Show WHAT to t EAT EA T- T Tand and WHY i i C. C Houston Goudiss Counsels Counsel Wise Eating t During the Holiday Season I Dy By c C. C HOUSTON GOUDISS SHE I HE advent of the holiday season marks the beginning of 1 one of the most difficult periods of the entire year for the homemaker To begin with she is busied with the hundred and one details of Christmas shopping the planning of holiday oliday entertainments entertainments enter- enter and the preparation of extra food for parties Secondly the health and com com- fort ort of every member of the family amily depend to a considerable considerable consider consider- able degree upon how they eat cat and what foods she serves during the weeks between now and January first Guard Against Lowered Resistance Unfortunately statistics show that the common cold and other similar ailments greatly greally Increase in number directly after the first of the year That is also the period when we find more h people suffering from fatigue than at any other season sea sea- o son Both Bolh conditions condi condI- fig lions are frequently frequent frequent- ly traceable to 10 faulty habits of eating and faulty hygiene during the he holiday season The person who is forewarned Is s usually forearmed Therefore every homemaker who has bas the interests in in- in- in of her family at heart should plan now to arrange activities activities ac ae- ac- ac so that strain and fatigue will be reduced to a minimum And more mor specifically she should see to it that she formulates a sound eating program Far too many people at this season of the year suffer sutTer the ill effects of lowered resistance brought about by unwise eating ealing and by overeating over over- eating Overeating of a poorly chosen diet is Inadvisable at any time because because because be be- cause it tends to overburden the dl digestive system But it Is particularly particularly par par- undesirable during the winter season when almost everyone every every- one tends to stay too lon long indoors frequently in overheated rooms and to take too little outdoor ex ex- Regularity in eating a carefully balanced diet containing sum sum- dent clent bulky foods to help prom promote ole regular health habits is of the Utmost utmost ut Ut- t- t most importance if resistance isto is isto isto to be maintained at a high peak peal during the holiday hollday season Keeping Body Ma Machinery Efficient One should always remember that the body is a machine working working work work- ing as regularly and as accurately as as- as asa a clock Any ny good mechanic knows that a fine mechanism requires requires requires re re- re- re quires the same type of care day in and day out Homemakers too loa should remember that the body does not function different differently just because we celebrate a holiday holi noli day with old age-old customs Thus to 10 keep every member of the family fam fame Sly Uy well and rested try not to 10 allow allow al aI- al- al low the holiday celebrations to 10 upset upset up up- set the ordinary routine of your you household Late breakfasts heavy dinners and suppers taken at odd hours hour do not constitute the best possible menu planning The unfortunate over-emphasis over on rich foods on special occasions may easily re rea re- re suit in digestive disturbance uness unless un- un less ess great care Is taken to avoid dietetic Indiscretions and to maintain always the ideal of a balanced ration Childs Child's Diet Especially Important During the dark days of December Decem Decem- ber the childrens children's diet requires extra thought and care Too close confinement Indoors and the lack of f sunshine may easily have bave an adverse effect upon the temper and vitality of young children Then too the excitement of anticipating an an- Christmas is bound to add to their general fatigue Children seldom complain of faigue fa fa- igue ligue which makes it all the more necessary for mothers to be on guard against or to look for for the first intimation that it may exist A child thUd who is tired Is very apt to tobe tobe tobe be Irritable More lore than likely his appetite will be poor and when he 10 does eat he may not be able to o care properly for the food he takes akes You may find if you allow allow alow al al- al- al low ow him to become overtired or feed ced him unaccustomed foods that hat it will be a struggle to 10 get him ilm to bed and even then he may not sleep soundly And it is generally generally generally gen gen- recognized that disturbed sleep plus unwise eating may have nave most unfortunate consequences conse conse- The Ideal Holiday Diet Holiday or no holiday both children children chil chil- dren and adults should have at least two fruits daily one of which should be a citrus fruit or tomatoes tomatoes toma toma- toes to help provide adequate vitamin C there should be two vegetables besides potatoes one of which should be of the green leafy variety an egg dally daily or at least three or four weekly a aquart aquart aquart quart of milk for every child and anda a pint for each adult If your meals are built bunt on this foundation there will be less leas room for the rich heavy foods which should only be taken In modera Ion laD and after you have helped to satisfy the appetite with the protective protective protective pro pro- foods By making a point of eating generously of fruits and vegetables and by including a crisp raw salad In the daily dally diet you will be much more apt to consume consume con con- sume sufficient bulk built or cellulose to 10 help maintain regular health habits Christmas Confections We can scarcely speak of the holiday diet particularly where children are concerned without saying a word about Christmas confections and other goodies These are a part of the holiday tradition No homemaker would wish to deprive her family of such pleasures but it ft does devolve upon her to 10 simplify the other meals in the day so that her children chil dren do not suffer sutTer when they eat eata a large holiday dinner Similarly she should make it ither ither ither her responsibility to either r pre pre- pare e the special Christmas treats i from ingredients which she knows to be pure and wholesome or to to purchase them from a reliable 1 source If these goodies i given to children at the end of a I v well-balanced well meal and not indis V between meals there should be the J not upset digestions that make Christmas a bugbear 1 to 10 some mothers instead of the VH Joyous occasion it should be i I By following out these r K J you can help your family to J 4 enjoy the holidays without regret I s. s i You will feel fit and your good health will be the basis of good good- r cheer I I Questions Answered I I Mrs Airs S S. S M M. B. B Your B.-Your Your letter Jetter was 0 the first of a large number I received re re- vt on the subject and I am therefore answering you though s my reply Is also directed to all the others who have inquired concerning con con- t 11 corning a recent announcement that cereals might be harmful to f r the teeth j F FI I have seen reports on this subject subject subject sub sub- 4 by two investigators and I I know that tha other investigators are arenow arenow now endeavoring to check their work As soon as there is further progress to report I shall be glad to 10 comment d In the meantime I would not hesitate to 10 follow the advice of gF leading nutritionists and give your children cereals at least half hail of t which may well be served in the whole grain form y i. i ii c. o O C. C 1933 41 t t |