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This means that the old slogans, "A for eye troubles, B for beriberi, C for scurvy, etc.," are not quite accurate. For specific vitamins do not invariably cure specific diseases; they all work together. Experience has shown that in groups of people deprived of all vitamins for a long period of time, various individuals develop different deficiency diseases. Some do not even have scurvy or pellagra; they develop anemia instead-a disease not ordinarily believed related to vitamin deficiency...
Conclusion: natural foods provide a harmonious combination of vitamins. Vitamin pills are necessary only for definite deficiency diseases, should be given only by doctors...
...with age, in contrast to the known alteration of the chemical content of the tissues, especially the arteries." One way to forestall aging, some chemists suspect, is a judicious diet. Dr. Henry Clapp Sherman of Columbia found that when rats were given increased amounts of either calcium or riboflavin (vitamin 62) or vitamin A, senility was deferred and they lived longer...
...However, several biochemists last week reported that prematurely grey hair can be warded off and even darkened again by para-amino-benzoic acid, a member of the vitamin B complex...
Housewives, if you care about vitamins, handle vegetables with care! So warned the British Lancet last week. For most vitamins are frail: any tampering, let alone improper cooking, ruins them. Vitamin A (carrots, spinach, sweet potatoes) is very stable, stands up under boiling. But vitamins B and C (green vegetables, tomatoes, cabbage) run out with the juice when vegetables are cut, soaked, bruised, or boiled for any length of time. Some Lancet cookery tips...