Word: vitamine
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...broker named Gordon L. Harwell. A born pot-watcher, Harwell used to sit up late nights with a pressure cooker and a potful of paddy (rice in the husk) trying to cook up an improvement on conventional milling methods. In orthodox rice milling, machines first remove the husk (containing vitamin Bi), then the germ and several coats of bran (rich in fat, minerals and vitamin B complex), finally give forth a polished white kernel which has lost most of the vitamins and minerals in the original rough grain. (The husks are burned; the bran fed to animals...
Dark, shy Dr. Voegtlin has headed the Institute (in Bethesda, Md.) since 1938. Since he joined the Public Health Service in 1913 he has headed research which compared the acidity and oxygen consumption of cancerous and normal cells, calculated the amount of vitamin C in tumors, discovered chemicals which produce cancer, studied the effect of radio waves on cancer...
Four ounces of such vitamin-rich products as citrus fruits and tomatoes. Four ounces of leafy green and yellow vegetables. Six ounces of meat, fish or poultry. Three ounces of butter and other fats. Two ounces of sugar. Three eggs every two days...
...Criminal Mind. In Houston, two men robbed Mary Burns of $5, quickly handed back a $2 bill, explained that it might bring them bad luck. In Long Beach, Calif, a robber socked Store Proprietress Cecilia Dodgion, tied her up, gathered $104 worth of vitamin pills, gave his victim a kiss, explained, "I must be nuts," departed...
...remain so for the duration, were turning to an ancient makeshift-bean sprouts. Said Dr. C. M. McCay, of the school of nutrition at Cornell: Why not? Sprouted soybeans, in his opinion, are a good meat substitute. They are high in protein and fat, are not starchy, have higher vitamin C content than unsprouted beans. Biggest advantage: they grow quickly (some sprout in three days), can be raised right in the kitchen, in any container where they can be kept clean, dark, damp...