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J t an a army my of health enthusiasts until tho the Indoor of the American f greatest sport If J I 7 housewife is surreptitiously feeding the 1 P family on OD a diet which is purported to keep all aU members rs physically fit lit and full fuU of pep Food experts and nutrition specialists I 2 t I have hurled their dictums at our heads until what to eat and W why y have bave Eby become becom popular topi topics of conversation I Earning the dally daily bread and bringing Z n. n home the baco bacon have bave been the chief r i- i 1 i f t t f. f r 3 y tTA Al r i e y 3 1 r- r Y r r lr t i r b y y c w u Yi ai r r v F. F t f i it OrA fI AS t V 9 K 1 a rACY h tr r f r h 15 y F r J Jr J r i f t t I 7 r JS 1 r. F ji r 2 4 1 r r f r t va k SAi u k f f i. i Y y C i r The American f y d f D fd d a A k housewife Is largely largel o BiMi rt Lr r 3 J Y p j r responsible for the r Y rE r rd J. J ti j t io food habits o ou of the u ra- ra fa family ny for in ina a majority of cases e f persons like foods to m which the they are areN N I accustomed 4 ilk r rn n J r t f ry w wt t jrr Rp sp A 1 v d mr Sr r r r y Wil I L c f. f 1 i f M 1 Recent experiments in in child feeding have hare revealed that if given a choice r If I S J Jt t t r. r l' l cl ct 1 na natural t ral foods infants will instinctively select n a a well balanced diet Y a F r r t I con concerns erns of man from time Immemorial J but Juggling the bread the bacon the fruits and the vegetables on to the table to in the right proportions Is rapidly be becoming becoming becoming be- be coming the chief concern of his help help- mate Recently however a noted physician of London Dr Robert Hutchison hurled defiance de defiance defiance de- de fiance at the food authorities He told the British Medical Ass Association that diet should be a matter of or likes and dislikes a 4 So Bo the battle of or t tr the e platters has begun The scientific truth he Is reported to 1 have bave said about all this diet business can be summed up as follows Eat moderately moderately moderately mod mod- taking ordinary mixed diet and 4 dont don't worry about anything else To 1 rK take no th thought for what you ou shall eat cat cator or drink Is wiser than to be always fussIng fussIng fussing fuss- fuss Ing over It Likes and dislikes however should be listened to they are natures nature's x Indication of what probably agrees or des dis I. I agrees J He added that the diet faddist Is about the commonest and most malignant r crank What What- do food experts of ot the United baited v States Government think about his recommendation s J that we wc eat what we want when i. i we want It i DR R. R LOUISE STANLEY Chief ChIer of the t Bureau Burea of Home Economics thinks that In the main Dr Hutchison is right but she makes one Important tion Eat moderately she said taking or ordInary ordinary ore or- mixed diet containing sufficient natural foods and dont don't worry The average person will wm from preference preference prefer prefer- r ence once eat enough variety from a a. range r. c of natural foods to give him the nece necessary ary I 1 J 1 food elements elemen Be sure ure that over each day or even over oyer th the period of the week a well balanced ration of or various foods Is taken taken It is not necessary she says that each meal shall be balanced but that th the meals for the day or for the week contain the elements to meet the body requirements But But what are the natural foods Dr Stanley was asked Fruits vegetables either raw or cooked In suitable wa ways s 's to preserve all the vitamin content cereal products In which a l large rge part of the original grain has been retained or l if you prefer white bread and some o of the germ erm portion of the cereal In other forms milk occasionally occasionally occasionally occasion occasion- ally some o of the glandular organs such as liver kidney brains sweetbreads ads fish and honey she replied The range of natural foods Is such a abroad abroad abroad broad one especially In the United States Dr Stanley added that it should enable every everyone one to get what hat he needs and at the same time enable him to select foods that he likes Unfortunately there has been In the past a tendency on en on the part of students of nutrition in their eagerness to put forward the necessity for well balanced diet to underestimate the Importance of or palatability Individual preferences and family customs But we must remember that many of the habits among the various races were probably built on food choices that worked Appetite is one of the b best st aids to di digestion di- di To that ext extent extant nt Shakespeare was right In saying that good digestion waits walts waltson on appetite and health on both It would be Impossible to balance food groups In our mind In pla planning ng meals but there are J They told h her r repeatedly that mUk milk was po poison on to her and they said this so frequently frequently frequently fre fre- fre- fre before Katherine that she be believed believed believed be- be It She was taken to school where the children were preparing cocoa prepared prepared prepared pre pre- pared her cocoa and rind hi In the absence of the tho family to remind her that milk was poison to her she drank the drank the cocoa Her mother arrived at tho school Chool Just JustIn justin justin In time to see sec the last of the cocoa disappearing disappearing disappearing dis dis- appearing and expected momentarily to have to call in the doctor but th the report on one Monday was that no ill effect had been observed i Whether or not persons select enough different different dif dif- ferent foods f from athey a cafeteria display to get G s the elements their systems need depends on tho the food habits they have ha formed at home r certain of the foods in each of these groups which the family lik likes S to see on the table All AU housewives are much happier when their meals are Therefore they are likely to b be guided by the choice of their It is the responsibility of or the American housewife house to se see that the family gets the food which It really needs What she puts on the table Is limiting the opportunity opportunity opportunity of choice of the family and to a large extent is responsible for forming their food habits because most of us like Uke the foods to which v. we arc accustomed This increases h hr r responsibility A great deal of the talk about certain foods disagreeing with people is largely bosh Dr Stanley said Then she ex ex- ex We must remember that many likes like and dislikes are basically psychological Too much analysis o of the diet question may account for them In some cases We Weare Weare Weare are sometimes resentful of regulation of or our food likes and dislikes on an Intellectual Intellectual basis At the same time we must remember that even in digestion palatability palata- palata pla plays s 's an Important part While we are on the psychology o of foods roods wo we might also say that the Idea that certain foods di disagree grec with you Is 13 mental In ori orI- or- or gin Sometimes this m may y develop Into a food Idiosyncrasy making it Impossible for people to eat certain foods I remember a small smaIl girl whose family believed that she couldn't drink milk t w The rat at right which y yate ate only a Y basal diet weighed 89 tN l lg g grams FY y w r The rat at left from y the thc same litter was tv fed milk plus the basal diet and b weighed grams I at the end of the week nineteen test J period Children can form food likes and dislikes dislikes dislikes dis dis- likes because they see their parents and older members of the family turn up their noses at certain foods or make disparaging ing remarks or even simply refuse them Wh When n father refuses milk Johnny may think it is up grown-up not to drink milk cc HE trouble with people today Is THE L that too many highly hIghly- refined and highly flavored foods prevent the development development development devel devel- of their natural appetites appetite It would be even difficult to recognize a natural like in many c cases e because the highly refined foods foods' have led us away from the natural foods which our grandfathers grandfathers grandfathers grand grand- fathers and great grandfathers ate as a ama ma matter of custom How about these husbands who would like steak and potatoes es days In the year Dr Stanley was asked Well I wish you would go upstairs and look at what a a. diet of steak wh whole le wheat and butter sugar sugar and salt salt salt-a. a. a good baslo basic diet has diet has done to our our bur white rats she about half said They weigh only as much as those who had in addition to that basic diet all the vegetables they would eat and some milk to drink But weight is only a a. small par part of the story The rats that went lEnt without vegetables s and milk were poorly developed physIcally physically physically phys phys- even eyen deformed The only gospel we are trying to preach to people about foods is 13 to get the proper proportion o of the essential food elements during the course of o the day or week It makes little difference what foods they are obtained from Attention was called to the fact th that t the food experts of the Bureau of Home Economics recommend that fruits and vegetables In variety and sufficient In quantity to supply 20 per cent of the total calories should be beaten Beaten eaten provided of course that the remainder o of the diet is well proportioned The wife who serves one-fifth one of the food she puts on the tho table from each of the following five Ave groups can hardly go wrong First vegetables vegetables vegetables vege vege- tables and fruits second the proteins- proteins flesh foods poultry game fish and sea- sea odds eggs milk mUk and cheese third cereal grains grains flour flour meal breakfast foods bread rolls crackers fourth sugar foods sugar foods sugar molasses honey candy sweet chocolate pr preserves er e jellies Jams and marmalades fifth fats faLs and fat foods butter foods butter oil oU lard suet cream bacon pork sausage and nuts Meal planning Is Just tho the wholesome and attractive combining of or these natural natural natural nat nat- ural foods so that a sufficient quantity of those those substances called body nutrients may be obtained Some very interesting experiments have F recently been made by Dr ClaraV Clara J V M M. Davis Davs in permitting newl newly ry weaned infants to choose their food But all the foods set before the children were natural foods unmixed unseasoned and unaltered ered except ex except except ex- ex that some of ot them had been cooked In the simplest manner The foods offered the children contained no made dasher such as custards bread or soup There was WM no water but milk of two kinds and the milk was not poured over the cereal Even the put In a separate saucer Under such conditions although the idea what of permitting a baby to eat he wanted and as much as he wanted seemed radical enough it was almost Impossible im impossible impossible im- im possible for him to togo go wrong Therefore th the experiment in no way Is 15 to be compared compared compared com com- pared with putting before young children such edibles as 85 roast turkey baked h him ham stuffed stuffed- du duck k pastries gravies and combination combination com come dishes such ouch as puddings pudding and ant sources souffles The astonishing feature of the experiment expert expert- ment merit to the layman Jayman Is 13 that that- these then 7 1 old month-old youngsters ate remarkable quantities of a wide range of foods foods with virtually no digeS digestive ve disturbances al at all aU And d the results seem to be equal if not better better than the results result which have been obtained in In Inthe the past by by sa com commonly prescribed diets from the standpoInts standpoints stand stand- stand points of the growth weight bone des de development muscle development development- general vigor and appearance of health anc and well It is to to be understood of course that hat the range of foods included on the tr trap 7 contained all aU the elements of nutrition the proteins fats carbohydrates minerals minerals min mitt and vitamins The hooking g was Wal done in steam-pressure steam cookers to to in insure insure tn- tn sure the retention of the soluble substances substances sub sub- stances the meats were finely cut and ancl the vegetables and fruits fruits' mashed or cut A TRAY containing fifteen or sixteen saucers of the food was set on a low table before the child Two spoons were one provided provided one for tor the child chUd 1 if he showed a disposition to use It and the other for forthe forthe forthe the nurse At first lust the nurse sat by but made no movement and offered no suggestion suggestion sug sug- or comment When the baby reached or pointed to a certain dish the nurse then and only then took up a a spoonful and put it into the c childs child's mouth but only if he opened hits his mouth to take it He was refused nothing be he reached for and he was permitted to feed himself as much as he chose He ae was not corrected or instructed Soon he was able to feed himself If h he ate all aU of a given portion of food the saucer was filled again and again until he had hac all aU he wanted Not the slightest concern was shown whether he ate his food or not but Dr Davis found that the children always alway ate During the first few months they showed a a. wide ran range e of selection of foods which sometimes resolved into little more than sampling but after that time each seemed to settle down to certain definite detinUe preferences varying with the individual child It was noticed that certain children chil chil- children dren liked certain things although it was wu never possible to predict from day to day what hat individuals would eat Dr Davis says that the babies have bail been free from digestive disturbances She further points out that the babies babiel arc are above the average In weight for their heights and the three older ones who have been beer on the experiment for tor the longest time show the greatest increase above the average and that although none of the children is fat they are healthy vigorous and active As a a. sage comment ste aie adds that probably the lack of |
