Show I WHA w H AT T to EAT EA T and WHY C. C C Houston Goudiss Offers New Years Year's Resolutions Concerning Foods and Nutrition Suggests How to Help Make Your Family Healthier and Happier By C. C HOUSTON GOUDISS IT T HAS been customary for a long time to mark the beginning begin begin- beginning beginning ning of a new year with the ringing of bells with merry merry- merrymaking merrymaking merrymaking making and with the hope expressed to ones one's friends that they will enjoy greater health happiness and prosperity in inthe inthe inthe the forthcoming twelve months Though greetings are usually exchanged in a spirit of gayety the occasion frequently does docs as indeed it should have an undercurrent of so 3 so so- For it is quite fitting that we should view the close of one year and the beginning of another as both an Ending and a Beginning even though we recognize that life goes along in an unbroken stream M The magic hour of midnight may well weIl mark the end of certain of our mis mis- mistakes 13 3 1 takes and the be be- beginning beginning beof ginning of greater wisdom in acting thinking and liv liv- living living ing It seems to me that the week in which we celebrate New Years Year's is a particularly appropriate time for mothers to resolve to take stock of the program of daily living Jiving that they have outlined for their families families families lies and if necessary to alter it so that every member may gain a amore amore amore more generous share of well being and contentment Questions for a Homemaker I believe that every very homemaker owes it to her family to pause for fora a few moments at this season to look backwards along the road that she and her family have trav trav- traveled traveled traveled in recent months Have you taken advantage of the knowledge offered by modern nutritional science Can you conscientiously con con- conscientiously conscientiously say with conviction that you have given your husband and children all the different food elements that are necessary for buoyant radiant health If you have grown as you should in the past year and no homemaker who i is doing a really first class job ever remains static she moves with wills the times then it is inevitable that there has been a gradual change in the char char- character character character acter of the food that you have put on your table three times a day But can you feel confident those meals have been right in every respect Have they included the necessary protein fats carbo carbo- carbohydrates carbohydrates carbohydrates hydrates Have nave they included at least 12 minerals the six known vitamins and sufficient bulk or cellulose to help maintain regular health habits Time fo to Take Inventory Do not be too discouraged if you cannot answer yes to all of these questions because the chances are that many other homemakers may also find it necessary to give a partially negative answer Moth Moth- Mothers Mothers Mothers ers especially are busy people and many of them feel that it is difficult to keep pace as they would like to do do with the fast- fast moving science of nutrition Now during this week which brings us the beginning of a new year now is a time time after after taking inventory of what you have or have not done done to to look forward to survey the road that lies ahead Before every wife and mother hangs the curtain of the future that will be slowly drawn aside revealing the destiny of herself her husband and a d her children as the future becomes the present as tomorrow becomes today And as your loved ones travel the road of life lile it is you who have haveit haveit it in your power to help them at attain at- at atI attain tain strong vigorous bodies alert I efficiently working minds Now is the time for you to de de- determine determine de- de determine termine to make the power of food their power so that they shall not flag in their travels along the high high- highway highway highway way but draw new strength for each days day's journey every time they sit down at your table sit down as I have said before to Life The Tremendous Power of Food What they are going to be to tomorrow to- to tomorrow tomorrow morrow is indeed influenced by what they eat today for there never was a truer statement than that man is what he eats cats And that does not mean that physical prowess and mental superiority may result only when the table I is set with luxuries I On the con con- malnutrition which means not necessarily under nutrition but improper nutrition is found in the homes of the wealthy as well as asin asin asin in the homes of the The power of food is de de- determined determined determined not so much by what you spend as by what you yon choose One need not spend a great deal for food to provide the milk mi and ald other oth r dairy products fruits and vegetables that should be con con- consumed consumed consumed in abundance There is al always al- al always always ways evaporated milk for those who do not care to buy bottled milk or who prefer to too use it as a supplement to bottled milk And Ana since large numbers of fruits and arid vegetables are now in season practically practically practically throughout the year it is almost always possible to choose varieties of these mineral- mineral and vitamin bearing foods that are In- In in inexpensively in- in inexpensively expensively priced Be It Resolved I should therefore like to urge every homemaker to make at least one New Years Year's resolution to resolve that she will build her family diet in 1939 first of all alJ allaround allaround t around the protective foods milk I. I eggs fruits and vegetables It will be my privilege each week to help interpret for you the amazing discoveries of nutritional nutrition l S science and to show how you can utilize the newer knowledge of nu nu- nutrition nutrition nu- nu nutrition to help increase the mental and physical efficiency of your family Together then let us ns resolve to travel along the highroad of well- well being in 1939 I |