DIET AND 11 EA I,TIT.

Hokitika Guardian, 13 September 1924, Page 4

DIET AND 11 EA I,TIT.

I.ON DON. duly IS. On the flat rent' of St Thomas’ Hospital Medical School leediug experiments on birds are I cine carried out, which, it is believed, may lead to the |. eseripliou of a scientific diet lor man. Three food workers. I’rof. I*. 11. A. I'limer. Dr Lewis Itnsedale, and Mr

W. 11. I’a.VUtoml, ”1 I lie chemical ilol>:i i t moilt of tlit* medical .school. have | i: kl there :i colony (»t birds- chicks, piuiMins, lurkeys. ouiueti lowl, ducks, l/ecse, nml pheasants. These birds were given find without. vitamins, and vitamins afterwards were added lar the purpose of testing tie* value ol the hitter. Kesults have been reported in the Dioihemieal Journal. To a re|iorter. Prof. Plimmer said: “\Ve are concerned mainly with the rearing of chickens, and the amount

of Ji. vitamin needed in mnintnim’ne their health on different diets. AW* witnt to find out Intw iniii'li It vitamin, in tonus of sumo known food, is necessary for tlio lmaltlt and growth of j tlm birds.” Tim basic dint is rim and lislinmal. Those contain no vitamins at all. AA'e add tlion a certain proportion of li t'iinmin mikl m f nf rndlivor nil to

.supply vitamin A. Fowls foil on this iliot. containin'' to i little li vitamin, hooomo ill. their leps liooomo weak, anil they cannot stain!. Fin.illv they die. I’ostmortom examination shows a stoppage of foul in the pat. and sometime- llie lord- suffer from appendicitis lint if more extract, ol yeast which contains the vitamin I! is added, the lord- thrive. In feoilim; the lords on

rice nml fishmeal wo have found it necessary lo mill about 0 per cent. of yeast extract to maintain health, hut iiu a diet of oatmeal, only It per cent, is required. Vrof TMimmor added that white flour is as free from vitamin Tl as rice and fishmeal, while wholemeal wheat flour contains more than oatmeal, ami is a balanced food. The results of the investigation will, it is believed,- he very important for poultry farmers, and possibly tor men and women.