VITAMINS 



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It will also serve to point an important viewpoint 

 which needs special emphasis. When we select our 

 daily diet now we must of course include our quota of 

 vitamins. But in view of the small amounts essential, 

 bear in mind that this selection can be made without 

 going outside the usual list of foodstuffs. We need no 

 pills or nostrums. The slogan of a quart of milk a day 

 for the growing child is still good advice in more than its 

 original sense. In milk, vitamins A, B, C, and per- 

 haps D, are present in abundance. Green vegetables 

 and fruits supply the A and C lacking in a purely meat 



