New Britain Herald Newspaper, November 2, 1928, Page 12

DIETS DERICIENT DOCTOR DECLARES Not Enongh Minerals Consumed - Baltimore Physician Says Baltimore, Md., Nov. 2 (#—Dis- closing facts which he believes may | account for much that is wrong with | the world, Dr. George Walker, Balti- | more physician and research work- | er, today laid before the American | Dietie Association the initial results | of his study of the eating habits of 750 families, ranging from the very poor to the very rich. His investigatoin, growing out of | an interest in the welfare of or- phans, the insane and other inmates | of public institations in Maryland | and elsewhere, he said has brought to light a number of significant de- ficiencies in the every day diets of people in general, i While this disease of the capillary blood vessels, amaller arteries and veins, is rare in its recognized form except umong isolated sailors and soldiers and explorers, Dr. Walker said he heileved that many of the disorders which appear in the gums, te teeth, the upper part of the intes- tinal tract and the bones could be traced to the widespread deficiency of the same dietary elemert. Improper Food Among children in public institu- tions, he told the dieticians, he found that, while they get enough | of the carbohydrates, chiefly white bread and potatoes, not be hungry, none he had been able to investi- gate has recelved the variety and | Kinds of food necessary for normal | growth and future health. They | could be fed properly, he estimated. on 33.26 cents a day at wholesals For the average growing child, living at home, he calculated, a| minimum expenditure of 57.51 cents | day at retail prices, is necessary. | and for their parents and grown up Lrothers and siste 4455 conts, The difference is largely accounted | for by the fact that the child needs | . H at least a quart of milk, rich in | vo Little Minerals Practically all of those he has studied. he said, whéther they aver- | age only six cents a day for cach | individual. or $1.95, consume too ! little of the cssential minerals, too | much of the vegetable and too little of the animal proteins, less than | half their requirements in the way of non-disestible fibrous or ceilulose material, and probably enly 20 per cent as much as they need of raw foods containing the very important, | but little understood vitamin C. | kind or another, h The ahsence of that vitamin, which 1s virtually destroyed by cook- | adding to the cost. ing in all vegetables cxcept tomatoes | capable of giving such advice, he|cient, while above it the opposite | He was inclined to blame | READ HERALD CLA and potators and is reduced in | suggested, them, s known to cause scur\'y.j[»llhllc need. ns, calcium and phos- day, while a pint will do for the adults. Analyzes Food Dr. Walker based his conclusions on analysis of the food actually wnsumed during weckly or longer ods by white and Negro families in the light of the most advanced dietary knowledge. fcod accounts representing a daily individual expenditure around 45 cents, all showed deficiences of one | aid, which could easily be ¢ ed without would fill an important | “Vou can set a BEAUTIFUL TABLE if you have a beautiful table! Of 300 family | i The general deficlency in fiber consumption, contribution to & num- ber of human ailments, he thought, was due to the tendency to pass up the coarse food, raw and cooked, in favor of the more attractive, highly refined products from which most if not all of the ‘roughage” has been removed.. The lack of the blood building element of iron in 49 per cent of the food accounts analysed, however, appeared to be more close- ly assoclated with economic oonaid- erations, as almost any generous diet will contain a sufficiency of this mineral. Shortages of the other two most necessary minerals, calcium, or lime, and phosphorus, were even more pronounced. In 64 per cent of all the diets, accounting among other things he said, for the prevalence of rickets, the proportion of calcium containing vegetables and milk was below normal, while 62 per cent were deficient in phosphorus, essen- tial to the growth and health of the nerves and hones, which also is chiefly obtainable from milk. The milk consumption also fig- ured in the unabalanced distribution of animal and vegetable proteins, 60 per cent of which Dr. Walkyr said should cgm« ‘rom foods of animal crigin becar of the scarcity in vegetables oi iwo of the five very complex, indispensable amino acids which make Wp these clements of | diet, Shaep Contrast Letween the upper and lower nic levels represented in his gation, he found a sharp con- in the consumption of carbo- hydrates and fats. Below the 60- cent level, the consumption of white bread and potatoes became progres- sively excessive and that of bacon, was true. the latter condition on the f‘.\shion‘ for sienderness und the erroneous notion that starches and sugars are solely responsibile for excess weight. POLISH RALLY SUNDAY Editor Wachtl and Judge Sawicki to Speak &t Democratic Meeting in Rialto Hall, Dr. Karol Wachtl, Mditor of the Polish National Courier of New York city, and Superior Court Judge ' Joseph F. Sawicki of Cleveland, two of the most widely known Poles ir America will be the main speakers | at a democratic rally sponsored by ! the Fifth Ward Polish Democratic | club, which will be held Sunday evening at 7:30 at Rialto hall. n addition there will be other state and local speakers among them ‘rank Fenton, democratic candidafe for licutenant-governor, Tonight Councilman L. Samor- ji k, Paul Nurczyk and A. Andru- , editor of the Polish Weekl will speak at a democratic rally il Willimantie. 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