Evening Star Newspaper, March 30, 1931, Page 7

THE EVENING STAR, V\'ASHII\'GTOI\". D. C, MONDAY, . MARCH - 30, 1931. MEDIC RAPS MANIA FOR VITAMIN DIETS Defitiency Diseases Rare in U. S. and Fear Is Caused by Cranks, He Says. By the Assoclated Press, ST. PAUL, March 30.—The “Vil Mania of the Twentieth Centu i criticized by Dr. Walter C. Alvarez of Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn., in an article based on diet questionnaires answered by 470 physicians throughout the country. ‘The article appears in the current issue of Everybody's Health, published by the Minnesota Public Health Associ- ation and made public yesterday. ¥ Alvarez concluded food should be chosen primarily for its digesti- bility, and_secondarily, for its vitamin content. He said vitamin deficiency diseases are rare in the Unitel States. Scores Use of Bran, Sensible eaters, said Dr. Alvarez, have sufficient vitamins in their systems to last over any reasonable period of semi-starvation. Bran and similar roughage, he be- lieves, is conducive to ill health rather than good health. “The future historian of medicine,” Dr. Alvarez wrote, “is going to be somewhat puzzled when he comes to write up the story of the vitamin mania of the twentieth century. He will wonder what could have so fright- ened the dieticlans that they should have behaved each day as if a mo- ment's relaxation of vigilance would plunge all their adult patients into the throes of scurvy, beri-beri, pella- gra and xeropthalmia. Vitamins Are Available. “Strange as it may seem, there is no shadow of an excuse for giving roughage when one wants to supply vitamins or chemical elements. One can get more than enough vitamin ‘A’ in butter, more than enough of the two ‘Bs’ in a little yeast or extract of wheat kernel, ob- tainable in a drug store; more than enough ‘C’ in a little orange and more than enough ‘D’ in a little tablet of concentrated cod liver oll or irradiated ergosterol.” Commenting on the answers con- tained in the questionnaires, Dr. Al- varez states: “It is somewhat surprising to find so many of these physiclans expressing themselves as strongly against the use of bran. Then I remembered that it is not the medical profession that has been leading the crusade for the use of - more vitamins and roughage. ‘This fight has been waged largely by amateur dietictans, self-appointed guardians of public health and cranks of all kinds."” Sk o GIVES JAZZ CONCERT Emil Belasco, Radio Organist, Ren- ders Piano ‘“Kaleidoscope.” NEW YORK, March 30 (#).—Emil | Belasco, youthful radio organ virtuoso, last night gave an audience in Carnegie Hall and his radio following over local stations the first rendition of his newly composed jazz piano concerto, “Kaleid- oscope.” ‘The background of the piece was played by the Manhattan Symphony Orchestra, directed by Dr. Henry Had- ley. The orchestration supplied more of the descriptive phrasing than did the part, in the form of worship inter- lude, Belasco had for the piano. The composition, however, is written in terms familiar to every American radio listener—strongly modernistic and with the necessary speed, abruptness of -phraseology and didactic climactic qualities to picture the range of the American theme. e Switzerland's 1930 imports of rayon ‘were $800,000 greater than those of the Real Estate Loans | (D. C. Property Only) 6% No Commission Charged You can take 12 years to | ~ay off your loans without the expense of renewing. $1,000 for $10 per month, including interest and principal. Larger or smaller loans at proportion- ate rates. Perpetual Building Association Established 1881 Largest in Washington Assets Over $24,000,000 Cor. 11th and E N.W. JAMES BERRY. President EDWARD C. 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