The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1945-11-05
Your Health
Lack Of Vitamins
Produce Variety
of symptoms

By HERMAN n. BUNDESEN NJ. r
MANY people who feel below
par may be suffering from . def
cheney Of vitamins. This deficiency
may develop from many causes
and may produce q variety Of
symptoms. Hence, the correction
Of . vitamin deficiency, as soon As
II is recognized. is important
Doctor J. Richard Allison Of
South Carolina has made q study
Of 400 persons with skin disturb
snces either known or thought TO
be caused by q deficiency Of the
vitamin B-eompleX. In studying
these patients, he came TO the con-
elusion that in many Of them there
was . lack Of hydroehloric acid in
the stomach. He thinks that when
there is no hydrochloric acid pres
ent in the stomach, or II II Is les
sened in quantity, the vitAmin B.
complex is not absorbed or taken
up to be used by the body.
B-Complsx Deficiency
In patients who were known 70
be suffering from q deficiency Of
vitamin B-complex, Doctor Allison
found that in every case the
amount of acid in the stomach was
either reduced or was absent Alto
gether. In these patients, he also
frequently found that there was
Anemia or 4 lack Of eoloring in the
blood.
The patients studied were sur
fering from such skin disorders as
eczema, seborrheic dermatitis and
acne rosaces. In many instances,
the disorders had resisted all
forms Of treatment. A number Of
patients were suffering from ur-
ticaria or hives.
In treating these patients Doe.
tor Allison not,only administered
vitamin B-complex but also q weak
solution Of hydroehloric acid or
glutamn acid hydrochloride. The
latter preparation can be given in
capsules taken before, during and
after meals. He also found that
many Of the patients were using
diets composed principally Of
white bread, hominy, polished rice,
Cat meats and few vegetables.
Diet Corrsetisu
The dietary deficiency, Of course.
required correction. and Doctor
Allison recommended that whole
wheat bread, yellow hominy. yell
low cornmeal and unpublished rice
b included in the diet. As soon rs
the patients showed sufficient inn
provement, the vitamin prepara-
tons were discontinued.
Doctor Allison found that with
this treatment the skin conditions
rapidly improved in most In
stances. He also had good results
in treating certain cases Of bald
ness, and also in treating patients
who had lost the pigment in their
skin, that is, who were suffering
from . disorder called vitiligo.
However, only those patients who
had q deficiency Of acid in the
stomach were benefited by the
combination Of vitamin and acid
treatment.
Doctor Allison thinks that in the
treatment Of skin conditions asso-
eiated with q vitamin B-complex
deficiency and lack Of acid in the
stomach, the use Of dilute hydro
chloric acid together with Boom
pick, gives far better results than
treatment with the B-eomplex
alone.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
8. s.: Ny daughter, who IL three
years old, gets one cold after an
other. What causes her 10 get so
many eoldsi
Answer: Just why some chill
dren are more susceptible to colds
than others il not known, nor have
any particularly helpful measures
for preventing colds been found.
Keep your child in the best physi-
cal condition possible, and away
from other children who are sick.