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Show .Ki'.AKfAhU JMHJKTANT Ml.M, Of TUli DAY I by Marguerite Mickeheti it" f , ' , , ) r , , t , ' ,, i ,, .Mititttt 1 he average American father labors from .sun-up to sun-down to I py'd e. hls f""iily with the necessities, and .some of the luxuries, I or ife but the poor guy is often not getting his three souare meals a day. I A study conducted by the Department of Ajn-iculiu.-al Biochemis try at Rutgers University found that 44 per cer.i of the fathers of the nation don't eat an adequate breakfast. Ar, a re.sult, they suffer from lowered efficiency both mentally and physK-allv during the , morning hours. And because they don't get enough of the required ; nutrients at breakfast, they eat snacks during the morning anc gain weight in addition to numbing the appetite for later meals rich in the minerals and vitamins everyone needs. "Nutritionists, guch as Dr. Frederick -Stare, head of the Harvard Scliool of Public Health, say that breakfast should provide or'.. third to one-fourth of the daily nutritional requirements Di Stare says a simple, but well-balanced breakfast might consist of fruit juice, cereal with milk, buttered toast and marmalade, and a beverage. bever-age. This may be changed several times a week to include eggs and meats. This is a basic breakfast and the varieties are innumerable. innumer-able. Vitamin C from the fruit, B-vitamins and iron from enriched bread, calcium from the milk and all the other elements from the seven basic foods are the cornerstones on which to build not only a good breakfast, but a good day and a longer lifetime of good health. Even if father wants to make a quick dash to work in the morning, morn-ing, the family should see that be doesn't skimp on breakfast the nrice is too -'-'- |