (G. M. E.)
 Answer-I regret I know of no one in your town-the nearest phy- sician I can recommend is two or three hundred miles distant. But I do not know all the doctors who are now qualified to give the treatment -- perhaps a doctor in your own neighborhood can do so.
 White Spots on Skin
 Eager to know if you can tell me of a cure for white spots on the skin. Doctors call 1t faulty pig mentation. (M. E. X)
 Answer-Leukod oderma-absence of or disappearance of the natural pig ment from an area or areas of skin.