Here is the 'poem', Teresa, from the yellow brown pages of my mother's Rational economy cooking, protective diet, winter section
By Johanne Christiansen M.D. 1940.

A little impish child said ’Ugh’ to milk and cod liver oil
So his eyes got spots, and his sight grew weak
for lack of vitamin A.

Do your legs feel sore, is your tummy slow,
do skin and heart hurt? You don’t eat enough of the whole grain bread,
You’re in need of vitamin B.

Tell me, do your teeth bleed? Do your joints tend to swell,
Blue bruises on your skin? You’re in need of vitamin C.

A stomach so fat, a back so bent, and bowlegs as well.
Alas, this child’s mother did not know that sunshine and fish oil
Supply us with vitamin D.

Without A B C and D there is sickness and pain,
But no bride will there be, and the family dies out
If there’s also no vitamin E.

So read this book if you wish to be wise
If you eat the right foods you’ll be healthy and happy
And life will be easy as play.

Quite a promise!!!!!

Hugs and good mending,

birte

P.S. Peanuts and Cashew nuts give me ulcers in the mouth and on the lips. Orange and Grapefruit juice have not. But allergies can start and stop without any discoverable or rational reason.