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fruits and vegetables. Manganese, boron, silicon 

 and iodine are also found in fruits and vegetables. 



"Generally speaking a high mineral content of the 

 food is desirable since the organism is much better 

 able to handle an excess of mineral constituents than 

 to meet a deficiency. 



"It is a good practice, therefore, to utilize the 

 water in which foods are cooked since the cooking 

 water dissolves out much mineral matter. 



"An abundance of mineral salts in the diet is also 

 desirable aside from nutritive considerations because 

 they contribute a laxative character to the food. 

 Foods which are deficient in minerals are apt to be 

 constipating. 



"Vegetables, milk and fruits contain alkaline salts. 

 The latter group should be liberally represented in 

 the diet. 



"The control features of improperly chosen diets 

 are usually an undue dependence upon meats and 

 foods made from finely milled cereals or other cereal 

 foods lacking the outer seed coats (bran and germ) 

 and too little use of milk and vegetables." 



These comments of Forbes are sufficient in them- 

 selves, even though they stood alone (they do not 

 stand alone) to command the consideration of Con- 

 gress to the effect that the dehydrating industry may 

 immediately be put to work for the purpose of add- 

 ing all the fruits and vegetables now wasted, with 

 all their precious freight of alkaline salts, to the 

 diet of America and America's allies. 



