"TOO MUCH MYSTERY."

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 137, 13 June 1938, Page 11

"TOO MUCH MYSTERY."

| NATURAL METHODS URGED. i I j VITAMINS MISUNDERSTOOD.

"At ilie t'i-o-o:it time there is a tender y t-» <•!••!!-1 the value of foods with 11;y *■ iii y- a i-ii Mr. Robert J. Terry in ■ ''! a-1 In--- mi health to a large ainlienee I'uwii Hall Convert Chamber last e\ ••si.u.i.'. He staled that human beings i 1 1: ended in have a mixed diet, •.!!• !ii«-.it. ami .-aid the formation ■'! ' iiiMiiiiii teeth, the length of the :: i: — L.»: I■> and the <•: >m posit ion and ■■ 1 :! 'i tin- diuc-tive juices were mid-v.-iy ■ • uv.-ji the nuMl eaters am 1 , the "!!.. -rrongiy advocated the i I all pints of animals, such as ' ver. kidney-. r.u i etbroad. tripe and "i'li.j. <■xj ■■ m niiiLT tlmt the 111 ea t-eat iug ;11■ i:•:.: J ~ ina .ncd ::i health only when th-". ih v.->:ir<-,! w hole animals. "\b.it. wlk n nut eaten in excess, i« ;v • '■< -■' -1 ed. and replaces the wastes • •.sif t:--ne-." -aid the lecturer. "All le.i'i ;:>ik the -attic nutritive value, •' " ' I cut. 'I lie higher-priced mc::- a'v e;t her mule tender or of '" 1 *■' liavonr. Y.huj.j- meat contains nn-ie w:iicr than that uf older animals." "••ds did nut. lieciline <lelicient nnd "!!"■ i the human health, lie added,. The > :: 'i■'> '"•••"imii smaller and the became deficient from the commerl l! uf >■ ruj.ll; >; ..-a king ut \iraniiiis. Mr. Terry said ' U:; - : tu pruiluce smne of them in !">• 1 i! p• in 111 ;■ \ . !,ut that it was highly ;iri"ialile we would tiiul they did not "i'e : ~e -ami' permanent beneficial effect I s ' I ']>]-■■<t iii-Ti< ot Nature's laboratory—;•!a: 11 -. As an illustration he gave the "t crystalline vitamin B, and 11 1 ;t to obtain this crystalline one "' • 11 ta he one imi of rice polishings aid I y a series ot a b-orpt ions, extrac- ' ; " !S :in ' "'her processes obtain Olies:\ih iit a n uiiiii e of vita mill 1?. Vitamins in Plants. Ti a cabbage mt,l were buried in the •'".:i:.l. he <ai,l. the vitality in the seed : ' •!:••' a nit lip to the light. Art • ' a» ityanie in contact with the light a i \i-t cue,- >i ,i rt<>d. It commenced mi ! J:- ii'.'. ii eii 'i'jy. lfai ing absorbed 1 1 '' 't a'| n:red the power to extract irum the soil mineral r-alts. The little plmt u ent ou <le\clupi ng. its leaves II ija-es from the atmosphere ai'd light rays. and the minute, hairi'he runt s dealt with the food Under the d■ Ihe plant 1 nine a laboratory. l: "'- at:i-.:i._r other things, manufactured an! -!" ed t! i !11 e principle—vitamin. A i.auiiii- and mineral salts were found 'i i VI '-at est pr.ii usioii in the outer 'ea-. ■ lie- "Utcr cabbage leaf often • •■'i-! ' ""d i. ■ 111 ui!.--< as much iron as li'-a t. Later t!s :> centre produced a ■■■'I hi.-: i'iie.l into (lowers and ! !i :! seed »! -•\ <-1 I. Hiiring' this process '' " ii'ec |..,i\..- 1•.-s t their brilliant • " |"' i 'i ■" an I i lie appearance of healthy yl.m: hi... 'lii.. mother plant was rob- ••'■' el- ... it the needs might a i'" ! le. and the vitamins al-o changed and a 1 re-h \-1-in ii 11 was formed which Vas p'-a.-t ica 1I V i,..;i -existent when the : hint was only lea f. Food Value of Seeds. " 1 hero is t-.cai'ccly a plant which does iiu; 1111- r.i the .-.ime routine; therefore, it uiie eat- tin* plant in its green stage, «heii it.. i~ wall developed, but before it ■ ce,ls. one has an abundance of certain .ta pi i n-. lie said. I hen. if one eats t' l e --ccds uf other plants after they have '. ■':>>!•■ ■!!> .... . • •!. ■ I ,ed 011 e has other types \: t an:: i ii- . It uic <at s all the vege-ta-.i-s ; iicir '-eii-mi and al-o matured or:- on:.tins a variety of vitamins at I ;; ie expi'ii-e ai:| without worry." ■ I'*' Ici'l'ii'iT gave several lllustra--1 1 - t'"ii t im.' .nit that numerous foods ii- -: 111i'.i r in a jipeara lice gave the same vitamin ii -i ;; t. He -aid that until a eoii-iiiei able tune later America was discovered. t • ui.:. i. ics. potatoes, pumpkins, mai/c. and many other foods were unknown in l.aii.pe. (>ne hundred and i.-U\ \car- a:;.i the bulk fit" the people in '• i eat liritain ate no oranges or 1"11"-|"S. yet our "i andmiithers and greai-great grandmothers could rear a aealihy child each year- in liianv cases

I"!' iiiM' n!' mure years in succession. "lew women said Mr. Terry. 'i <!•> '!■ ieven with all th-» kllow- ''(' '"d I.'ilk or vitamins and mineral 1 J! - ;i:i'l .!'• • 1 . The only way to Imild up th" lu';:It ii nt" a nation is to show that tin l in i |!i ir: 11 -_j of health is a simple !.:a; t'-r. There i- tun much rloiidinjr of «!;•• value of foods with mystei v." Mi'. Terry slid lie Lad been asked to !.( oa ill i _r I" ili-pa ra «ril statements which ii:i • I Keen made foods -|! ■ I in m-Ul.i ml. lie had travelled in ;::; 11: \" part - of (In- world, and was fully iI tint t! 11- | n •jil c of t lie Dominion kid access jo fo.wl «■<llla lin quality to tit it in i.ny part of tlio world. V; -itors t,, \i-w Zealand liad disparaged il:" I'o..ds Ti: tli.' shops. lio'els and ' ..i r.! i n lt< in* . Inn (In- only ju-f i(ial»lo ■••'I tii •: -1: i h;h t\iat New Zealand people • '!•! iio| ;• I •.* a\ • i're] -a re t lir foods to the i >• ad\ mi: I'/". nor combi:i" the v n'oiis foods i. rri-ctlv for health or i .a 1 ; I r. !'<• had also l.iM'ii a-led to combat the ■d-a I hat I lie n<-i|iiiril1-_r of health was an r\j.i-ii-i ,I- or com pli-' t eil profess, lie -aid. I!.' i-xplaitted that the medical : = r.11! --ion had devoted their studies to di-ea-e. \\ iis-n disease reached a certain i-! a■: e of development. symptoms were i apparent. and to correct, these •yicpto'ns there were orthodox drugs oi- methods. (in the other hind the health specialist studied health, and his object was to prevent, the devolapment of disease. He claimed that it was a -imple matter to keep the body in health and therefore an unsuitable host for disease.