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quite a few others. Their peculiar
function is that they are not used
exactly as fuel or as tissue build
ers, as most Of our food is, but they
perform a sort Of regulatory func-
ton over the absorption of the
other foodstuffs and over their uti-
lization by the tissues.
Improves Blood Condition
There is no better illustration
than the now generally familiar
action Of liver in improving the
condition of tn blood and helping
anemia. II does not do this because
liver tissue actually enters into
the formation Of blood cells, but
because 1t contains some chemi-
cal which stimulates the cells in
the bone marrow where blood is
formed, to regular activity.
As a comparative instance, a
substance called NICOTINE acid was
found by researches conducted in
1887 to be a necessary part of the
diet, although in very small guam
titles, in order to preserve perfect
health. When it is not present, the
skin becomes unhealthy and rough
and scaly, and there is some dis
turbance of digestion and some
times Of the central sys-
TEN.
Now it a further found, as in
the case of liver, nicotine acid
does not actually enter into tissue
building but, in the language of
the scientists, provides material
Tor the building Of co-enzymes used
in tissue metabolism" or, in plain
words, it provides substances that
influence the cells to healthy ac-
tivity. 1t is like a boss on a con-
struction job: the boss does not
lay any of the bricks but he keeps
the gang that does lay the bricks
popped up.
In the regular progress Of the
study Of any of the vitamins, the
first step is to find that such and
such bodily deficiencies result from
the lack Of the vitamin, and the
second is TO examine all the foods
in the world to find out which ones
contain the vitamin. And 10 and
behold, when the scientists went
looking for nicotine acid, liver
led all the rest in concentrated
amounts of it. Liver contains about
IL milligrams Of nicotine acid per
gram of dried substance, while
wheat germ contains about O.05
and bakers yeast, the nearest COM
petitor TO liver, about 0.5 milli-
grams.
Along the same line, notice that
vitamin ID is found in most O n
centrated form in cod liver oil.
Later 1t was discovered that nearly
any FISH liver contains vitamin ID
In high concentration and certain
ly animal livers in general contain
1t to some degree.
Body's Great Storehouse
Why does liver contain 70 many
OF these elements? Because the
liver is the great storehouse of the
body. The substan' in liver which
helps blood building is not formed
in the liver but in the walls of the
stomach and is brought 70 the liver
for storage and sent 90, to the
bone marrow day by day add hour
by hour as needed.
Likewise with vitamin D. We
all form vitamin D in the skin by
the action Of sunlight and it is car
ried to the liver for storage. 1t is
not formed there, but carried there
from the place Of formation and
sent out al needed.
! have by no means exhausted
the list Of substances that we know
about which are stored in the liver
and are necessary for health, and
there must be many more waiting
70 be discovered. None Of those
known are destroyed by cooking.
So teach your children to eat liver
one a week.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
W. H. T.: Please give a treat
ment for relief Of bunions.
Answer: Hallux vslgus, or bum
ion, is a deformity Of the foot at
the sngulation of the great toe.
Pointed shoes or otherwise badly
fitting shoes plus a fundamental
weakness Of the foot are the
causes. 1t progresses to many de-
grees Of severity, each stage re-
quiring different treatment. In
mild cases orthopedic shoes prop
erly fitted give great relief.