Despite this program, by the mid-1930s, white schools in the South were worth, per student, more than five times what black schools were worth per student (in majority-black Mississippi, this ratio was more than 13 to one).
There is no vitamin B17. The term is inaccurately applied to laetrile, a discredited cancer drug, and amygdalin, the natural substance from which laetrile is made. Amygdalin occurs in the seeds of apricot, peaches, and almonds.
Read on to find out what they are. Vitamin B5 is one of eight B vitamins. All B vitamins help you convert the protein, carbohydrates and fats you eat into energy. They're also needed for healthy skin, hair, and eyes, and help the nervous system and liver work properly. Vitamin B5 has other important functions, too. It helps you maintain a healthy digestive tract and is critical in making red blood cells, which carry oxygen throughout the body. It's also needed to make sex and stress-related hormones in the adrenal glands. Vitamin B5 is the easiest vitamin to get in your diet. Itâs found in most vegetables â especially broccoli and members of the cabbage family â plus white and sweet potatoes and whole-grain cereals.