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Show FOR HEALTH IN WINTER MONTHS I Important Protective Foods ' Necessary. Lack of the right variety of foods in winter frequently affects our health !u the spring. Fruits and leafy vegetables, with their vitamins, their calcium, iron, and other mineral min-eral salts, are among the important protective foods. Although just as necessary when out of season, they cost more and are therefore often omitted if the income is reduced. For the limited food budget, the bureau of home economics of the United States Department of Agriculture Agri-culture points out the following possibilities pos-sibilities in the winter market : . Cabbage heads the list for protective protec-tive values. It is stored for winter use, it is always cheap, and it Is served raw or cooked in many ways. Turnips and coilards can be had most of the year in mild climates. Spinach is cheap in some localities and so is kale. Fotatoes and sweet potatoes are high in protective value. Irish potatoes pota-toes furnish vitamin C, sweet potatoes, pota-toes, vitamins, A and C. Yellow turnips tur-nips and carrots are rich in vitamin A. Dried beans and peas supply minerals, vitamins and protein. Tomatoes, canned or fresh, rank with cabbage and other green leafy vegetables as protective foods. Their vitamin value is about the same ns that of the oranges and grapefruit. Canned tomatoes and tomato juice may be used when fruit is scarce. The citrus fruits oranges, tangerines, tan-gerines, grapefruit, lemons are rich sources of vitamins. Raisins, prunes, and dried apricots are especially Important Im-portant for their iron. Among the cheaper canned fruits, peaches and pineapple retain much of the food value of the fresh fruit. Do not fail to eat vegetables and fruit as regularly in winter as In summer, says the bureau. The more limited the family purse, the more uneconomical it is to spend food money for a one-sided diet, too heavy with breads, cereals, fats and sweets, and lacking in vegetables and fruits. |