That's an actual quote from this 1943 film from the Office of War and I'm certain it represented a real sentiment of the time. As mentioned before, vitamins had a great mystique around this time. The very word 'vitamin' was relatively new.
Nazi science also had great mystique. Fortunately for us, it turned out that German engineers were better at dreaming up superweapons than they were at actually making them work.
As for vitamins, their nutritional reputation has held up, though the kind that gave up superpowers remained the stuff of comic books.
Food for Fighters
by U.S. Office of War Information
Published ca. 1943
Usage Public Domain
Topics World War II: Homefront, Nutrition, Agriculture: Food industry
Importance of nutrition in wartime.
Run time 9:50
Producer U.S. Office of War Information
Sponsor N/A
Audio/Visual Sd, B&W
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