The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-09-26
V -I-T-E SPELLS YOUTH

VII T. E SPELLS YOUTH
 I've benefited SO much from nv- ing according to your health teach ings as set forth in your newspaper column and interesting Little Les- son" booklets, writes B. E. M. Many acquaintanceS tell me how much better look than I did 8 few years ago, and at the age of 49 I certainly feel younger and enjoy life more than I did five years ago. It is pleas ant when ones friends gree one with some congratulatory remark about one benig the picture of health. Through my example a number Of people I know, who formerly laughed at the idea, are now taking iodin ration, vitamins, somersaults, etc., and they are all enthusiastic about the benefits they get from 1t. did lot of talking about it, and I'm not sure the talking persuaded them SO much as my improvement did, but anyway they're all cultivat- ing vite now. (Signed-B. E. M.)
 Without apologies to HippocrateS or the Code of Medical Ethics Hip operates, indeed, advised his follow CTS to Do Good If You Can, But Do No Harm, and the Code of Medical Ethics contains no injunction against teaching the public how to keep well II may say that B. E. Ms testi- monial is not at all overdrawn. I believe degeneration, which is the beginning of old age or premature senility, can be retarded if not re- versed in most cases if taken in time. Normally man or woman grows, develops for about four decades, some remain at their peak up to fifty, then begins the degeneration process, the slow gradations of decay or decline, the encroachment of sen- ility, the onset of old age. Scien- tif1cally it is a gradual replacement of functionin gtissue or organ or gland cells with notwithstanding hb- rouse tissue, scar tissue or fat. Gosh, it hurts me more than 1t does you, probably, to talk about 1t, but it is so. The whole business is nutri- tional change. This does not imply that I have a diet which brings eter- nal youth, but If you care to do little research on your own you will find some suggestions about diet in this column pretty regularly. Also in that vest pocket-what do mean vest?-pants pocket opus of or Doc Brady yclept "The Seven Keys to Vite"-only the booklet is so hard to get. To get it you have to send twenty-five cents and stamped envelope bearing your address and ask for 1t.
 vite isn't defined in Webster yet. It means
 Preservation of the characterisA tics of youth, better -than-average nutritional condition as manifested in lower death rates, better growth and development, eXtenson of the prime of life in both directions, material improvement of the life expectation of adults. higher av- craze level of positive health throughout the life cycle, greater pep, more vitality.
 How's yours?
 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
 Human Guinea Pigs
 Once you advised using inmates of prisons as human guineapigs for medical experimentation. (C. H.)
 Answer-You failed to consider. perhaps. that l advocated only use Of such material in e voluntary way --that is. let prisoners volunteer to serve as subjects for experiments in nutrition, etc, and 70 they might repay, at least In part, their debt to society.
 ho0Ee Fighting
 When I drink several whiskles or beers in the evening ! invariably wet tho bed. Some one told me gin ls good for the kidneys. (M. R)
 Answer--For pickling Kidneys. per. haps. clgrhosis of the liver, s0Fses