THIS MOLASSES WARThese abridged articles appeared in

Who Is Prevaricating?
by Royal Lee, D.D.S.
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inee molasses has been brought to the attention of the public by a few nu tri tionists wh o recognize its merits, many a rticl s ha ve appeared decrying its food values, trying to insinua te that it is an "impure waste product." To und erstan d why such op inions cou ld be so w ell distributed we must look to the psych ology of the gentlemen wh o set the stag e for our untimely de ath by promoting foods that are not capable of supporting life, the men who promote the sale of all the death foods that have the essential ' fractions carefully refined out. Carb oh y drate not essen tial Wh at is refined sugar? It is pure carbohyd rat e. Is ca rbo hydrate an essential food , food com ponent wi thout which we cou ld not live? It cert ainly is not. Stcffa nson has sho wn that th e Eskimo lives in pe rfec t health withou t a trace of ca rbohydrate in his di et. Then how about the mineral s and vitamins that are removed from th sugar in refining, but ar e available in the molasses? Ha , that is something else again. These minerals and vitamins are absolutely necessary to life. So we sec , th at in ridiculing molasses, somebody has b een trying to make us believe that black is white. Somebody has been trying to lull us into thinking th at we c:m live without essential foods. Let us list th ese essential foods, as far as we can with the limited amount of knowledge we possess at this crude stage of hum an civilization , and not e wh at a defici ncy of each can do to ou r health and hao oiness.

Many vitamins Th ere ar e vitamins in sugar cane, Dot found in refined sugar: A fair source of thiamin and riboflavin, a good source of niacin, and a rich source of pantothenic acid. (Merck Research Laboratory) i a rich source" 0 the 'ariti-aithiititf factor (Wulzen -Factor) ,~I good source of vitamin E, since all green plants carry this vitamin; and a rich source of the plant sterols that arc a pa rt of the vitamin E complex, which act as p recursors of the sex hormones. Here are the minerals in molasses : Potassium, Sodium, Magnesium, Iron, Phosphorus, Silica, Copper, Manganese, Zinc. (Winton, v , LV . Structure and Composition of FoocU.)
Protects The ph osph orus in cane JWce 1$ 10 part as phospholipids, those fatty compounds in foods that protect our' nerve insulations, wh ose deficiency is devastating in the degenerative changes that can follow. The manganese Is essential as an enzyme acti vator; flat feet and -weaJco liga_ . ments may result from a deficiency. We all suffer from some degree of lac1c, no doubt, of this essential trace mineral. Lung function Zinc is necessary as a probable organic precursor of Insulin, It, too, is pa rt of some enzyme (carbonic anhy. drase in particular, without \lrhich we could not transport -carbcnlc-aci d -In - the blood, meaning we ' cannot'lnaintain -lun g functi on without" it. is quite probable tha t organic zinc protects us from

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