The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-05


 |, often slight edenna or swelling about the ankles toward the late after- noon.
 In such cases-and they are now recognized as quite common, due to the shortage of vitamin B complex in our refined diet-an optirnal daily ration of vitan1in B complex is an important part of the treatments whether digitalis or other heart heart remedy is used or not. By optinal ration we mean several times as much B complex as may be actually necessary to prevent manifestations of deficiency dis ease. S
 Some of the characteristic early manifestations of vitamin B defici- ency, according to Dr. Dwight Will bur (Calif. and Western Medicine, 1939), are dyspnea difficult breath7 ing, shortness of breath) and pal- pitation on exertion, tachycardiS (rapid heart beat) and edemS (dropSical swelling in legs or else. where). These are common Symp- toms of heart disease. Many phys icianS who have retained the cap acity to absorb new knowledge and adjust their principles of practice to conform, have been impressed by the striking similarity of these manifestations of vitamin B defici- ency in this country to the common early symptoms of cardiovascular degeneration( heart artery wearing out). Among many reports in med ical literature in the past few years that of Weiss and Wilkins, on the Nature of Cardiovascular Disturb ances in Nutritional Deficiency (Annals of Internal Medicine, 1937) is all there Is room to cite here. These authorities, after study of 120 such cases, concluded cardiovaS- cular disease from nutritional de- ficiency is of regular occurrence in this country. The old timers, many still in active practice, have assumed and still assume that only in the Orient do people suffer from lack of vitamin B; they can't savvy im- pairment of health from moderate deficiency-it must be complete de- privation of vitamin B, and full- fledged beriberi before it means anything to them.
 It should be fairly evident now that I was not so far ahead when I said, in the opening paragraphs of Little Lesson No. 2-CVD (car- diovascular degeneration, booklet mailed if you send ten cents and stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress, Recent observations by good clinicians in large hospital wards have proved that habitual or pro- longed deficiency of vitamin B com plex and sunshine vitaInin D must be considered factor in crippling the patient by loss of heart eff ciency in the majority of cases. Patients who are compelled to give up work and spend many weeks in bed or at rest because of dilated heart or decompenSation or impair ment of the capacity of the heart to maintain adequate circulation, recuperate in shorter time if they receive large rations of B complex and D =. ."
 
 am fond of milk and drink three glasses day, but am told milk causes excess of phlegm in throat and ali through the system, and l notice I have much phlegm ill my throat at times. (Miss w. B. Answer-Milk has no such effect. The drinking of milk is a healthful habit, and the phlegm you notice since your adviser suggested it-S surely not due to drinking milk. This Lady Likes the Effects
 have been taking wheat germ for the past fourteen months - l use two pounds every eight days. It has done everything you said and more-I ascribe my much improved sense of well being and strength to the wheat germ ike some of it in cakes at breakfast and some as a cereal at lunch and dinner. owe you my thanks for this boon to helath and a mental exhileration. (Mrs. M. R. L.)
 Answer-A great many people who are not sick but. conscious that they are not up to par get that improved sense of well being if they boop their daily intake of the essential vita mfrs, B complex and D. Wheat germ supplies the B complex. It must be steady diet, though, for many months at least, and not just oc- casional doses"
 Protested by John F. Dille Cop