29th October 2009 / Comments (6)

Yeast-Vite

Woman's Weekly: 9th March 1957

Housewives! Fed up of being a skivvy? Tough! Take Yeast-Vite instead, and wait a few years for Valium to be invented...

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Phenacetin? Ooh, some of that please.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phenacetin

Oh, hang on....

By Richard Hurst
October 29, 2009 @ 11:39 pm / #

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You know that I won't be able to un-read that, Richard...*shudders*

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By Tanya Jones
October 30, 2009 @ 12:14 am / #

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Probably on speed to keep her weight down too!

By Estelle
October 30, 2009 @ 12:16 am / #

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O_O

By TheLeen
October 30, 2009 @ 11:48 am / #

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Oh my God my Mum used to take these in the good ole 70's
and look! you can still buy them!
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Yeast-Vite-264333-100-Tablets/dp/B001E9777U
zoiks!

By Twinkle
June 28, 2010 @ 5:18 pm / #

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That's interesting: there's now no reference to them soothing depression, which is a good thing. Looks like they're an alternative to Pro-Plus now. Thanks for finding this, Twinkle!

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By Tanya Jones
June 29, 2010 @ 1:29 pm / #

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