Show What to t Eat and Why C. C Houston Goudiss Offers Practical Advice Regarding First Meal Ical of the Day Some Time Breakfast Wisdom for or Homemakers By C C. C HOUSTON GOUDISS I IF F THERE is one meal that can be regarded as more important important important tant than any other that meal is breakfast It comes after the longest fast and precedes a n major portion of the days day's work Thirteen hours elapse between a supper and a n breakfast and the body engine requires a new supply of fuel before the daily activities are begun Yet all too frequently this thi first mc meal menus is inadequate in food values and is gobbled in I haste with Wilh consequences consequences- that may have a reaching far I effect upon health Men who set forth after a meager breakfast are licked before before belore be be- fore lore the days day's work Is started They never seem to get ret tea Into high gear and they lack the energy energy energy ener ener- gy to perform their tasks efficiently Homemakers who dui find Ond themselves fatigued fatigued fa fa- and Irritable before the mornings morning's morn mom x ings ing's work Is completed completed com com- may be surprised surprised surprised sur sur- to learn that their lassitude Is due to a skimpy breakfast And children who go goto goto goto to school after alter an Insufficient morning meal cannot hope to tomake tomake tomake make good grades In their studies They fatigue quickly find Ond it difficult dif dlf- to concentrate and easily become become become be be- come cross Moreover they are apt to experience hunger pangs during the middle of 01 the morning and when it is time for lor the noon meal they will either eat too much or will have lost their appetite thus disrupting the entire food lood program Starting the Day Right It is therefore essential that every homemaker recognize the necessity for providing a substantial substantial and satisfying breakfast This is not difficult to do nor is it necessary necessary necessary essary to spend a great deal of time in its preparation When Then I hear such complaints as My family wont won't eat breakfast or simply not interested in food lood in the morning I suspect that the menus are dull and monotonous and perhaps members members members mem mem- bers of the ho household have the bad habit of sleeping so late that there is no time to eat properly Both situations are easily remedied rem rem- and they closely linked For if it the breakfast menus are made sufficiently attractive it wont won't be difficult to persuade de every member of the family to torise torise torise rise a little earlier in order to enjoy a substantial unhurried meal A Model Breakfast A well balanced breakfast Includes In In- In Includes eludes fruit or fruit juice cereal an on egg or bacon bread or toast and milk cocoa or cereal bev bev- beverage for tor the children children with coffee coffee cof cof- fee tee for tor the grown grownups The egg or bacon may be omitted occasionally occasionally occasionally occa occa- for an egg may be in included included included in- in in some other meal during the day But nut cereal in some ome form formis is usually the mainstay of 01 the breakfast menu and there are many kinds from which to choose both both hot cereals and cold cereals Hot lIot or Cold Cereal Some people have the notion that cereals must be hot in order to be nourishing This is a fallacy For the nutritive value of a cereal is determined by the grain from which it is made and by the man g process process not not by whether er It is hot or cold It is desirable to give whole hole grain cereals a prominent place in the diet This rule can be followed even when I cold cereals are used For there are arc many nourishing ready eat cereals made from substantially the whole grain gram These appeal to the palate because they are so crisp and appetizing And they supply important minerals a good amount of vitamin B D and some vitamin G 0 in addition to energy values A Cold Cereal Analyzed Its It's Interesting to analyze a POPular popular popular pop POP- ular eat ready cereal made from wheat and malted barley We find a wide assortment of nutrients nutrients nutrients nu nu- nu- nu including protein energy values phosphorus for lor the teeth and bones iron for building rich red blood and vitamin B which promotes appetite and aids di dl di- It has been estimated that a serving of this cereal cereal- three fourths of a cup with cup with one one- fourth cup of whole milk will provide provide pro pro- provide vide an adult with 7 1 per cent of his total daily dally requirement of protein pro pro- tein 11 per cent of his calcium per cent of his phosphorus per cent of his iron and a total of calories Vary the Method of Serving To help make breakfast interesting interesting inter inter- esting vary the cereal from Irom day dayto to day Or offer a choice of sev sew several several eral kinds of packaged to ready-to- eat cereals and allow each member member mem mem- ber of the family to select the one he prefers Vary the fruit also And occasionally you may combine combine combine com com- bine fresh canned or stewed fruit with cereals to make a cereal sundae Further variation may maybe maybe maybe be introduced by using brown sugar or honey in place of white sugar And on occasion the cereals cereals cereals cere cere- als may be baked into muffins waffles warnes or pancakes It is also possible to serve the eggs in many different forms forms- poached baked scrambled or ina in ina a plain or puffy omelet It If these suggestions are followed followed followed fol fol- fol- fol lowed It should be a simple matter matter mat mat- ter for homemakers to serve tempting wholesome breakfasts that will send their families away from Irom the table well fitted for lor the days day's activities Questions Answered Mrs S. S C. C Yes C.-Yes Yes it has been observed observed observed ob ob- served that there is a special susceptibility susceptibility susy sus sus- to dental decay during adolescence This may be due to the fact tact that calcium and phosphorus phosphorus are required in such liberal liberal liberal lib lib- eral amounts for rapid growth Its It's advisable to include these minerals in the diet in generous quantities together with a liberal allowance of vitamin D D. D Mrs lUrs A. A 1St 1 M. M C. C Milk C.-Milk Milk should be bethe bethe bethe the foundation on which every adequate diet is built for it contains contains contains con con- the greatest assortment of nutritive substances of any single food material C C. G C. C Houston 1999 1839 3 |