"The Role of Minerals in Nutrition" (November 13, 1935)

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Record Details:

Title:
"The Role of Minerals in Nutrition"
Date:
November 13, 1935
Publisher:
Wisconsin Historical Society
Volume:
"The Role of Minerals in Nutrition" (November 1935)
Leaf #:
0008
Language:
English
Contributor:
{"KUSD (Radio station : Vermillion, S.D.)","Shaw Jr., E.H."}
Sponsor:
National Endowment for the Humanities
Coordinator:
Maryland Institute for Technlogy in the Humanities
Date Added:
August 28, 2022
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page 9 Potash Is an essential food mineral* In its absence there is crow tin failure and premature death* line potash content of the foods is so abundant, however, that this ia never a limiting factor. Excessive potash in the dietary, especially noticabl© in the herbivorous animals leads to loss of salt from the body and salt hu||ger# Buffalo and d, deer travel lone distances and urve many dangers in search of rock-salt deposits, or salt licks, Sh* high potash f*f> content of the grasses which these animals were accustomed to eat resulted in depletion of their salt reserves arid a consequent great salt hunger. The minerals which are at the present of greatest importance in human nutrition are calcium and iron. The regular use of milk (1 pint to 1 qt per day) and of meat, eggs aricine green vegetables will supply these valuable food elements in sufficient amount. Although these foods are in the more expensive food classes, economy snould not be allowed to eliminate them from the dietary.