1941-04-03 — Page 11

By George MacManus

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A PAGE FOR WOMEN

Vitamin C Easily

Vitamin C is vital to the health of the blood vessels, it favours good bone and tooth formation, and cooperates with other vita- mins in building defence against infection and bacterial poisons. It stimulates growth through ina- creased appetite.

A lack of sufficient Vitamin C may be detected through very pale or bleeding gums; pour re sistance to infections including colds; defective, soft teeth; ten- der joints and digestive disturb-,

anees.

Vitamin C is found abundantly in these foods: red peppers, green peppers. horseradish, parsley, kohlrabi, collards, liver, turnip greens, watercress, spinach and tomatoes.

It is found in appreciable amounts i these foods:

grape- fruit, lemon, orange and pineapple. juices; brussels sprouts, average cabbage, cauliflower, gooseber ries, yellow dried peaches, radish, green peas, turnips, cantaloupe, asparagus, tangerines, strawber- rics, raspberries, bananas and apples.

Protect Vitamin C Foods

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As you scan the above list foods you will see that most foods containing Vitamin C may be eaten raw-and they should be eaten ruw in juice form or as salads. It has been discovered thal Vitamin C is quickly de- stroyed through cooking and by storing as air attacks il. Try to eat the fruits and vegetables list- ed soon after you get them fron A large portion of Vitamin C is is done under partial vacuum. Do the market or your diet will be lost when foods are canned no; discard the water from Vita- sadly deficient in Vitamin C. some remains however, if canning min C canned foods.

Any woman's smile is great enhanced by a set of strong, white teeth. HELEN PARRISH must have been fed sufficient Vitamins

by an intelligent parent!

Limber & Strengthen

Spine

If your backbone doesn't res- pond to your bidding you are bound to have aches and pains. Your normal, healthy posture de- pends upon a limber and strong spine and if you suffer backaches the chances are your spine needs exercise and perhaps a new mat- tress!

Let's test the flexibility of your spine first. Place a straight back chair or betich in the centre 61 the room. Lie across it (as illus

Nothing leavea......, a person foundering around more than #tumble from the social ladder.

Stiff spines can be tinbered by this simple back-bending exercise.

How It is Concentrated

If your own common sense con- vinces you that you might benefit by a larger supply of Vitamin C, you should include foods contain- ing it in two of every three meals. If your physician determines that you are woefully lacking this val uable Vitamin you may take it in concentrated form. However, abundant fresh fruit juices and fresh vegetables juices (extract ed by a juicer), or fruit and vegetable salads, are the best method of giving nature a hand and should be tried first. Per- sons who suffer constantly with colds have found sufficient Vita- min C to be the cure, Every housewife should acquaint her- self with the new hand or electric juicers which separate the juice from the pulp of any vegetable or fruit. With few exceptions the entire vegetable and fruit (in- cluding skin) should be put into the juicer after washing thor- oughly. Valuable nourishnierit is contained in most skins.

trated) so your sacrum rests on the seat. Your upper spine is hard mattress, or on a softer mat- free of the chair and so are your tress supported by four-inch wide legs from knees down1.

slats. The sints are placed about-

Place your hands on your hips eighteen inches apart, across the and KEEPING YOUR FEET bed. They prevent the mattress TOUCHING FLOOR lower your from sagging and thus your spine head toward floor slowly, Bend gets better support throughout the down as far as you can and then night. No person interested inf slowly rise to sitting position.good health should sleep on a soft Rehearse. five times Arst day and or feather mattress

add one count each. day follow- Another cardinal rule to follow ing. In a few days you should be is-do not slouch when you walk able to touch the floor with your or stand, Your spine destres to head, and rise very, very slowly be held erectly. If you stand in to a sitting position.

good posture with abdomen drawn At first, unless you are most in and up, shoulders back though Eexible, you will have to help relaxed, head nicely balanced on yourself up to the sitting position.tip of spine, and buttocks tucked Later all nid in tabu! This exer- under, you will sense a Yelier cite, incidentally, is splendid for from fatigue. While shopping or strengthening the abdomen mus-working about the house, pause a cles too.

moment to stand in good posture and it will amaze you how quick¬ ly fallgue will banish. If you can breathe in fresh air for a moment Wrak-spined persons have or two as you thus stand, a physi found great fellet from buck aches cpl well-being will be experienc

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