Beneficial vitamins
I was surprised by all of the benefits you listed in your article
on the ABC's of RDA, and also by the fact that Dr. Caballero said
we didn't need supplements because we could get [enough
nutrients] with our food ["The ABC's of the RDA,"
April].
In the late 1960s, I heard Dr. Emanual Cheraskin, who was
teaching at the University of Alabama Dental School, give a
one-day course in nutrition. He spent the first half of the day
showing studies [detailing] how food loses many of its vitamins
because of the way it is cooked, baked, steamed, defrosted, etc.
He hypothesized that many of our ailments may be minor deficiency
diseases, and recommended taking a therapeutic vitamin with
minerals. This would provide the daily minimum of fat-soluble
vitamins (which can be toxic if taken in doses that are too
high), and more than the daily requirements of water soluble
vitamins (which, in excess, can be excreted).
I started taking Theragram with minerals and 400 units of vitamin
E and in two months I had several physical improvements. My
varicose veins were less of a problem. My acne cleared up, as did
my dandruff, athlete's foot, and chapped hands. Today I am 66
years old and in very good health for which I'm grateful.
Incidentally, one of our sons had a very bad burn as a young
child. He was given medication so that he wouldn't itch during
healing, but the medication never worked. Then we saw a book by a
doctor from Canada who recommended that vitamin E be given
internally and externally for healing burns. Our surgeon wouldn't
recommend it. We gave it to our son ourselves and it stopped the
itching in hours. When the itching came back days later, we
questioned our 4-year-old and discovered that he had not taken
his vitamins. The itching stopped again when he took them.
Samuel B. Stevenson Jr.
Darien, CT
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