Is a meat diet necessary in pellagra?

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Pellagra and Meat Diet

Q. Is a meat diet necessary in pellagra?

A. In the investigation of the cause of pellagra made by the United States Public Health Service the conclusion was reached that the real cause of pellagra was not to be found in moldy corn or any form of infection but in a defective dietary. Meat was among the articles recommended as beneficial in pellagra cases. Meat is not necessary to prevent pellagra. The conviction is gaining ground among physicians that the cause of pellagra is a lack of vita­mines in the food. It is true that vitamines are present in meat but the amount of vitamines present in flesh foods is not greater than that found in most vegetable foods; indeed, vitamines are much more plentiful in certain vegetables than in meats; this is particularly true of peas and beans. In speaking upon this subject Doctor Goldberger admitted that the use of meat was not necessary provided eggs, milk, peas or beans were supplied. Observations made in the treat­ment of beri-beri and allied diseases showed that the addition of beans to the diet was a much more efficient method in curing and preventing beri-beri than the use of meat.

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