The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-06-26
YTTE AND NuTRTTION

WIFE AND NUTRITION
 Vite means preservation of the characteristic of youth, better than-average nutritional condition as manifested in lower death-rates, better growth and development, ex- tension of the prime of life in both directions, material improvement of the life expectation of adults, high CT average level of positive health throughout the life cycle, greater pepe, more vitality, the highest degree of natural immunity, an adequate fund of reserve power to tide over emergencies and strains the resiliency of the untamed animal or the primitive savage. /
 Although insufficient daily intake of vitan1in B complex is responsible for this lack of "tone" or vite in most instances, in my opinion, still it is certain that other nutritional deficiencies contribute to the below par state or functional weakness in some instances, notably calcium de- ficiepcy in childhood and early youth, and iron deficiency in the third and fourth decades. It should be obvious, therefore, that it may benecessary to correct these other nutritional deficiencies, as well as the B complex deficiency, in order to build or restore vite in such cases. In fact I believe some vitamin D Essential for normal calcium me- tabolism) is nearly always needed to supplement the diet of the child and youth, especially through the even through the summer # the even through tn esummer if the child or youth for any reason does not enjoy regular exposure of naked body to sunlight.
 Theoretically the general nutri7 tional deficiency of the American people might be prevented, if not as readily cured, if the people in- cluded in their daily diet more lib- eral amounts or proportions of the protective" foods such as milk, cheese, eggs, fresh vegetables and fruits-foods called r'protective" be- cause they contain considerable amount of the vitamins and min- erals required to correct the short- age in the ordinary refined diet. But practically this solution of the problem Is not so good as 1t may sound when recited by the self- constituted diet or health author ity who sounds of about the 'vita- min. craze" Referring to this, Prof. Geo. R. Cowgirl of Yale, in a re- port to the Council on Foods of the American Medical Association c. A. M. A. Dec. g, '39) said that in order to secure the $50 interna- tional units of vitaYnin B1 which has been lost during the past cen- tury as 8 result of refinement in milling wheat, one would be forced to consume tremendous and irn- possible quantities of these partic- ular protective foods," and cites the estimates made by Prof. Nor- man Jollife-that one would have to consume Q daily combination of 626 Gm. of fruit, 600 Gn. of poe tatoes, 880 Gm. of other vegetables and l,260 co. of milk. GA pound is equivalent to about 453 Gm. and a pint is equivalent to about 473 co.
 Garlic and Parsley
 Will you kindly have pr. Wm. Brady state his opinion of the use of garlic and parsley for High Blood Pressure. It has been rec commended to me by different Doc tors. co. MI
 Answer Fortunately we caught the evasive Doctor just as he was sneaking out the back way to the bowling green. He seemed inclined to feel @ bit frustrated about it. Then he .patted us on the shoulder. Son." he said, in the gentle, fath- erly way, if you have a powerful imagination, "son, it is absurd for high blood pressure is only a mani festation of one disease condition or another, and you can't do any thing about it unless you determine what ails the patient and apply whatever remedy the condition re-