Vitamine Deficiency The function of food in infancy is both developmental and nutritional, so that vitamine deficiency in an infant's food is even more serious than in the case of an adult. Without vitamines, normal, healthy growth is impossible, and there result scurvy, rickets and other nutritional disorders. The vitamines are unstable to heat, especially if high or prolonged, and consequently they are deficient or absent in most dried or preserved foods. They are contained, however, in many fresh foods, including fresh milk; and fresh cow's milk, uncooked, should be the basis of all substitute infant food, so as to eliminate the danger of vitamine deficiency. Eskay's Food is not a complete food, but a milk modifier added to fresh cow's milk. In its use, there is no loss of vitamines. The cow's milk is merely modified to suit the infant's digestive tract and "balanced" to ensure proper growth and development. Send for samples and literature. Arch Street-Philadelphia/ |
