The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1944-04-08
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VTTAMIN FIDDLE-FADDLE
Bright young woman executive"
from occasional exposure 70
service club lingo infer that an
executive is an employee who super
vises or directs the work Of one or
more others-waS annoyed Wnen y
said here recently that 1t Is silly anQ
extravagant to give or sell at cost
a daily pill, capsule or ration con-
tanning "all the essential vitam1ns
and minerals" to every employe.
The great man Of the corporation
had decreed this largess and so 1t
was I'D to me to explain by what
authority I made that statement.
I believe 1t Is silly and extravas
CANT because only small minority
of any group of people anywhere
who are able to get out Of bed and
drag themselves to work suffer
from deficiencies Of all the vita"
minis and minerals. One in a hun
bred thousand, say. The notion OF
the great man that his employees
all suffer from lack Of all vitam1nS
and minerals was probably inspired
by good salesman for some COM
pany that manufactures the vitamin
and mineral shotgun ammunition.
Another lucrative racket which
is being worker on the gullible
Wiseacre public by good many
doctors who pretend to be ethical,
Is the administration of vitamin
"shots," such as injections of syn
thetic vitamin 81 (thiamin) to those
patients who can be persuaded to
come to the doctors Office every
day or two, where the nurse gives
the "shot and charges up a fancy
fee for 1t. There is as much justi-
f1cation for this trick as there
would be for having the customers
run in every morning for their
"shots Of caffeine instead of get
ting it in cup or two of coffee.
Mind, do not say there is never
sound basis for giving patient
most or all of the vitamins and
minerals in pill, capsule or other
form. Nor do I say there is never
real need for administering vita
Minis by hypodermic, intramuscular
or intravenous injection. I merely
point out that any one who is up
and about and able to retain any
food at all can get all the effects
from vitamins or minerals taken by
mouth that he as she can possibly
get from "shots. Hypodernic, in
tramuscular or intravenouS admin
istration Of medicine, or nutritive
elements, may be necessary when a
patient ms too Ill to take them by
mouth, unable to take food, unable
to retain or aSsimilate food. But
1t Is just plumb silly to take such
medicine, vitaminS or minerals in
"shots If you are up and about
and able to to take nourishment.
Nourishment and strengthened
look into that cliche another day.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
Distinction
Child died of ensephalitis six
months ago. Would 1t be safe to use
the same crib and mattress and
clothing for another child now?
(MrS. B. L.
AnSWer-Ordinary washing of crib,
bed or other wood or metal furni-
ture with soap and water, ordinary
laundering Of any clothing or bed
clothing, and airing of the mattress
if possible In sunshine for a day,
will make everything perfectly safe
and sanitary for any one to use, no
matter what disease a former user
may have had.
Whole Wheat
I maintain whole wheat bread Is
more nutritious than white bread.
My friends insist that persons with
high blood pressure and stout per-
sons are advised to use whole wheat
bread to bring down blood pressure
and reduce weight. They say white
bread is better II one wants to put
on weight. IT. ~
AnSwer-Practically no difference
between whole wheat and white
bread. so far as nutritive or caloric
values are concerned. Neither will
bring down or increase blood pres
sure or weight more than other food
Of equal nutritive or caloric value.
Whole wheat is always preferable to
refined white bread because 1t con-
tains more Of the natural vitamin
and mineral content of wheat. Send
stamped envelope bearing your adj
dress for pamphlet wheat to Eat"
Car Pin Tersy Dizzy
Expect to begin a repair job Gear
pentry) on some buildings where +
know there is considerable poison
Ivy. What is the best protection or
remedy against it? Is. W.L.)
Answer-Send stamped envelope
bearing your address, for pamphlet
on Poison Ivy. No harm to try i'm
munizing yourself with hair Of the
dog that may bite you, as the PAM
phlet will describe.
Copyright, 1914, John F. Ollie Co..
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