The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-10-10
HOW TO NEGOTIATE RAW
 LIVER

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 LIVER
 Supply and demand are the two immediate factors determining mar ket price. When you and l were young, Maggie, the supply Of liver was so large that the butcher gave 1t away and felt sorry for your ab- ject poverty. Later on, the butcher got wind of the notion of some doc. tors that liver might be not only good food but even of remedial value against anemia. The supply Of liver thereupon decreased steadily and the price, oh, my.
 Wild animals instlctively consume the liver and other interior appurt. enances first after the kill. Savage tribes likewise manifest marked pre- ference for the liver, heart, etc, when the hunters bring down Q large game animal.
 Mammalian liver (beef, swine, sheep, deer, etc) yields 600 calorieS per bound, approximately the mum. Der of calorieS derived from Q pound of lean beef. Liver contains slightly more protein (nitrogenous nateriAl) slightly less fat than lean beef. 1t also contains carbonhydrAte (glyco- gen, animal starch), which as aS llourishing and aS easily disestible As the sugar In milk, for instance, and contributes to the characteristic taste of liver.
 Animal livers generally contain large amounts of vitaniins A, B. complex and D. Not that wild ani. mak and savages know thiS, but there at Is. Vitasnins A and D are ilttel affected by the heat and oxi. dalton Of cooking, but some of the entities of the B-complex arc des- troyed by heat. Therefore cooked liver Is excellent food, but raw liver Ls better food in some circumstances.
 Raw liver contains . substance which Is essential for the develop. lnent of red blood corpuscles. One of the factors, called the intrinsic factor", of this substance Is destroy ed by heat. The other factor, prob. ably derived from the vitamin B complex Is not SO easily destroyed by heat. So that cooked liver has Some value In the treatment of aneniia btu raw liver Is much better-lf you can take 1t.
 one way to take raw liver (beei or calf liver is best) is in . tomato juice cocktail, seasoned as you like about Q tablespoonful of ground raw liver In the cocktail.
 Another way, as described by c reader who has been apparently cured af pernicious anemia by eat Ing liver, as follows:
 I started out with about one- fourth pound at meal two or three times Q day. After having tried various ways I finally set. tied down to this way. would cut 1t up on a board, as fine both ways as could chop 1t, and salt 1t, and put it in a dish and set 1t in the refrigerator until 1t was quite cold. Then I would take swallow of ice cold milk, then 8 spoonful of teh cold chopped liver, then another swallow of cold milk, and so on. The liver must be per- fectly fresh, and liver and milk perfectly cold. and you will neither taste nor smell 1t. I believe I took we'll over a hundred pounds of liver in this way. I still eat little once week or 50, on the advice of the doctor.
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 I have purchased some capsules, each containing l,500 units of vita- min D. Please inform me what quan- tity of vitamin D to take for chronic Iarthritis. (T.A)
 Aanswer-Offhand, perhaps @ cou- lple dozen every little while. Such capsules are scarcely suitable for the purpose. Send stamped envel- one bearing your address, for lpamphlet on "Arthritis", which gives detailed information concerning the massive dose vitamin D treatment. The capsules should contain each l50.OOO units of vitamin D. and gen. Ierally the daily ration for the first lmonth cr SO is four such capsules. All pEbnise Is that 1t can do no harm to try this treatment in any case of chronic arthritis.
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