



The "Protective" Foods Are the Best Sources of Those Nutrients Which Must Be Eaten in 
Generous Amounts If One Is to Have Buoyant Health 
Cooperative Extension Work in Agriculture and Home Economics , 
University of Illinois, College of Agriculture, and the United States Department of Agriculture cooperating 

NUTRIENT 
BEST SOURCES OF NUTRIENTS 

Plant Sources 
Animal Sources 

SOME CONDITIONS* WHICH HAVE 
BEEN CAUSED BY LACK OF NUTRIENT 
OR CURED BY FEEDING NUTRIENT 




Wild greens Escarole Liver Night blindness, sensitivity of eyes to 
Leaf lettuce Spinach Egg yolk bright light. — ; 
Vitamin A Green cabbage Collards Butter Dryness and scaliness of skin. 
framin Sweet potatoes Tomatoes Cream “Goose-pimple” skin, ingrown hair. 
Mustard, turnip, Squash Milk, whole 
and beet leaves Kale 
Whole-grain products—bread, flour, | Pork, lean Poor appetite, constipation. 
cereals Liver Tiredness, low capacity to do work. 
arnt Bran Kidney Neuralgia, tingling in feet and hands; 
Thiamin Wheat germ Heart nervousness. 
(vitamin B,) 
Beans—soy, navy, and lima 
Peas 
Muscle meats 
Fish 
Some types of heart trouble. 
Dropsy, sleeplessness, delirium tremens. 





(vitamin B,) 
Bran 
Wheat germ 
Beans and peas 
Eggs 
Milk 
Eyes that burn, itch, tire easily or are sen- 
Milk sitive to bright light; pink tinge sur- 
Liver oe nes hichenae eee 
. . ‘ Kidne Blackheads and “whiteheads,” oily skin, 
Riboflavin NE CM A OES, Healt tiny blood vessels visible on face. 
Muscle meats Sore lips with cracks at corners. 
Eggs Purplish color of tongue. 
Decreased resistance to infections. 
©pinach Liver Sore mouth and tongue, burning of throat, 
Kale Kidney alternate constipation and diarrhea, pain 
Nicotinic Collards Muscle meats in the region of the breast bone. 
id Leaf lettuce Fish Rough, chapped skin particularly in winter. 
get Green cabbage Milk Sleeplessness, emotional instability, hys- 
Eggs teria, delirium. 
Decreased resistance to infections. 
Whole-grain products—bread, flour, | Muscle meats Some types of shaking palsy, rigidity of 
Pyridoxin cereals Fish muscles, lack of facial expression. 
Sleeplessness, nervousness, poor appetite. 
Weakness. 

Oranges 
Grapefruit 
(None compa- 
rable to plant 

Ascorbic acid puesta eo 
2 ¥ omatoes 
(vitamin C) Sprouted beans 
Raw vegetables 
Potatoes, white 
Tocopherol Oils from seeds, corn, cottonseed 
(vitamin E) 
Green leafy vegetables 
Whole-grain products 
Beans and peas 
Egg yolk 

Tiredness, decreased capacity to do work, 
laziness, skin hemorrhages, spongy, 
bleeding gums. 
Poor healing of cuts and wounds. 
Serious after-effects of disease. 
Muscle weakness, some types of muscle 
paralysis. 
Sterility. 



ten days of life and in obstructive jaun- 






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* Many of these conditions can be caused by other means than faulty food habits. 
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Green leafy vegetables 

Muscle meats 


Spinach (None compa- Slow clotting of blood, particularly in first 
: Kale rable to plant 
Vitamin K Collards sources) dice. 
Green cabbage Excessive loss of blood at childbirth. 
Tomatoes Hemorrhages following operations. 
Oils from seeds Lard Eczema. 
Unsaturated Liver Scaliness of skin. 
fatty acids Fat pork 
Egg yolk 
Dried peas and beans, particularly | Milk Cheese Tiredness, general weakness, laziness, ane- 
Protein soybeans Eggs Liver mia, dropsy. 
Corn, wheat, and oat products Kidney Serious after-effects of disease. 
Muscle meats 
Calcium (None comparable to milk or cheese) | Milk and cheese | Poorly calcified bones and teeth. 
Whole-grain products Liver Tiredness, general weakness, laziness. 
Iron Bran Eggs Anemia. 
Slow progress in school and mental dull- 
ness. 
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