Word: borsook
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...soybean product in the news last week was something called Multi-Purpose Food, developed in Los Angeles by Dr. Henry Borsook, Caltech nutritionist. To soybean grits (the material left over after the beans' oil is extracted), Dr. Borsook added minerals, synthetic vitamins, flavoring materials and hydrolyzed yeast. The mixture looks like speckled, light-buff cornmeal. It has twice as much high-grade protein as beef, and more vitamins. It lacks vitamin C (unstable to temperature changes) and is low on calories. But two ounces of the stuff, supplemented with leafy vegetables and a little bread or potatoes, provide...
...Borsook has not patented MPF, and is not interested in it commercially. At present it is made only for Meals for Millions Foundation, a nonprofit organization in Los Angeles which sends relief food to Europe and Asia. But the news has got around. Last week watchful Los Angeles housewives were crashing the Foundation's office, eager for a cheap substitute for high-priced meat...
...rough way of judging lack of vitamin A is to examine the skin, look for pebbly or horny areas on the face and upper arms or yellowish, thickened spots on the eyeballs. Dr. Henry Borsook of the California Institute of Technology last year used these criteria in examining hundreds of Lockheed workers, concluded that "nearly every subject showed evidence of vitamin A deficiency (past or present...
...Famed Biochemist Henry Borsook found that Lockheed Aircraft workers' efficiency, morale and physical condition were approaching the danger point from . lack of meat...