1940-10-11 — Page 42

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THE CHINA MAIL, OCTOBER 11, 1940.

VITAMINS ENLISTED TO WIN THE WAR

A NEW LARGE FACTORY is being erected for the production of vitamin C in tablet form, bakers must in future add vitamin B1 and calcium to all white bread; all margarine must contain added vitamins A and D equal to that in good summer butter these official announcements are as im- portant as any news about bombers and fighters; they will influence the course of the war as much as the growth of our Air Force.

The Government, by insisting on the provision of enough of all these vitamins in the nation's diét, is obeying the needs of Total War.

Before the war, provided it was vegetables. It prevents scurvy, not sheer polson, food had simply sore gums and joints. to be produced to make a profit.

Vitamin D is found in many Total War has changed that-food foods; provided that they have must now be produced to maintain been grown in sunlight, and it is public health and win the war.needed to make your bones grow After the war, in Total Peace, we well and to prevent rickets. shall not go back to the old bad In the last World War we knew days.

almost nothing about vitamins. Let us look at the meaning of Now we not only know that vita- the new dietary laws. Vitamins mins are necessary; we can ac- are widely different substances, tually make them. minute quantities of which must be eaten if the body is to remain healthy.

Weight worriers and health fane might take some tips from the Hollywood players. Medicine ball practice at the beach proves to be Dennis O'Kecfe's favourite form of exercize. This permits him to benefit from the exercise as well as the sun.

some of its future tasks:

SERGEANT, GENERAL, PRESIDENT

General Baptista, who seven years ago was a ser- geant in the Cuban Army,