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...Vitamin B1 (thiamin): for beriberi, anorexia, certain heart disturbances, inadequate lactation, nerve diseases of alcoholism, facial neuralgia, cirrhosis of the liver, sciatica...
After four years of analysis and experiment they found that grain grass contains all the vitamins except D, has 28 times more vitamins per pound than dried fruits or vegetables. Its riches: 23 times more Vitamin A than carrots; nine times more Vitamin BI than leafy green vegetables; 22 times more Vitamin B2 than lettuce; 14 times more Vitamin C than tomatoes and citrus fruits...
...American Chemical Society meeting in Cincinnati last week: "The use of only twelve pounds of powdered grass a year . . . will supply the necessary factors for a liberal diet to all U. S. families at a price they can afford for the first time in history." Once a vitamin is isolated or synthesized, researchers almost invariably find in it some long-awaited healing powers...
...Vitamin A: for night blindness and certain skin diseases...
...Vitamin B complex (consisting of some 15 related vitamins): for pellagra, and for deafness caused by deterioration of the auditory nerve...