In sugar cane and in beets, sugar and calcium are always combined ; but in order that sugar may be crystallized, all the valuable mineral matter, including calcium, must be removed. Calcium in the sirup from cane or beets prevents the crystallization of sugar. Refined sugar, therefore, has a very strong chemical affinity for the […]

These are water, cellulose, minerals, and vitamines ; and they serve to keep the body machinery in running order. Water constitutes two thirds of the weight of the body, and enters into the composition of all the tissues and fluids. It is one of the most important of regulating substances, as it equalizes the temperature […]

This inorganic mineral, according to Sherman, constitutes about 2% of the entire body weight; and of this total amount, about 99% is in the bones. The remaining per cent, though small, being an essential constituent of the soft tissues and the body fluids, is absolutely necessary to the normal action of the heart muscle, and […]

The function of iron in the human body is of the highest importance. Iron is used by the body in carrying the oxygen from the lungs to the tissues, where the processes of nutrition are carried to completion, and the waste substances so dangerous to life are oxidized. The hemoglobin (red coloring matter of the […]

A MOST interesting parallel is observed in the study of the composition of the human body, the cells of plants, and fertile, fruit-bearing soil. Professor Sherman,’ of the Columbia University, gives the following list of elements as composing the human body : oxygen, carbon, hydrogen, nitrogen, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, sulphur, sodium, chlorine, magnesium, iron; iodine, […]

Since most types of food contain a variety of minerals, there is no reason to set a standard for the actual amount in daily food portions, especially the so-called trace minerals. However, for the essential minerals, you should know which foods contain what quantity of minerals. This is especially so of the foods containing calcium, […]

Why biochemists did not designate the B factor, calcium pantothenate, by number instead of its name, no one knows. Its name is a tongue twister to those who are familiar with it. How others know how to pronounce it is a puzzle. Calcium pantothenate created more furor and fever than any other vitamin which has […]

We have carried you through the more commonly known vitamins and hope the knowledge has been presented in a manner not confusing to you. There are other vitamin factors which have been isolated by the world’s biochemists, but they are a more recent discovery and their use not fully determined. Below, you will find, with […]

There is another B factor which is usually a part of any B complex preparation, and which is found naturally in yeast, cereals, molasses, fish, milk, and eggs. This B factor is called Pyrodoxine Hydrochloride, or B6. Biochemists have not established a definite .dosage, nor a specific need for this vitamin, although it has been […]

Because Vitamin E has not had the thorough clinical testing accorded other vitamins, it has not, here-to-fore received much attention. The original, and, still primary use of vitamin E is to prevent abortion. The lack of vitamin E permits the child, or animal, to be lost, or resorbed, instead of completing birth maturity. Now, however, […]