The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1942-04-02
Proper Food
For Vitdnins
'"THE FUTURE OF AMERICA
DEPENDS ON OUR STAMINAw
by WALTER ii. EDDY, Professor
Emeritus of Columbia University.

Emeritus of Columbia University.
One of the most commonly asked
questions by the layman is 'IIow do I
know what vtaminS need, or, how do
know that ! need vitamins at all?"
1t is Il perfectly logical question. 1t is
Il question that isn't so easy to answer
but we are beginning to get the an
SwerS.
Take vitamin B1 or thiamine de-
ficiency. One of the best authorities in
this field has recently reported that
there are three outstanding symptoms
which indicate a Vitamin B1 deficiency.
These are loss of appetite or poor ap-
petite, easy firing, and tendency to
SlpepleSSneSS Neither he nor anybody
else would maintain that any of these
three symptoms are always due TO lack
of vitamin Rl. What he meant is that,
If you have any of these three symp-
toms it will he we'll to try to correct
them by increasing your III intake.
There is II reason for this conclusion.
Perhaps the best reason is that we are
getting increasingly abundant proof by
direct feeding of Bl or B2 in conbi-
nation with the II Complex to such
eases, with almost immediate benefits.
The proof of the pudding is in the eat
ing. We have further confirmation that
this Improvement is due to the added
vilamin because not only did the sub
iects improve upon their addition, but
examination of what they had been
eating proved that their daily intake
from natural food sources was low.
In relatively small group due to
the lack of facilities i'm hospitals to-
day, further proof has been accumulat-
ed by examination of body fluids such
aS blood and urine for vtamin Bl,
with results showing low content asSo-
ciated with the symptoms and an in
creased content following the dosage
accompanied by the improvement. 1t
seems reasonable To suggest therefore,
that If you have any one or all of these
three symptoms your appetite isn't
good, If you tire easily, and if You find
it hard to sleep-you will be wise TO
start taking vitamin 81, and because
the effect of vitamin Bl is affected by
other members of the sO-called vitamin
Il Complex, il is II pretty good idea to
pleX at the same time.
The human body is II living engine
with working parts. 1t uses food as
fuel and il burns this fuel In the body
just aS the steam engine burns coal
and the motor engine burns gasoline to
deliver action or working ability.
There are very few of us today who
fail To give our bodies all the food fuel
required. In fact we are more apt to
ovcrstuif than to underieed ourselves,
SO far as quantity of food is concerned.
But one of the great discoveries about
vitamins and especially about the vita
minis of the b group, is that you may
eat large quantities of food and still
fail To burn them in the body unless
You have, at the same time, an ade-
Quatc supply of these Il Complex vita
Minis. In other words, feeding food for
human fuel without enough Il vitamins
To handle ii, is like feeding gasoline to
IN eight cylinder engine with one or
more defective spark plugs. The Il
vitaminS are the 'metabolic spark
plugs"
In the case Of these three symptoms,
one vilamin in particular, the one we
call Bl or thiaminc, is definitely con
ccrncd but cases that show these symp-
toms usually show other symptoms not
due purely to Bl deficiency. If you are
under the Doctors care and he is Just
trying To find ont exactly how much Bl
YOU need to correct II certain part of
your trouble. he is quite justified IN
limiting your vitamin corrective To Isl
alone until he's got the answer To his
question. II YOU are not working with
II doctor for the correction of these
symptoms, II is wiser To use multipI,
vitamin preparations. That's one rea'
son why the nutritional advisors ar,
50 anxious To have YOU study and learn
| the natural foods that contain or com
bine all the natural vitamins you need
! 1t Is II comfortable way to keep healthy
and it Is n recognition of the fact that
vitnmin and mineral deficiencies are
usually multiple
one difficulty, of course, with such Il
program Is that most of us are stub
! born and we do not like to change eat
! ing habits. We like what we like re
gardless of its nutritive value and we
keep on eating it regardless of what
the nutrition people tell U.S. That
why there is place today for the uSt
Of the vitamin concentrates that the
| chemists have made for us or have eX
! tracted from natural sources. They
can supply the vitamins and minerals
which will correct our deficiencies II
spite of our failure to eat the right
foods.