Show Good Food Sense Surrounded by the most abundant food supply the world has ever seen the United United Uni Uni- ted States is fast becoming the nation of nutritional illiterates This is the opinion of Henry J. J Heinz II H chairman of the II hi J J. J Heinz Company Writing in The New York Times he says Despite a wealth of scientific knowledge knowledge know know- ledge of nutrition too many of us do donot donot donot not know what a balanced diet is and andare andare andare are ignorant of the essential nutrients we need and the f foods s that contain them The U U. S S. S Department of Agriculture reports that the percentage of households that met or exceeded the departments department's definition of a good di diet t dropped from 60 GO to 50 percent from 1955 to 1965 Nine percent of families with incomes over had diets rated poor The deficiencies deficiencies de de- broadened over the to decreased use of milk milk products vegetables bles and fruits and to an increase in snacking The food industry authority laid the blame for declining nutritional standards squarely al at the door of food and changing life styles Many people today seem to follow fashions in eating eating eat eat- ing just as they do in dress and manner of speaking The thing in is to work certain phrases to death wear ties tics of a II certain width or skirts or a II certain length length len or drop a basic food item from the diet to get on the bandwagon with no questions asked The trouble is speech and clothing styles can change with no harm done Arbitrary tampering however with diet can leave lasting harmful effects Normal Normal Nor Nor- mal people need a balanced foods diet that through deliberate self-denial self they are arc not now getting Apparently our sophisticated civilization needs to be taught how to eat properly |