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...developing, Mixture Eight was the discovery of Scrimshaw and two other nutrition scientists, Dr. Robert L. Squibb of Rutgers University and Dr. Moises Behar, a Guatemalan pediatrician. It contains 50% corn meal, 35% high-protein sesame meal, 9% cottonseed meal, 3% Kikuyu grass (for vitamin A) and 3% nonfermenting yeast. The mixture cooks into a tasty porridge or a cake that tastes like the familiar tortilla. Last year Scrimshaw tried it on a test group of Guatemalan children. Said Scrimshaw: "The children had swollen bellies, black skin, open sores, were apathetic, suffered from lack of appetite and were underdeveloped. After...
...this material, then transplanted into pretreated rats. These implants failed to grow. The cancer had been neutralized by an immune mechanism in the blood of the first, untreated rats. ¶ Properdin, a chemical that occurs naturally in the blood, is one of the factors in immunity. Zymosan. a yeast product, raises the properdin level if given in small doses, but bigger doses make it fall sharply. Dr. William T. Bradner reported that after small shots of zymosan, 67% of transplanted cancers in mice disappeared, as against only 6% in untreated mice. But as the zymosan dose was increased, the cure...
...anguished adolescent who feels disfigured by the pimples of acne, many doctors merely give a reassuring "You'll grow out of it," and let it go at that. At the other extreme, dermatologists have tried every conceivable remedy-vitamin A, vaccines, soaps, yeast, antiseptics, astringents, diets, hormones, ultraviolet and X rays, warnings against "picking." Despite such efforts, acne continues to afflict vast numbers of adolescents (variously estimated as 50% to 90%), many with skin-scarring, soul-searing severity...
...prisoners sent their weekly orders for cigarettes, chocolate bars and magazines to a nearby store, Jailer Fred Calfee intercepted and rejected one list: 5 Ibs. of white rice, 1 large can of pineapple juice, 2 Ibs. of seedless raisins, 10 Ibs. of sugar, 2 cakes of brewer's yeast...
...important. About 95% of victims are males. The disease smolders indefinitely, but is marked by acute flare-ups with excruciating pain in swollen, inflamed joints. In rare cases, it can threaten life by depositing uric acid crystals in the kidneys or heart. Sufferers must avoid foods rich in purines-yeast, herring roe, sardines, asparagus, and many organ meats such as sweetbreads, liver, heart and kidneys. Other treatment: colchicine (an ancient remedy extracted from the autumn crocus), ACTH, phenylbutazone (a powerful but potentially dangerous drug). Another drug, probenecid, is no good for acute attacks and may actually aggravate them, but paradoxically...