Show Doctor Doctorin in In the Kitchen en enby by Laurence M. M Hursh MD M.D. Consultant National Dairy Council NUTRITION A LA CARTE Well its it's a New Year and perhaps perhaps per per- haps a good time to adopt a new technique for communicating nutrition nutrition nu nu- nu information to you ou During During Dur Dur- I ing the past year Ive I've stuck strictly to one topic at a time But II theres there's a host of nutrition information information mation that can be presented in I short easy to remember form that doesn't need a whole column I to explain I For this reason every now and then this year I plan to vary the theone theone theone one topic columns with occasional occasion occasion- al columns well we'll call Nutrition A La Carte Today's column Isan is isan isan an example of what I mean In general adult men are likely to have better eating habits than women Mothers are prone to neglect their own meals while tending the family or because they are figure conscious without understanding the basics of figure fig ure control Mothers need an adequate adequate ade quate balanced diet just like the rest of us perhaps more so If you are not overweight see seeto seeto seeto to it that you dont don't change Physicians Phy Physicians arc are learning that it is much easier for people to control con conn trot their weight before they get fat than to reduce afterwards It Itis Itis Itis is also possible that being overweight over weight triggers a disturbed metabolism metabolism me me- making it doubly difficult difficult dif dU to reduce again Of all our citizens teen age girls seem to have the poorest eating habits Dietary studies show they are figure conscious and apt to skip or skimp on nour noun nourishing foods Breakfast especially Crash diets should be avoided Teenage Teen age bodies are in an important important im lm period of development y leading to motherhood Help your teenager get a good diet The idea that certain foods can cause arthritis or cure it is unfounded Extensive research has failed to show that the absence absence ab ab- sence or presence of any food or vitamin will either cure or cause caus any form of arthritis Careful medical examination of people who claim cures usually show the people didn't really have arthritis Remember that breakfast means literally to break the fast Your body needs food when you get up in the morning to tomake tomake tomake make up for the fasting you have experienced through the night You also need food for the energy you'll expend during the morning morn ing Waiting until lunchtime to eat a real meal can put unnecessary unnecessary sary stress on your body Your teeth are living structures structures tures even though portions of them are not The dentine and enamel are inert But your teeth also contain blood vessels and nerves Also your jaw bone is isa isa isa a living structure dependent upon upon up on good nutrition especially calcium phosphorus and vitamin D D. D These nutrients are plentiful in milk While research continues in inthe inthe inthe the broad area of heart disease and the possible relationship of diet to it homemakers should not embark on fad diets or completely complete complete- ly cut out any anyone one food Rather a well-balanced well diet including moderate mod erate crate amounts of fat both saturated saturated satu satu- rated and unsaturated should be followed unless your doctor prescribes pre scribes otherwise |