A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpointCraven, J. H. (John Henry)
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A text-book on hygiene and pediatrics from a chiropractic standpoint
Craven, J. H. (John Henry)
Children -- Diseases; Chiropractic; Sanitation
Casein, lactalbumin, and lactoglobulin are the three proteins found
in milk and are usually constant in a given species.
Casein is found nowhere in nature except in the secretion of the
mammary glands. It is highly specialized and, as a nucleoalbumin,
contains a certain amount of phosphorus. Lactalbumin is a protein
found in quantities varying from 0.2% to 0.8%. It is similar to the
serum albumin in blood and coagulates at 70° C. There is a mere trace
of lactoglobulin in milk. It is insoluble in water.
Fat
Milk contains fat in emulsion; that is, the fat is suspended in the
serum of milk in the form of emulsion. The fat is lighter than the
milk serum and therefore rises to the top in the form of cream,
or the fat may be separated from the milk by centrifugal force.
Cream does not consist in fat globules alone but contains the same
constituents as the milk, only it is very much richer in fat. By
agitating the cream, as in a churn, or by means of shaking, the fat
globules will coalesce and form into lumps of butter. It is stated
by some authors that cream contains a larger number of bacteria than
skim milk. The fore milk, or that which is first milked from the
udder, has a small amount of fat; the last that is taken, which is
known as the strippings, may contain as much as 9% or 10% of fat. An
increase in the temperature of the milk will retard the rising of
the fat and if the temperature is kept above 65° C. for any length
of time, cream will not form on top. Therefore, it follows that a
moderately low temperature will increase the rapidity with which fat
rises to the top of the milk.
Parkes says, “Milk should not have less than 12.5% of total solids of
which 3.5% is fat and 0.7% is salts; ... the percentage of cream by
volume not less than 10%.”
Infants placed on a diet of milk that is too rich in fats will
thrive for a while, but in time will lose weight and show other
symptoms, indicating the inability of Innate to digest the food. The
stools become hard and dry, of a pale color and composed largely of
fat soaps. This shows that Innate is unable to furnish sufficient
alkaline bases through the body to saponify the excessive amount
of fat in the intestines. This results in a condition resembling
acidosis.
Vitamins
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