Dr. Juan Salcedo Jr. invented enriched rice by fortifying regular rice with vitamin B1 to prevent beriberi disease. His discovery helped reduce beriberi cases in the Philippines and other countries. The government supported this by passing laws requiring rice millers to enrich rice. They also expanded the program and purchased equipment to provide enriched rice to more people, reducing beriberi deaths. Salcedo's invention served the public good by eradicating beriberi disease and improving nutrition.
Dr. Juan Salcedo Jr. invented enriched rice by fortifying regular rice with vitamin B1 to prevent beriberi disease. His discovery helped reduce beriberi cases in the Philippines and other countries. The government supported this by passing laws requiring rice millers to enrich rice. They also expanded the program and purchased equipment to provide enriched rice to more people, reducing beriberi deaths. Salcedo's invention served the public good by eradicating beriberi disease and improving nutrition.
Dr. Juan Salcedo Jr. invented enriched rice by fortifying regular rice with vitamin B1 to prevent beriberi disease. His discovery helped reduce beriberi cases in the Philippines and other countries. The government supported this by passing laws requiring rice millers to enrich rice. They also expanded the program and purchased equipment to provide enriched rice to more people, reducing beriberi deaths. Salcedo's invention served the public good by eradicating beriberi disease and improving nutrition.
Dr. Juan Salcedo Jr. invented enriched rice by fortifying regular rice with vitamin B1 to prevent beriberi disease. His discovery helped reduce beriberi cases in the Philippines and other countries. The government supported this by passing laws requiring rice millers to enrich rice. They also expanded the program and purchased equipment to provide enriched rice to more people, reducing beriberi deaths. Salcedo's invention served the public good by eradicating beriberi disease and improving nutrition.
➢ Served as Secretary of Health during Quirino Administration ➢ Widely known as an authority in nutrition and public health and a medical statesman and published 265 works and researches In the Philippines and foreign journals about medicine, science, and technology. ➢ Became the President of the World Health Organization Assembly from 1952-1953 ➢ Chairman of the National Research Council of the Philippines from 1961-1976 ➢ Developed “Enriched Rice”, a rice variety fortified with Vitamin B1, which helps prevent Beriberi. His discovery helped reduce the case of Beriberi in the Philippines and in other countries. The Enriched Rice experiment of Dr. Juan Salcedo Jr. brought a great impact to the society especially to the public health, food problems, and nutrition which is his main How did the focus. His invention Enriched Rice provided solution to the invention and outbreak of Beriberi disease in the Philippines during the discovery impact years 1882-1883. Beriberi is a disease brought by the the society? deficiency of thiamine or vitamin B1. It was widely spread among the regions whose staple food was polished rice. This type of rice has undergone de-husking in order to prolong its life which unintentionally resulted to the removal of thiamine. He implemented the "enriched rice experiment" which Rice Fact: Brown rice Contains more fiber fortified the rice with Vitamin B" This enriched rice became Than white rice. the staple food of those affected by beriberi in the Philippines, thus, eliminating the problem. Because he was highly successful in all his work, Salcedo is believed to have influenced many scientists and Rice Fact: Rice is naturally technicians, particularly those involved in the governments gluten-free thrust toward economic emancipation, in developing interest and pursuing studies in science and technology, thus enlarging the core of the nation's scientific manpower. After concluding the experiment of Salcedo on Enriched Rice to be successful, it led to the enactment of the Rice Enrichment Law which required that all rice millers and wholesalers enrich the rice they milled or traded. The government has plans to extend the program to 1,800,000 people by the end of 1951, which is roughly 10 percent of the entire population with a beriberi death rate of 4,400 persons per year. The procurement How is the invention and of additional rice enriching equipment has made it possible to introduce enriched rice in discovery Tarlac and Pangasinan, two provinces with the next highest death rates from beriberi. supported by the Extensive clinical surveys of these larger populations may not be possible, but government? continued collection of mortality statistics in these provinces as well as in Bataan should furnish evidence of the public health value of rice enrichment. Health authorities are greatly concerned about legislation providing for compulsory enrichment of all white rice in the country. Did the invention and discovery serve the public good?
Definitely, the invention and discovery of enriched
rice of Salcedo has greatly serve the public good as this resulted to the eradication of Beriberi disease in the country and believed to have saved thousands of lives of Filipino people. Moreover, it contributed to the nutritional improvement of the food supply and the alleviation of poverty.
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