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Show REDUCE SAFELY Nutrition Expert Reports Dieting Can Be Done Safely, Cheaply You can reduce safely and economically eco-nomically on a diet that includes enriched en-riched white bread at every meal, Dr. Ruth M. Leverton, professor of nutrition research at the University Univer-sity of Nebraska, proved in a research re-search project recently. "Omitting bread in a reducing diet is unnnecessary and leads to increased in-creased cost of the diet," Dr. Lever-ton Lever-ton said. "No aspect of food and nutrition is subject to more abuse, fad, and misinformation than the low calorie diet necessary for weight loss." Dr. Leverton explained that no single food is fattening, but that it Is the total number of calories eaten that determines whether a person gains or loses weight. The baking industry, led by the American Bakers Association, is planning a nationwide observance, in 1951, of the tenth anniversary of bread enrichment, focusing attention atten-tion on the resulting improvement in the nation's health. Bread "enrichment" "en-richment" means the addition to the bread of certain essential vitamins and minerals. This appetizing, low-calorie i dinner featuring a pork chop, browned apple rings, enriched white bread and butter, and fresh strawberries, was one of the meals served to dieters In a scientific study. Twelve girls lost a total of 227 pounds In 8 weeks of the diet. In the scientific study at the University Uni-versity of Nebraska, 12 overweight young women followed a daily 1200-calorie 1200-calorie diet, which included enriched en-riched white bread and butter at each meal. The 12 girls who took part in the study were between 18 and 25 years of age, and were from 20 to 83 pounds overweight. At the end of the eight weeks, the girls lost a total of 227 pounds, or the equivalent of two whole girls. Average Aver-age loss was 2Vz pounds per girl per week. The girls remained in excellent health. Enriched white bread was selected for each meal because it is nutritious, nutriti-ous, appetizing, low in cost, and readily available, according to the report. Cost of the diet averaged . 68 cents a day. It regularly included meat, milk, fruits and vegetables, as well as bread. An important share of the B-vitamins, iron, and protein was provided daily by enriched en-riched white bread. IN SELECTING the diet, meals for three days were planned, and this three-day pattern was repeated throughout the study. Foods were chosen that were liked by the girls and would be popular over an 8-week 8-week period. In general, thick gravies and sauces, concentrated sweets and calorie-packed desserts were omitted. The girls lived in one of the University's Uni-versity's residence halls during the study so that their meals could be prepared, weighed, and served by trained nutritionists. Because the only way to take off weight is to reduce food intake, foods included in a reducing diet must supply all of the essential nutrients needed by the body. The diet planned in the study supplied the food values recommended by the national research council, with the exception of calories. Here are the menus for one of the days of the planned low-cost diet: BREAKFAST: cup of grapefruit grape-fruit or orange juice, 1 slice of enriched en-riched white bread, teaspoon of butter or margarine, 1 medium egg cooked in the shell or poached, and 1 cup of skim milk. LUNCH: 2 slices of enriched bread, teaspoon of butter or margarine, 1 medium carrot, 1 medium orange, and 1 cup of skim milk. DINNER: 1 pork chop y lb. with fat removed), 1 small apple, 1 cup of raw vegetable salad, 1 slice of enriched white bread, teaspoon of butter or margarine, 1 cup of skim milk, and cup of fresh strawberries. In place of strawberries, strawber-ries, the following may be served: 1 medium fresh pear or peach, Vi medium cantaloupe, 2 ounces of angel an-gel food cake, 1 piece of canned fruit such as pear, peach, or pineapple pine-apple slice, but no sweetened juice. |