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...human specimens was "frightfully low"-only 12.6%. Only half the men examined in that district were sturdy enough to join the Army. Even among the most carefully selected men in the Air and Marine Corps, a high proportion suffered from tooth and mouth diseases caused by scurvy (lack of vitamin C). "Especially in evidence" were two types of nervous disorders: 1) constipation; 2) "soldier-heart...
...Lunch and dinner: potatoes prepared in many ways, Kommissbrot (bread made from coarse whole rye, rich in vitamin B), all sorts of cheeses, milk, sour milk or milk powder (it stays fresh for eight months), rice, beans, peas, oats and barley, dried vegetables, dried and preserved fruits. "Fresh vegetables are given in great quantities," and all cooking water is used again for soups and sauces to save vitamins and minerals...
Food v. Pills. The Germans, says Dr. Gerson, believe that "a dollar will buy more vitamins in the market than in the drugstore." They do not add artificial vitamins to food, nor are Nazi soldiers fed vitamin pills. German doctors learned this lesson from an experiment in the Swiss Army, where soldiers were fed an artificial vitamin preparation (vitamins C and B. mineral salts, iron, dried yeast and a gelatinous sugar). Results: "Poor...
German nutritionists have found, says Dr. Gerson, that doses of artificial vitamins and minerals may act against each other. Example: large doses of vitamin A may drain the body's reserves of C, produce scurvy. The German soldiers get their vitamins in butter, rye bread, yeast extract, soybeans, vegetables, milk...
...City hospitals plan to treat early cases of syphilis with the five-day arsenic drip method (TIME, April 22, 1940). Since it seems that heavy doses of arsenic compound drain the body's supply of vitamin C, Federal Surplus Commodities Corp. has agreed to provide extra fruits and vegetables in an attempt to bolster up a number of reliefers with venereal infections...