Show Daily Health Service By DK DU MORRIS MORIUS FISHBEIN Editor Journal of the American Medical Association und land of ol y ela the Health Magazine Cereals rich in starch and containing con con- con con- taming small amounts of ot proteins proteIn are aro the backbone of ot tho the nutrition of most of ot tho the earths earth's races As a a. rule tho the grain products are arc the tho cheapest food tood fuels obtainable All have the same amount of mineral mineral min ruin eral oral ingredients but their vitamins are not Import important nt unless the germ of the grain is Included Furnishing energy at a reasonably reasonably reasonably reason reason- ably low cost palatable and with some some- dietary essentials the cereals represent a real contribution to a persons person's diet Corn rice barley and oat kernels constitute about third one-third or more of tho the total calories taken into the body For the world as a whole rico rice seems to be even more Important important important tant than wheat but in western Europe and in the United States wheat takes the leading place Many dietary authorities arc are convinced convinced convinced con con- vinced that it is essential to eat whole grains or dark products rather than the refined substances This claim is based on the fact tact that it is necessary to supplement the refined relined products with other foods to make the tho mineral mineraI and vitamin vitamin vita vita- mm min content satisfactory Such supplementing supplementing sup sup- requires extra thought and additional cost In the Ute Orient Orient large large groups of at people people peo peo- plc get along in apparently good health on a diet in which about four fifths of all the tho calories are derived derived derived de de- de- de rived from rico rice in combination with small amounts of other grains It should be pointed out however that the rest of their food consists mainly of the leafy vegetables which with milk are effective in making up for the deficiencies of 01 grain products We know that Americans Americana who subsist largely on cereal products are likely to prefer the refined ce cereals cereals ce- ce reals and that therefore their diets are short of calcium and the vita vita- mins Anyone who lives largel largel- on bread and cereals should realize the importance importance importance im im- im- im of supplementing the diet with plenty of milk and leafy |