Show Dr Fishbein's Health Talks D By DR DK MORRIS FISHBEIN This mechanical age gc has had its il peculiar effect on the food we eat cat For now that there is less physical effort because L. of at the developments of at mechanical and electrical energy there has been a reduction in the demand denand de de- de- de nand and for foods that provi provide e calories or 01 the elements that enable a person to work Besides there is an increasing realization real real- among workers who used to overeat of at the health hazards associated associated associated ci asso-ci- with overweight after afler middle age And then there is the fJ fashion hion amon among women which inclines to consider consider con con- sider the slender form lorm the more beau beau- The lessened demand for calories has shown itself particularly in the decreasing use sc of wheat flour lour and sugar However fats and oils have increased in consumption ond and this is believed to be due duc to the increasing use usa of the vegetable oils and the growing rowing popularity of or salads in the American dietary It is well recognized that that- hard physical work demands a. a greater consumption consumption consumption con con- of oC carbohydrate foods than do does less physical work The sedentary sedentary seden seden- tary worker needs fewer calories To obtain ib the amount of ot prote protein n required for his hL body growth and vand repair he needs more meat Recent studies show that lock o ol of minerals in the modern diet is one of ot the most serious deficiencies Calcium Calcium Cal Cal- and phosphorous particularly ore are required for r development o of sound bones bone and teeth Comparison on has has- been made of ot the common foods taken by workers InGerman in Germany German the United States and Hol Hol- land The average German worker eats about grams or about out one one- quarter pound o of meat a day in contrast contrast contrast con con- to grams taken by the American American Amer Amer- ican lean worker and 67 grams rams taken en b by bythe bythe the worker in Holland The American takes grams o of milk in contrast to taken by the Dutch worker and by the German German German Ger Ger- man worker On the other hand the German and Dutch workers eat more bread and more potatoes by for far than are lre taken b by r American workers who again have the advantage antage in relationship rela rela- to the consumption of ot butter butter butter but but- ter and eggs E 4 Thus Americans show v the greatest consumption o of foods taken from animal animal animal an an- imal sources In Slovakia Czecho-Slovakia the consumption o of vegetables is 3 more than in either Germany the United States or Holland L Another study has been made of r f the average intake of food by healthy men in Belgium The Belgian Investigator investigator is convinced d that the effect of alcohol in producing overweight is not due to the extra calories that it 11 supplies but because it upsets the digestive functions He also believes that most people eat too much and that if we take a well balanced diet with fewer calories calories calo cab ries we are 1 likely to be more heal healthful health health- th- th ful rul and in fact to gain more weight than if it we eat too much |