DIET AND THE PREVENTION OF INFLUENZA.

White Ribbon, Volume 25, Issue 290, 18 August 1919, Page 15

DIET AND THE PREVENTION OF INFLUENZA.

lynt In Mi'S \l:.y \ ates, tin* World I Su|mrintcndcnt ihe* W.C.T.I . I | ini I Reform Department.) | The Bread and Food Reform IraifUr haw ju't published a Me L il l signed bx eminent members <1 I, medical profession and scientific L idles, membeis of Parliament, ||hk: . and representative women, Lkinn the l.oeal government Hoard, kuntrip.d, and Kdmaiiona! Authorises t<> direct attention to the following Ml. I Keeent Sc ientific Researches show |hat dietaries lacking in vitamines tes Lntial fnr the nourishment of the IfiveU' >xstcm), found piin< ii».ill\ in fthe gerni and a leu rone cells of c ere L aiul tin' anti scorbutic vitamines, lounl a bund. illy in fruits and vegc It Wes prodiee deficiency diseased kodi'.ions which make people, al Lugh apparently in excellent lieat. Ifiisicailx unfit, .end I* "s able to iesist [jndemic infection, an<l the Food ■War) Committee state 1 that xxrong kdhncls of cooking impair the value It anti scorbutic vitamines. II Hi< following suggestions are made the l.eiguc to ,i"ist people to !'"»•)) fit," so that tin \ max better re > ' influc 11/a into lion. Of ll attae keel k die disease, max make a liettei le |ove*ry from its results. Farctul attention t«» personal lix pne .end ventilation, so a> to sc\ ure In abundant supply of pure, fresh air. I‘Wt.ihlrs should be placed in boilFK ix iter, and cooke*d rapidly for a> r>«»n a time as poss.ble. Sloxx me ■H«hls of cooking vegetables, such as or siminciing below boiling Mnt, vhould be* avoided. S;da |ti'»uld on no account lie added to the pier 1,1 x\ hie h veget ables are cooked r boiic d. I pari of t ic* “ffood fooil ’ , advised " he* taken i, xould consist of hnelxL'unj whole wheat meal, or straight fun household Hour, deprived of bran, M retaining the germ and aleurone F*Ms, oatmeal oi other whole cereals. I' IS advisable that ripe, uncooked fruit pl xxell-washed vegetable salads Md also be taken daily, so ns to a supply of the essential vita* piles. further particulars ran bo obtained p'rn \|; ss M a y Yatcs t lU»n. Secret an* r r ’ a( l 'ml Food Reform League, 37, P V ‘X Street, London, W.C,