The Waterbury Democrat., 1945-04-06
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 GIVE US A MENU OR PIPE
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 Every half baked expert who manages to break into print seems to derive satisfaction from telling the bewildered public that 1t IS foolish to take vitamins in any form unless your physician pre- scribes the specific vitamins ana the specific "dopes" your case re- ouires. The self constituted expert explains that if one follows a fair ly well balanced diet one will get all the vitamins one needs from foods-especially from the protec- tive foods, milk, eggs, cheese, fresn vegetables, greens, fresh frullS' nuts and peanuts, beef, fresh porK and ham.
 It sounds fine. But, no matter what eminent specialist said it first, 1t is, after all, the cheapest grade of baloney.
 I lose no opportunity to suggest or urge the daily consumption or protective foods. particularly mix, cheese, greens or salad vegetables believe a greatly increased per capita consumption of these cor rective protective foods would be boon to the health of the country.
 At the same time I know-and I'll back this with $100 if any one cares to take issue with me-the Red Cross to take all-that it IS particularly impossible for an or dinary person to consume tha necessary quantities of the pro" tective foods to supply what recog' nized nutrition authorities consider the minimum daily ration of vita" mins for adequate nutrition.
 This is not just my notion. My assurance comes from recogniz- ed authority, Prof. Norman Jollifte, who estimated that in order to get even the amount of vitamin B1 (550 international units) that has been lost during the past century as a result of refinement in milling Of wheat, one would have to consume a daily combination of 625 Gm. of fruit, 500 Gm. of potatoes, 880 Gm. of other vegetables and 1.260 co. of milk. Approximately 454 Gm. to a pound, 473 co. to pinD. If you try to get all the vitanins you need from your well balanced diet some day, let me know when you get out of the hospital.
 Another thing. The half-baked debunkers are fond of saying that our great grandparents got along pretty well without and knowledge of vitaminS, and that is not fa1 wrong-our great grandparents goa that daily $50 units of vitamin Bj from the whole wheat and the old. fashioned molasses and crude un- refined brown sugar they ate-in their day there was no refined white flour, no refined white su- gar, no refinery ''molasses."
 If the self-constituted experts and the bright young science edi- tors" of Tom, Dick and Harry's magazines are not just kidding about the "vitamin craze surely it should be easy for them to give us the menu for a days meal which will supply all the vitamins one needs. I repeat, for such knowl- edge. I'll contribute as stipulated to the Red Cross or other plailan- thropy my teacher indicates.
 The ss-Budgets
 on, 2h years old, very fond of milk and cries for it if we will not let him have 1t BEFORE, his meal. Of course you know that if he drinks milk then he is too full to eat. (Capt, .F.
 AnSwer-Of course I know noth- ing of the kind Find some other subject to fuss about at table and let the child have his milk as and when he likes it.
 Phobia
 Three weeks ago son, g, riding out of driveway, was nipped on ankle by strange dog-it barely scrapped open the skin, but drew no blood. The dog disappeared .. please send any information you have on hydrophobia.
 (Mrs. D. L. R.)
 1A1AoWC4-4 O Ctl1 lC TdLIl6C nyQrOs phobiaphobia. If he were my boy wed have forgotten the little in. c1dent weeks ago. Only treatment I'd use in such a case is an i'm. mediate application of plain tine. ture of iodine, as for any othei minor wound, cut or abrasion, and
 Asthma
 I have chronic asthma and bronchial trouble. Tests showed am .allergic to house dust and pollens. (C. MI
 Answer-1f the Asthma" is more or less incessant the diagnosis seems questionable. Send stamped envelope bearing your address, fol on Asthma. Inclose ten cents if you wish also a pamphlet on Asthma. Inclosc ten cents if you wish also pamphlet '.ReNef for Allergy."
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