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' .M M - . . . . _ - - ' H . w 4Wn- 4Wn 4Wn.pv _ _ - _ . .pv pv . ds ? 00 00TO 00'S 00S 00\ 00 ' \ ' TO BABIrS-AIIoD BABIrS AIIoD BASICS-AM BASICS AM BABIES : - AISD PARENTS TOO Experiments E\.penments E.penments E .penments penments ' \ . eon con cond conInctFd d ly by ! ! > y University of Nebraska food and nutrition laboratory have haveoWD havepun havedown oWD pun tI tl tie e a value of feeding- feeding feedmg feedingmeat - meat to babies Mothers 1I10thers are Interested Interestedom interestedon interested"om interestedom " om on ' a nutrition nutriton standpoint standpomt fathers arc are impressed by the fact that thatab thatab thati ab b cs es are less fussy fnssy and sleep better Patsy Is shown here receIvIng receIvIngp receiving-P'g receiving P'g Pg - p , P ' blood count at the hinds h\nds h nds hands ' \ of Dr A K Myrabo lIITabo ) pathologist of Unl Uni Unlers Unicrs Unlfers ers crs ty hospital with mth Dr Ruth Leverton university uDlverstty nutritionist stand standr standg standm r g by to help belp belpJ helpR \J J \ JR R THE BETTER , TOOyen T00van TOO T00 TOOatin9 yen van Babies Are Affected Affectedf Affectedy f y Revised Eating ; atin9 atin9VNU Habits HabitsWNU \VNU VNU JVNU WNU \ Features Feattlres FeattlresLINCOLN FeaturesLINCOLN ' LINCOLN , NEBRChances NEBR -Chances Chances - Chances are your great grandmother grandmotherould grandmotherould grandmotherouldhave ould have no more thought of eating eatmg a 'love love ' love apple ' than of ofvmg ofving offvmg vmg ving to Chma China But now we call love apples by the more prolc pro- pro proialC pro-teic pro teic - ialC lc name of tomatoes-and tomatoes and tomatoes - and not only eat them but drmk'em drink'em drink drmk 'em em ' , 0 0at That at doesn diemn t prove much except exceptit exceptt - tpi- tpi excepttpi tpipeople t people seat s eat ng t tab ab ts is change changeUnlers changeUmters changee Unl\ers Unl ers Umters Unnerst \ t } ) ot of Nebraska s food1 foodd food d nutrition nutntIon laboratory is trying to toto toto toto to it that they change for theter the theter theter theter'ake ter terake 'ake ake ' bables-sD bables sD babies-six babies six babies - six ! : \ weeks eeks old-for old for oldforlance oldfortance old - forance lance tance ; A lot of mothers would wouldpc \ wouldie ould ouldpe pe pc in astonishment astornshment astomshment if 1f u you saId saIddon saiddon saidh > don t we give the baby a nIce nIceIplDg niceping nicepmg IplDg ping of ot meat today7 today ? They m ght ghtes ghtntell 11 es ! ( tell you } ) ou scornfully that babies babiesget babiesget babiesB get meat until unhl they re at least leastmonths leastmonths leastK months oldBabies oldBabies old oldBabies Babies Like It Ite Itet Itt ' et e { , Dr Kuth Ruth M Leverton witty uni un wit ! < ty nutnt nutrlt nutrit onist omst and two pedla podia pedlaans podians pedialans ans ns have been feed ng meat tobab tobab to bab es for some time hme now The Thees Thees Thei es like bke it and the results haverested haverested have rested even the American Modt MedI Med I Association Assoclahon Tournal TournaI journal which whichsn whichSD whichsr SD sr . t get interested very eas easily easilyThe easily.The easilyThe y yThe . The big thing thmg that Dr Lever Leveron LeverD Levern D n and her associates found Is Ist ist isui t meat added for eight elgM weeksthe weeksthe weeks ' the diets of babies at as youngsix youngsix young ' , six weeks can knock out nu nutlonal nutional nuItional tlonal tional anemia This they theyy y is important because tbat that tbate thate thatpe e of anemia is common to toost toost toost ost infants infantsie Infantse ie e researchers don t pretend that thatmg thatmg thatking mg anemia from trom babyhood IS ISg isg isg [ g to produce a race of super superand superand supert and women But they do sayanemia sayanemia say , anemia keeps the human body bodyor bodyor bodytie ( or big-from big from big - from 100 per cent centrmance centrmance centtormance rmance . .may may . rmancemay may be that treeing freeing infants infantsanemIa infantsanemia Infantsi anemia will let them grow growg growEg g enough to toss off some of ofusual ofusual ofusual usual childhood diseases Any Anythat Anythat Anythat that s what Dr Leverton hopes hopestbe hopesthe hopesthe tbe the laboratory is assisting asslotIng assi.tmg assitmg . : WIth WIther'Study witherstudy withler er'Study erStudy ' study along that lmeLaunch lineLaunch line lme lineLaunch Launch EI.penments EIpenments Experiments Experimentse EI.penmentse : ! . e university stood s food and nutn nutri nutnlaboratory nutrilaboratory nutnlaboratory laboratory launched its attack attacknem attacknem attacknem nem a seven years ago It found foundmeat foundmeat foundmeat meat added to the d ets of ot a ap ap aip p of ot co eds reduced sImple sImplea sImpleDoring simpleDaring simplema simplemaDoring a Doring Daring the war a second seconddy seconddy secondndy dy revealed that meat was wasbenefit wasbenefit wasbenefit benefit to blood bank donors donorst donorscame donorscxt t came a study of expectant expectantothers expectantothers expectantothers others A meat supplement to toelr toit toeir elr it diets boosted their bema- bema bemo- bemo bemabin bemobtn hemo-Buin hemo Buin - - bin btn values-\\hlch values hlch values-which which values - - \ which is a fancy fancyy ( ancyly y ot of saying saymg they did not be- be beme beme be-me be me - - me anemIceouraged anemiccouraged anemic anemicicouraged icouraged eouraged couraged by these results the thearchers thearchers thearchers archers turne turned to bab es When Whenstudy Whenj Whenstudy Whenttudy j study started stn strl ned meat tor for torea fores tores ea es Was not yet on the marketmeat marketC market marketiced C meat processors cooperated and andueed andused iced ueed used strained stramed meat ot of custard custardstency custardstency custardstency stency which could be added toformulas toI to I ' formulas S nee nce then a meat meatuct meatJ meatact meatlet uct act has come on the market marketerclally marketercrally marketmercially marketmerciallycooperation J erclally ercrally ercrallyt erclallycooperation t cooperation with doctors at atSav atSaw at1 Sav Saw ng institute mstItute in m Omaha at atThomas atThomas atThomas Thomas orphanage m in LmcolnWith Lincolnr Lincolnwith Lincoln Lmcoln Lincolnbattle r parentsbattle With Witha a small group at of parents battle of babies versus anemiabegun anemiabegun anemia anemiahpinin begun hpinin A * u _ . . u . j . . At the outset A - a - third ot of otunce ofOnce unce Once of strained stramed meat was add addlly iIlly ally addiIlly addally lly to the formulas tor for bab ef es efeeks eseeks e e"eeks "eeks eeks " old Th s amount was 10Sed inff in 10 iniverage ff ffsod Sed sod untIl at the end ot of a wec.k weck week wec.kverage weekC weekverage . iverage verage of ot a full fulI ounce of meat meatY meat'y meaty C ' Y ) ' 'Was Was ' as be ng addedShow added ; ' Show how howlarkcd ! \ Marked \larkcd larkcd GalD Gam GalDcorns GamCorns Gaintcoros corns ol of Q Cl ild Sav Say ng institute msbtute institutese msbtuteklse institutelase klse lase se that the 18 meat babIes babIesed babiesed babies"ed babiesed " ed an average gain of ot 13 3 per1n perl per perr l ( thed 1n m hemoglob n content of the theat theh theat h d at the end of e a ght weeks weeksr r com compel pet tors-IS tors IS tors-15 15 tors - 15 babies of at o1 the same age group and same general generalcondit generalcondrt generalcondit condit condrt on who did not get meat- meat meatlost meatlost meat meatlost - - lost 103 10 3 per cent during the same sameperiod sameperiod sameperiod period The red cell vall valies valtes es of ot o1 the themeat themeat themeat meat eaters jumped lumped an average ot of of22 22 2 per cent while their competJ compete competJtors competetore competltorg tors tore chalked up a gain gam of ot only 6 62per 2 2per 2per per cent centNurses Nurses at tt the institute mstltute report report- reported reported reported - - ed the babies who got meat meatseemcd meatseemed meatseemed seemcd seemed less fussy and slept bet bet- better better - . ter than their competitors The TheInstItutIon Theinstitution TheInstitution InstItutIon s pediaincian pedIatrIcian said the thegcneral thegeneral thegeneral gcneral general physical condition of the themeateaters themeateaters themeat-eaters themeat eaters meat-eaters meat eaters - - - was better too tooResults tooResults tooResults Results comparable to those at atCh atChild atChild Ch Child d Saving Savmg institute mstItute were obtaIned obtainedat at St Thomas orphanage Among Amongthe Amongthe Amongthe the babies in m private pnvate homes the rec roc records rocords records ords were not as spectacular-prob- spectacular prob spectacular-prob spectacularprobably spectacular - prob probably - . ably because the routine roubne of ot care was wasnot wasnot wasnot not as el.actmg-but el.actmgbut el.actmg elactmg but exacting-but exacting exacting : ! . - but even in m the thehomes thehomes thehomes homes the meat eating eatmg babies babiesshowed babiesshowed babiesshowed showed no loss In hemoglobin hemoglobm con content content content tent of the blood while their com corn competItors cornpetitors cornpetitors petItors who did not get meat lost lost8 8 per centIt centIt cent centIt It was this ability ablIlty of ot the meat meateaters meateaters meateaters eaters to avo d hemoglobin hemoglobm loss thatthe that thatthe thatthe the researchers consider Important ImportantAccordIng importantAccording importantAccording AccordIng to Dr Leverton it means meansthat meansthat meansthat that the protein m In the meat dIet dIetkept dietkept dietkept kept the babies from trom taking the thedownward thedownward thedownward downward road to nutritionalanemIa nutritionalanemia nutritional anemIa |