Resisting Disease With Food
Courtesy of The New York Public Library
Naturopath Dr. Alvenia Fulton was born in Tennessee in 1893. From 1971 to 1972 Fulton wrote “Eating for Your Health and Strength,” a column in the Black-owned-and-operated Chicago Defender about health, healing, and nutrition. The column covered topics based on what she learned from her elders growing up on a farm in Pulaski, Tennessee, graduate training, study of current medical literature and practices, and her practice as a naturopath. On the farm her family kept chickens and cows. In a related discussion years later Fulton would share that vitamin A helps the body resist disease and it’s It's found in dairy products such as milk, cream and egg yolks. Cod liver oil, green leafy vegetables, and carrots are also great sources of Vitamin A.
