Doctor in the kitchen WHAT VITAMINS DO FOR US It is necessary to know how the cells in our bodies work if you are to un derstand why you need vitamins. To start with, do you know how many cells there are in your body’’ Billions of cells is the answer, and all of them work together to perform chemical functions that are essential to life. But assisting each cell to do its specific tasks are numerous enzymes. It’s estimated that in helping the cell to do its jobs, individual enzymes perform their tasks thousands of times a minute. Since it’s also estimated that each cell contains hundreds of different en- -i/p A r V°^,u^ c '.c* v **> ° a^ol?mAt/q^o^tk^t^ad^ ewi/OWi/AjRMn. " Safra Belarus, Inc . / 7075 W Parkland Court, Milwaukee, Wl 53223 414/355-2000 7400 Townsend Place, New Orleans, LA 70126 504/241-8250 SB-7602 byLauroncoM Hunh, M D Consultant, National Dairy Council zymes, a cell is obviously one busy place. But scientists tell us that some enzymes can’t work alone. They need co workers, known as coen 7>mes. And this, friends, is where vitamins come in for many coenzymes are, in fact, vitamins or vitamins are needed to produce them. The primary function of vitamins is to assist enzymes in carrying out many of the chemical happenuigs that are essential to life The first vitamin to be discovered (in 1913) was, of course, named vitamin A. Scientists knew before 1913 that something besides protein, fats, carbohydrates and minerals was at work in foods something that encouraged growth Bui they didn't know what it woa until In research with animats vitamin A was discovered And this wnn followed over the years by the discovery of the whole host of vilamias we know now Vltnmlas arc separated into two classes fat soluble vilamias and those known ns water-soluble. Vilamias A. D. E and K arc fat-soluble They always appear in the fat portion of foods In our bodies, they all arc stored to some degree Thus we can build up reserves But a word of warning, this also means we could build up toxic levels of fat-soluble vitamins in our bodies. As for all the other vitamins they are water soluble and our bodies do not store them. They are con stantly being excreted and thus must be replenished from our daily food. Next week, and the week after, we’ll get into what the dif ferent vitamins do. A continent is defined as a large unbroken land mass completely surrounded by water .A At , -jAa a W ' & e Continent Dairy club meets At a meeting held recently at the home of Ixiri Stein. Mohrsville, the Northern Berks Co 4-H Dairy club elected officers for 1976 Elected president was Nedra Yoder of Shocmakcrsvillc, vice-president was Patricia Drcisbach of Hamburg, secretary, Connie Ohlinger, Mohrsville; treasurer, Cathy Ohlinger, Mohrsville; Historian, Harold Dietrich, Hamburg; news reporter, Carol Dreisbach, Hamburg; song leaders, Larry and loanee Christman, Hamburg. Club members par ticipated in the nationwide Judging Contest sponsored by Hoard’s Dairyman and made plans for a roller skating party to be held in April. The club also voted to provide calves for the Dairy Week exhibition to be held at the Berkshire Mall June 14- 19 The next meeting will be held on March 25 at the MohrsviUe home of Connie and Cathy Ohlinger. jt liis T .|M5 fV 4'V* Lancaster Farming, Saturday. March 13.1976 Broilers Placements of broiler rbicks in (he Commonwealth during the week ending February it 1976 were 1 448.000 The placements were 20 percent above the