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all will help to make the diet that much more
healthfu.
On the preceding page is printed table
of important vtamins. showing why they are
needed and listing some of the foods that are
good sources.
First is Vitamin a which helps you have
good eyesight prevents nght-blndness and
the eye disease known as xerophthalmia
which is a dEy inflammation OF the eyelids
and the outer surface Of the eye, caused by
the failure OF the tear ducts 70 work properly.
This vitamin also helps prevent colds and in
fections
Vitamin 81 or thiamin is part OF what is
known as the Il Complex, a number Of related
vtamins all soluble in water II is familiar
to everyone as the nerve or morale" vitamin
and is very important in promoting a good
appetite and helping digestion.
Vitamin b also aids digestion and the
nervous system. II is believed 10 lengthen
the productive years of persons life by in
creasing bodily vigor and general well-being.
This vitamn also preserves the healthy condi-
ton of the skin and hair. Together with
substance called niacin formerly known as
nicotine acid, 1t helps prevent and cure the
skin and nervous disease called pellagra
Vtamin c helps keeps the blood capillaries
and the body tissues in good condition. 1t also
helps develop teeth and bones and is important
in the healing of wounds and gums.
Vtamin D. the sunshine vtamin, prevents
and cures ricketts,. II is important in regulat-
ing the body's use of calcium and phosphorus
and is needed for strong bones and teeth.
Vtarnin influences reproduction in ex-
perimental animals and may do the same in
human beings. There is some evidence that
it affects muscular tone, but since II is present
1v,fe h. old eo1 In,
planning a vitamin-rich diet
The same is true Of Vitamn K which pre-
vents bleeding II is used mainly by the
medical profession and the average person
need not worry about it.
Other vitamns not listed in this table are
still in the experimental stage.
a diet, to be good, should contain a supply
Of each class of foods listed in the table
But any housewife who wants 20 know
more about vitamin content of all foods can
get such list from the Department of Agri-
culture various food industries or in good
book on nutrition
Many helpful charts also are being put out
by the government showing the part fresh
fruits and vegetables, whole cereals, milk, eggs
and other necessary foods should play in each
days meals.
With food experts putting so much en-
pnaSlS on natural lOOuS as a source OF VIA
Minis and minerals IL makes the whole picture
look as if the only thing anyone needs to do is
TO turn TO Mother Nature. eat balanced diet
and be superbly healthy.
If that were true. chemists who have spent
whole hfe-times on the problem of making
synthetic vitamins or concentrating them
from natural sources would almost seem to
have lived in vain
But there are cases when those synthetic
and concentrated vitamins are needed many
such cases.
Sometimes the reason may be that Nature
fails TO be perfect supper.
Plants and meats sometimes lack the vita
Minis and minerals they are supposed to have
because soils in the region they come from
are poor or overworked. If the. soil doesn't
contain the necessary plant food if proper
fertilizers aren't added when needed the plants
growing on them inferior. They don't
make good food for manor for the animals
who are 10 furnish mans meat supply.
That is why plant experts and gardeners
now are paying more attention than ever to
the raising of well-fed, plants.
Then. the way fruits and vegetables are
stored, canned or cooked also has lot to