The daily monitor leader. [volume] (Mount Clemens, Mich.) 1942-19??, 1943-02-03

Of a fe W
DIR. CHRIsMAN months.
One point Of
Importance is this: that In q time
when women are needed to assist
In industry and carry on at home
at the same time. they must under
stand nutrition, so they can serve
quick meals and "one-dish" menus.
without allowing the family to suf-
fer from faulty food selections. The
food demonstrations include ways
of preparing packed meals as well.
and lists are made UP OF non-ra-
toned foods.
"Shoot the Tabs"
II one were to be allowed to enter
q war plant. he might think he
was hearing a secret code, but 1t Is
only what we used to speak OF as
double talk" Such phrases are
used as things are In the groove. :"
which means that production is
rolling. Another crate for slant
eyes" indicates a new plane for the
Pacific battle line is finished. But
the one that interests us at the mo-
ment is this: Shoot the tabs to me.
Babs," which may be translated to
mean. pass me the vitamin tablets,
Barbara"
Passing the tabs" along with the
ammunition Is industry's way OF
trying to save some Of those Co.
100000 work days lost annually
through waves Of colds and other
minor ailments. In cases where
the management does not take the
precaution to supply this additional
preventive routine, the workers
themselves have realized their
needs for fortifying their diet with
vitamin and mineral concentrates.
Frances Berkely Floore, nutrition
advisor of Eastman Kodak Com
pany, says this: Many Of our en-
ployes, who have supplemented
their diets with vitamins. report
less fatigue, increase Of energy and
less eye strain after taking them"
It seems to be good business for In
dustry to provide such supplement
tai supplies to increase the general
efficiency.
More and more, older people are
being absorbed into employment.
They need adequate nutriment.
Digestive tract tissues become less
efficient In absorbing needed Vita
Minis from food as the years ad-
vance. Another problem is that the
natural reserves of minerals in the
body are being depleted. This is
factor to be noted in the need Of
additional food for the tissues and
organs. About the only way to Sc
cure this is to provide oneself with
the needed nutritive factors in con-
centrated form.
Deficiencies at Source
Here is q rather serious indict-
ment against Mother Nature, upon
whom we call so often. She is ac-
cused Of being pretty tickle" In the
vitamin and mineral provisioning
Of foods. So many workers are be-
ing drawn from the farms to fill the
armed quotas that the soil is likely
to be starved for lack Of ordinary
care and precaution. Hay that the
mineral-starved soil provides pas
ses on the deficiencies to the COW
that eats 1t and to the milk that
you drink.
This is the secret Of the many
deficiency diseases In certain parts
Of the country where agriculture Is
poorly advanced. Tomatoes that
are ripened after they are picked
contain lots less A and c vitamins
than II they turn red on the vines
Oranges grown on inner branches.
or on untrimmed trees. contain less
vitamins than others. We can get
around these deficiencies by max
ing q study Of the concentrates pro-
vided In the vitamin line, and thus
get around" Natures quirks.
A huge problem In the immediate
future. now that rationing Is under
way, Is that at least IS per cent of
our homefolk. according to the stu
dents Of such things. will eat the
wrong kinds of food when the re-
strictions make the balanced menu
more difi1cult. They'll All up on
sweets and starches, thereby in
creasing their Vtamin require
~ments. since the body needs Just so
many micrograms Of 81 to burn up
every 100 Galleries Of sugar. In this
field. we may profit largely from
Britain's experiments. Emergency
\ rations" and balanced formula
concentrates" will become house.
hold words. II we are to do our Jobs
well without disaster to our bodily
hoalth