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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. _ ; 
Vi ° Green cabbage Collards Butter Dryness and scaliness of skin. , 
itamin A 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. 
ee 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. 













Eggs 
Milk 
Eyes that burn, itch, tire easily or are sen- 
Milk sitive to bright light; pink tinge sur- 
Liver rounding iris. 
. ° : Kidney Blackheads and “whiteheads,” oily skin, 
Riboflavin OIE AECL OE hae) OEMS Heart tiny blood vessels visible on face. 
Muscle meats Sore lips with cracks at corners. 
Eggs Purplish color of tongue. 
Decreased resistance to infections. 
Spinach 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. 
aci 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. 
° . ran Sleeplessness, nervousness, poor appetite. 
(vitamin B,) Wheat germ Weakness. 
Beans and peas 
Oranges (None compa- Tiredness, decreased capacity to do work, 
Grapefruit rable to plant laziness, skin hemorrhages, spongy, 
Ascorbic acid | Strawberries sources) bleeding gums. 
(oitaminiGl Tomatoes Poor healing of cuts and wounds. 
iramin Sprouted beans Serious after-effects of disease. 
Raw vegetables 
Potatoes, white 
Oils from seeds, corn, cottonseed Egg yolk Muscle weakness, some types of muscle 
Tocopherol Green leafy vegetables paralysis. 
(vitamin E) Whole-grain products Sterility. 
Beans and peas 































Spinach (None compa- Slow clotting of blood, particularly in first 
4 Kale rable to plant ten days of life and in obstructive jaun- 
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. 
Green leafy vegetables Muscle meats Slow progress in school and mental dull- 
ness. 
* Many of these conditions can be caused by other means than faulty food habits. 
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