The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-10-12

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 CALCIUM FOR NERvE-MUBCEu
 IRRITADILATE
 Tn his pamphlet ssThe calcium Shortage (available on request 4 you inclose stamped envelope bcers ina your address no clipping will BufflCe) the UnhluShing quack who conducts this column fin person, not by proxy explains why the diet Of most of us is deficient in calcium and why 2 great many per, sons fall to assirAilate the calcium their diet does provide, in sufficient amount Co mainta good health.
 For instance one reason why Q good many individuals do not as- simulate and utilize the calcium re- quired by the body is that they do not get sufficient exposure of the naked body to slnlight--to inaxu- facture the vitannfn D that is es- sential for assimilation and u.iliza- ton of calcitm--or they fail to get enough vitaxnin D in food or in medical form. A normally acid gastric juice is necessary for. assimilation of cal- ciunl. Hypoacidity or low acidity of the gastric juice of course oc- CUTS in various ailments, and is commonly found associated with gastric atony (lack of tone iu storn- ach), poor appetite and spastic CO., lon (coion Arrangement, mucous colitis)" in persons who do not get enough vitamin B.
 One physiological function of calcium is the control of nerve- muscle irritability, through which action 1t tends to prevent muscle cramp, muscle spasgn, muscle Ov- ertension or rigidity.
 A single dose of calcium inject ed into 6 vein for immediate effect will relieve the painful cramps of arachnidism (bite by black widow spider) or the colic of lead poison- ing, or even gallstone collie. From personal observation fn c few cases am of the opinion that persons with paralysis agitang, shaking palsy, Parkinsor's disease should have an optimal daily cal- cium rtlon and enough vitasl1in D daily to insure normal assimilation and utilization of calcium. By as1 optin1al ration I mean considerably more calcium than one gets in even a well balanced diet. It is possible to get an optimal ration of calcium from foods that are coEnparatlveyl rich in calcium milk, cheese, peas, beans, peanuts, nuts, greens, egg yolk, cabbage, avocado, broccoli, caJliflower, carrots, dried figs, cat. mean, soybean flour, watercress, turnips, onions, oysters, clans, dried prunes, olives. The fact re- mains that most Americans get in- sufficient calcium to maintain good nutrition. And SO I suggest that the individual with Paxkinson's di- sease should regularly take some calcium glllconate and di-calctum phosphate and vitamin D to supple ment his or her ordinary daily diet. I believe this coTnbats the tendency towards increasing rigidity or freezing" in such cases and that is the main factor of disability. <
 QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
 Training for Diabetes
 am 86 and have had diabetes disease for about 25 years. Daughter, past sixty, lives with me and wants to know how to avoid it. My mother died of 1t at age of 72. Daughter uses more sugar than she should
 (AErs. H. c. R.)
 -Overeating, overweight, insufficient daily exercise, insuffi- cient daily intake of vitamin B complex, are common causes of de- velopment of diabetes in any one who has inherited the tendency. Send ten cents and regular size three -cent-stanlped envelope bear ing your address, and ask for book let Training for Diabetes".
 Silver Nitrate stains
 Can you tell me whether there 10 anything that will remove black stains left by silver nitrate solution spilled on porcelain wash stand5
 co. M.)
 Answer-Try rubbing the stains with swab of cotton soaked tz1 or dinary tincture of iodine.
 What! No Butter3
 eAeaeANb any butter at all, and the bread served here is considered third grade quality on the outside. Please send me information regarding care and diet for pregnant mother.
 (Japanese ram)e
 Answer-Lack of butter is unii11- portant if you have oleo. Lack of milk is not SO good, particularly for an expectant mother. If you mean the bread is not so fine or so white as ordinary bread, that is insigni- ficant. SO far as good nutrition Is concerned. In fact coarser, more nearly whole wheat bread. Is far better. For booklet "Preparing for Maternity" send ten cents and three stamped envelope bear- ing your address, of if you had rather not bother to send the stamp ed addressed envelope, send thirty cents.
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