The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-09-09

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 Lack of "pep," rheumatiS, lea cramps ct night and satigablllty, tho four most frequent complaints of persons who are physiologically older than their years are, in my opinion, manifestations of autri. tional deficiency rather than signs of old age,
 Tn preceding talks about this ] suggested that people with these complaints supplement their oruln' Ary diet with Q daily ration of vitas min D (i6O0 to 5000 units) and vita min B-complex (S00 to 720 units thiamin, 1000 to 2000 microgram ribofiaVin etc,) and, particularly those with rheumatiE or leg cramps additional calcium. All of this being for such persons essential food, not mediclne-as essential for health and functional efficiency, as Is any other food.
 The ideal way to get the neces' sary amounts of these essentials daily Is of course in natural food But let any ordinary citizen try tc get genuine whole wheat bread to cat and see how far he goes m h@ movement back to nature. Or TOT that matter, try to buy Q few pounds of unreflned, natural, raw sugar ana see how quickly the merchants, clerks and your neighhors will mark you aS Q nut. Yet, short of replac. ing refined white flour with real whole wheat flour and refined white sugar with unrefined, natural, raw or brown sugar (though not the pale imitation sugar refiners try to palm of on the public as brown sugar" today) 1t is practically i'm. possible to get from even the most liberal and varied diet Q youth or an adult or elderly person may take today enough of the essential vita" mins D and B.complex and mine erals calcium, phosphorus and per" haps iron and Iodine to maintain good health, normal growth, fuSac" tional efficiency and pep"
 You see, most of the calories in the average diet are derived from refined white four and refined white sugar or the delectable, ap- petizing, plentiful, cheap, always easy to eat or drink things made oi them, If one gets over half of his daily calories from such items one just will not take enough or the so- called protective" foods Qoods that supply vitamins and minerals the body requires) to maintain the in- take of Vitamins and minerals on level adequate for normal nutrition.
 So, as see 1t, the health of tho nation Is poor all around. The old folks and the young folks are in the same boat Indeed they have tho same complaints, although they pre- fer different ways of expressing them. So prescribe the same rem edy for grampa, grandma and tnN kids--supplemen the diet with daily ration of vitamin D, vitamin H-complex and a good dash Of cal" cIum and phosporous. But remem' ber, this k FOOD, not medicine.
 QUESTIONS 6 ANSWERS
 Rupture or Breach Is Hernia
 Can the injection treatment cure rupture aS well as Q hernia AS our doctor explained 1t mine Is Q rupture and 1t would be impossible for infections to repair rupture. e. P. CD
 Answer-Either you or your doctor misunderstands. Of course rupture or breach is only another name for hernia. By whatever name 1t Is as likely to be curable by the ambulant or injection method as 1t is by sur gery. If know of phyhician m your vicinity who is skilled in the ambulant method I'll be glad to name him by mail If you provide stamped envelope bearing your ad- dress. Many of the best doctors ! did have on my list are now in mili- tary service. I do not answer clip- pings.
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