The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1943-05-13

tioning. The official lists and tables
Of food are all set out very neatly
with the exact amount Of protein,
carbohydrate, fat, vitamin and
mineral requirements everybody
should have, but it is left more or
less to the imagination in what
form they are going to get them.
For instance, | saw the other
day in a magazine a photograph Of
the breakfast that we used to eat
in 1912 and the breakfast that we
are expected TO cat in 1943. The
pictures were in color and the food
looked equally appetizing-to a
normal, average person.
Whereas the breakfast Of 1912
consisted of fruit, two nice fried
eggs, two strips Of bacon and some
toast, these last two items were
replaced in the breakfast Of l943
by three large, thick pancakes or
wheat cakes, maple syrup and a
glass of milk. Now your average
grade-school boy, bless his heart,
would gulp this down with plea
sure and get plenty of protein out
Of it, but the sight is enough to
make a person with a duodenal
ulcer or acid dyspepsia writhe.
Effect on Dyspepties
II the wheat cakes were soft
and tender, they would lie around
in his stomach for hours and
hours and hours and hours. And
they would make their presence
known. They would feel as if a
stone had been swallowed and
sometimes as if it rolled over and
all the bicarbonate of soda in the
world would not medicine the dys-
peptic to that sweet peace which
he knew yesteryear.
In the treatment of acid dys-
pepsia diet is of paramount i'm
portance and the use Of proteinS
heads the preferred list because
they arouse the secretion Of the
stomach the least, absorb the most
acid and irritate the lining Of the
stomach least. The meat substi-
tutes, such as spaghetti are likely
to do just as much harm.
Allergy Victims
And the poor allergy victim. The
one who is sensitive to some food
About one-haf or 70 per cent Of
them are sensitive to a vegetable
or two. Some are sensitive to milk
and some to eggs; very few, to
meat. AS the allergic person looks
over the list of things that are
available to him, he must shudder
and already anticipate the sacri-
flee that he has to make for his
country. He will be really patrio-
tic-red with the hives, white
with his pallor and blue mentally.
Diabetes
Another group who are going
to have to make some very nice
calculations are the diabetes.
There are said to be nearly 1000
900 in the United States and while
they are used to nice calculations,
they probably haven't known any
thing yet They are also faced
with an abundance of carbo-
hydrates and vegetable foods
which they will promptly turn
into sugar and which they cannot
metabolize. Their protein sources
will be reduced, certainly as far
as meat is concerned, and the ques-
ton is how many eggs they can get.
am going to make some sug-
gestions about these people in the
near future-in fact, as soon as
find out what rationing is all
about myself.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
S. M: What is psychoneurosis.
What causes it, and is there any
treatment for same? Just how
bad does the case have to be when
the Army will reject the individ-
ual?
Answer: A psychoneurosis con-
sists Of symptoms caused by an
upset nervous system rather than
any organic disease Of the organs
of the body. Patients with this
condition used to be called neuras-
themes or hypochondriacs. Treat
ment under a sympathetic nerve
specialist is usually successful.
Standard for army rejection is a
matter Of judgment on the part Of
the examiner and in general |
would say that if the condition is
80 bad that the individual is not
able TO meet the problems Of life
promptly and decisively, he should
be rejected.