HOME HEALTH GUIDE

Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 8, Issue 22, 7 November 1944, Page 3

HOME HEALTH GUIDE

LIMB—THE EASY WAY (By the Department of Health). It is an elementary fact that lime is the most important and most abundant mineral in the body. Without enough of it the bones and teeth would not. develop j and bodily health would be sadly impaired. People who- have, been aware of the dangers of lime deficiency have asked whether it Avould be possible to add it to the water supply so as to ensure a sufficient daily intake.. The minimum average, daily requireme.nt of lime is probably one to two grams. Normally this is. supplied ih the daily diet, in dairy products and vegetables. Water supplies play no material part. It is a matter of whether the lime is assimilated or not ; and only a small portion of the lime in water can be assimilated. And if you tried to increase the amount of lime in water above a certain level 5 digestive troubles would result. Lime has to be given in the way in which the body can best use it. The easiest way is by the use of milk. For example, 1% pints of milk a day will provide something like 80 per cent of the lime needed in your and your vegetables will supply the-rest. That 1% pints, of milk contain the same amount of lime as 271b of potatoes, 28 oranges, three dozen eggs, over 711) of carrots or 6%1b of cabbage. So there is a choice—if 3 r ou feel like a choice. Milk is the, easy way of taking in lime. The average. Nc k w Zealandcr would be much better off if he drank more, milk which is highly valuable in oilier ways as well as a supplier of lime.