J. B. Orr, in the foreword to his monograph on Food, Health and Income, stated “From the point of view of the State, the adoption of a standard of diet lower than the
Better Nutrition as a Health Measure (excerpt)
Turning to the vitamins, we find eminent medical opinion supporting the view that many people do not get enough of several of them because their diets are not well chosen. I can mention
Nutrition and Resistance to Disease
Nearly a hundred years ago Graves wrote, “Want of a sufficiency or food of an unwholesome or an improper character predisposes the human frame to disease by its debilitating effect on the system”.
Quotations On Vitamins From The United States Department of Agriculture Yearbook for 1939
“The chief fault of many American diets is that they provide too little of the essential minerals and vitamins. This fault is due in large measure to the fact that refined foods are
Nutritional Factors Affecting the Heart
Those who have had occasion to make many heart examinations by means of diagnostic apparatus, such as the electrocardiograph, sphygmograph, cardiophone, etc., concur in the comment that a functionally sound or normal heart
Vitamin B Complex Therapy and Cardiac Pathologies
One of the first noticed and most important effects of vitamin B avitaminosis is the bradycardia so prevalent among beriberi sufferers. Harris1 claims that this cardiac effect is due to an excess of
Food Facts or Theories – Which to Follow?
Most of us possess sufficient common sense to follow the course indicated by established facts rather than to follow a theoretical hypothesis when the two conflict. However, often we are overpowered by the
Why V – P Vitamin Products Are Not Offered For Council Acceptance
This question is often asked us. There are several reasons why we do not want to obtain this endorsement. The first is that we do not want to be under the restriction that