Show W a iab W g WHAT ni I 1 to T iu EAT r A N and anu unu WHY discusses Pis cusseS carbohydrates and FATS foods that provide motive power for the body machinery if aby C HOUSTON USTON GOUDISS 6 east st new york vork T THE HE human body might be compared to a framework filled 1 with machinery it takes food to build the framework food to run the machinery andwood and food to keep it working efficiently and this food must be of the proper type last week I 1 discussed the body building proteins and explained how to distinguish between those which build and tissue and those that are bd adequate equate for maintenance te nance but not for growth it is equally important that you should learn something of the fuel foods which are necessary to fire the body engine and furnish motive power to propel the body machinery fuel foods keep Us aliya abiva the body could not function in the absence of fuel foods any more than a machine could run without power or a car without gas dos every breath requires an expenditure of energy and so does every movement from the beating of the heart to the winking of an eye even in repose the body machinery is kept functioning only by an ever present supply of fuel for as long as life continues even when you are lying perfectly still you need fuel to carry on the internal work of the body activity demands energy foods every type of daily activity including work and exercise requires additional fuel it if you walk slowly you expend twice as much energy as when you sit still and when you walk fast you may use up four five or six times as much energy the chief fuel or energy producing foods are the carbohydrates that is the starches and sugars and fats protein also has some fuel value but its primary function Is to build and repair tissue carbohydrates are quick burning they might be compared to the flare of a match in a dark room which gives bright light for an instant but is soon extinguished fat on the other hand burns slowly like a lamp whose wick is turned low Dan danger gerof of inadequate fuel supply recently there has been a tendency to minimize the importance of the fats and carbohydrates due to the craze for dieting dieling di eting S some ome of the results of disregarding the absolute necessity tor for these foods are extreme irritability and a greater susceptibility to fatigue nervous diseases tuberculosis osis and other infections too much fuel causes it is true irtie however homeier ho weier that an excess of bucl boods Is will tend lend to produce overweight for if we assimilate thim them and do not utilize their potential enemy in muscular efort effort they will ivill be stored nj u let fat usually a III in mo most st inconvenient location donl lo nl sl on we the of oilier I 1 ter h hand and an excess of any tood is a detriment therefore the goal foal should be enough but bits not too loo much much ol of all necessary foods since both carbohydrates and fats are energy foods one might expect them to play an interchangeable role in the diet to a certain extent they do although fat being more concentrated provides two and one fourth times as much fuel value as an equal weight of carbohydrate but because of the variation in the way these materials are handled by the body it is generally considered that health is best served when 40 to 50 per cent of the total energy value of foods food 1 is provided in the form of carbohydrate and 30 to 35 per cent in the form of fats carbohydrates are quickest fuel carbohydrates which originate chiefly in plant life are readily converted into heat beat and muscle energy foods rich in carbah carbohydrates Y include bread potatoes macaroni rice cooked and ready to eat cereals peanuts dried and preserved fruits sugars and syrup sugar furnishes heat more quickly and more abundantly than any other food but it has a tendency to dull the op appetite petite and is also apt to cause fermentation therefore a large measure of our heat and energy is best secured from starchy foods such as bread S peals cereals I 1 t 0 T qu I 1 c ene energy agy can a also ISO be from the easily bested digested sugars of fresh and dried fruits such as prunes apricots raisins and fully ripened bari bananas anas here is an interesting and important point which is frequently overlooked in unscientific reducing diets pat fat requires carbohydrates for its proper utilization by the body that is why women who try to reduce without following a 81 scientifically planned diet datil frequently become seriously ill as a result of cutting down on carbohydrates while over looking the fats contained in milk butter wd and other foods relation of afaf to health F fats ts or aro so necessary to the body economy economy that it bisno is no exaggeration ge ration to s say a y that without fat life in its h higher forms to la impossible the noted arctic explorer found that tha t he could exist satisfactorily on nn an all meat diet provided he ate liberally of fat on a diet of all lea lean n meat he became violently ill within a week besides furnishing concentrated energy values fats help to create the fatty tissue which cushions the nerves and abdominal organs and forms the pleasing contours of face and figu figure re because it leaves the stomach more slowly than proteins and carbohydrates fat retards regards the digestion of these food groups s somewhat and thus gives staying power to a meal at the sa same me time it promotes the flow of pancreatic juice and bile thus helping in the i assimilation of other foods foods rich in tat fat include butter cheesed cheese egg yolk cooking fats and oils margarine olives pastry peanut butter most nuts except chestnuts and lichi nuts various kinds of sausage and trie me anger destroys fat reserves Rese ryes experiments have demonstrated why nervous irritable individuals are usually thin while those with a serene temperament often ac cumulate emulate weight it has hag been proven that anger and fright in 9 c crease r e ase the amount of fat in the blood and remove a corresponding mount amount of fat from its usual storage place beneath the skin A fit of anger may take off of more fat than an hours exercise or two or three days of enforced diet thus the person who allows himself to become upset continually withdraws the fat reserve from hla his body such persons could profit perhaps by taking more of the fat forming foods rut whether the members of your family are good natured natural or irritable young or old they need a constant supply ly of fuel foods at al every meal every day day fuel foods produce energy and energy is the motive power of life and work and thought C C 11 houston goudiss 1038 |