RT Journal
A1 Buchanan JM
T1 VItamins and the balanced diet
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD November 8
VO 73
IS 19
SP 1460
OP 1460
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610450056031
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610450056031
AB To the Editor: 
    —Dietitians have of late years stressed the fact that a balanced diet is necessary for the maintenance of good health; we are told the number of calories needed depend on the work or strain the person is enduring. These calories are represented by a certain amount of proteids, carbohydrates, fats, and vitamins (whatever they are). The fats and carbohydrates supply the fuel to run the machinery of the body, and the proteids and vitamins do the repair work. We are told there must be a certain amount of roughage, as found in the vegetable and undigested parts of grain, also that we must at least once a day eat some raw vegetables in the form of a salad. I have given the matter some thought, especially in the treatment of pellagrins, and, latterly, my treatment has been feeding the patient on what I supposed to be the