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Show Crr doctor Uv3Byf Consultant, National Dairy Council WHAT FOODS ARE FATTENING??? If someone were to ask the doctor in the kitchen what foods are fattening, he would have to give her a very peculiar answer. At least, it might seem peculiar, at first glance. Ha would tell the lady that all foods are fattening, and no foods are fattening, and she would probably think that he was trying to be funny. And this business busi-ness of fattening is anything but funny! It is common in everyday conversation con-versation to hear: "I never touch butter it's fattening." "I Just love chocolate, but it's so fattening!" "Sugar in your coffee? My 4tr, how do you dare it's SO fattening." "I eat ric instead of potato, not nearly so fattening, you know." "Do you realize that one martini mar-tini is as fattening as a boiled egj??" Weil, doctor in the kitchen, answer those, with your double talk about all foods and no foods fattening I never heard of ' such a thing! It's Punling 111 admit it to a little puzzling. And yet it to true. All foods are fattening, if you eat enough of them. And none are, if you limit your intake. It's just as simple as that. What it comes down to is that the diet as a whole to what is fattening, or slimming, or maintaining, according to the amount of food taken in the total diet and the amount of energy you expend. Neither extreme to to be recommended. re-commended. Each good food has its contribution to make. It is folly to omit basic foods like meat, eggs, fish, cheese, butter, milk, cream, poultry, whole grains or enriched cereals, vege-I vege-I tables and fruits from your diet. or cut them too low for good nutrition. Find A Combination The idea is to find a combination combina-tion that will maintain your weight, and still keep all the four food groups that were described de-scribed here last week in proper balance. Then, neither your foods nor your diet will be fattening, and you can enjoy good eating, plus the benefits of a nice figure, clothes that fit in sizes easy to buy, feet that carry your normal weight without complaining, and a general feeling of being right with your nutrition and your health, and the world in general |