. Advanced biology. Biology; Physiology; Reproduction. Two guinea pigs of the same litter were fed standard diets. The one on the right did not get any vitamin C. It lost weight, and devel- oped scurvy which is a type of malnutrition. polished rice and the other on whole grains of rice. In a short time, the first group developed a peculiar nervous disease, polyneu- ritis or animal beriberi. The group fed on whole rice re- mained healthy. Polished rice lacks a vitamin known as vita- min B. When the polyneuritic sufferers were given food or water solutions made from rice polishings, they recover
. Advanced biology. Biology; Physiology; Reproduction. Two guinea pigs of the same litter were fed standard diets. The one on the right did not get any vitamin C. It lost weight, and devel- oped scurvy which is a type of malnutrition. polished rice and the other on whole grains of rice. In a short time, the first group developed a peculiar nervous disease, polyneu- ritis or animal beriberi. The group fed on whole rice re- mained healthy. Polished rice lacks a vitamin known as vita- min B. When the polyneuritic sufferers were given food or water solutions made from rice polishings, they recovered. Vitamin B occurs in yeast, milk, and in the hulls or outer cov- erings of grains and fruit. In fact, this vitamin is found in so many common foods that it is probably only an extreme diet of some kind that will induce beriberi. Two sets of guinea pigs were fed a diet containing evaporated powdered milk in addition to the basal foods required. In the case of one set, the milk was heated for a long period ; the other set of pigs was fed the unheated milk. The first group developed scurvy; the second group remained healthV. Tests show that vitamin C, which is present in milk and the lack of which causes scurvy, is, m a Leg disease, a type of rickets, may be due to lack of vita- 1 1 min D. These chickens are the same age and received the large measure, ue- same amounts of different foods. Food containing vitamin StrOVed bv heat Pas- ^ ^^ ^''^^ sunlight wUl help to prevent and cure rickets. teurization of milk, therefore, mav destrov this vitamin. For this reason, babies that are fed on pasteurized milk should be given. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Wheat, Frank Merrill; Fitzpatrick, Elizabeth T. New York ; Boston [etc. ] : American Book Company
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