Show WHA o I o I IU IJ J U EAT AND WHY WHY Food Provides the Key to 0 Mental an and Physical Power I Be Stron Strong 91 Beautiful Wise Rear You ou C Can a. a n 1 Healthy Y Children Oral Only If You Know How to Combine the Right Food Materials in i n the Diet K By C. C HOUSTON GOUDISS l 6 ti E East st Street New York the world began food has been mans man's ItCE TeE first conSI con- con SI For it h he has f fought 3 and died To find it he traveled over great continents and brav braved ed unknown I has His quest for food has changed the r r d dan e ers s map of the d orld an and d colored the history of nations But i in n all of these i i hiS historic T O Sto oriC struggles lei he ha has been motivated solely b by byo the desire food to satisfy enough hunger get et t 10 IB o r I actual hunger er is rare But hundreds thol of Today oday thousands ads o of ofIe f polk pie Ie s starve tarve in the midst of plenty because the they y do n not of realize the I I U. pt nen darts power o of f food for good or for evil curl r They r do not realize that as a man eats so he is and that I choice hoice ice of food materials gives or takes away the his s power l sli vigorously vigorously-to to think think clearly clearly to to feel warmly warmly-to to li live e warmly warmly warmly-to to be f 1 a a nn nd Vl wisp wise P. P strong c j 7 A AIt said that It can be truly your food is your fate It has f the power to shape your body i t to make it strong and beau- beau weak and ugly It has ifill ul or n u I the power to influence youri your i i hn language your gait your tone of voice oice in short your short your life With sith the right food life becomes becomes becomes be be- comes a glorious adventure leadership leadership leader leader- for it increases your ship intensifies your mag- mag f r. r retie qualities strengthens your morale and increases your physical t I cal cat defenses and resistance With- With 1 f oct oat it one drags through miserable miser miser- L able days never days never realizing even eveni i tall half of his potential mental and physical powers Food the Food the Fuel of Life The ins human body is a machine 1 fir far more complex than any machine machine madine ma ma- chine dine devised by the mind of man f Food is the fuel which runs this amazing machine Food is also I lie to material used to repair worn- worn rat eat parts and to keep the intricate intricate cate pate mechanism in good working order The body machine cannot be bel beran l efficiently ran without proper food I fuel feel any more than a car could I te le run without gas or a house I could be heated without oil coal cr wood food Fwd also oho has the power to speed up upI I It sIow the workings of the thc mind 1 It it in tn nn the 11 state nn o i f I our up I I i iwas was eta the u warmth u of oj our affections the thc ty of 0 characters ice we possess Finally the power to have strong trong healthy children is based u o pr proper per food And nutritional scientists have discovered that e he e wrong food can even take a y from us the greatest bless- bless Eg hg that Nature has bestowed bestowed- orr earthly immortality For it ita itan an a deprive us of the ability to tor liar KS r children who will carry carryon on after fter we are gone Six fix Groups of Food Substances What food substances are necessary sary my to build and maintain top to balth-to develop the greatest l and mental power tore here are six groups of food substances sub sub- stances which must be included ine in the e balanced diet which promises Ceased creased health happiness and 1 PROTEINS which build and repair body tissues These are ye found in such foods as milk f eggs meats fish cheese end Uld nd nuts 2 FATS which yield heat and JM energy The fats are represented rep- rep resented by butter cream oils end the fat at of meats 3 3 CARBOHYDRATES the starches arches and sugars These also supply heat and energy and d are found JJ chiefly in such suchs fOOds s as bread al au ah and potatoes cereal cere cere- sweets 4 4 MINERALS which build re repair Fair protect and regulate Among the minerals which are absolute absolutely d Y necessary to health vigor are calcium orus iron copper iodine a manganese magne- magne These He m sod sodium um and potassium are found in varying amounts lounts in n milk fruits eggs I Ul I 1 O bl les whole grain a cere- cere and meats meals S' S VITAMINS NS es which are arc sary for bOdy regulation and 5 a 4 t protection against dread k tte e n Clency diseases Six have havee Discovered to date-A date B C I E and 6 G G. GR 6 s' s VA HATE VATER n R R which is of all body a part ody tissue and must be bec besent sent rat in c order to have the oer food elements function Y The ideal dietary is one that includes in includes in in- a correct proportion of the different food elements required to supply bodily needs without an any of them being supplied in excess or in n t u amounts Danger in Omitting One Essential To illustrate how important it is that not one of the necessary food substances be omitted let me tell you how an eminent chemist bio-chemist proved in his experimental laboratory laboratory laboratory lab lab- oratory in one of our leading universities universities universities uni uni- that the difference between between be be- tween stupidity and genius depended depended de de- de upon the presence or absence absence absence ab ab- sence of one vitamin He placed a pregnant animal upon a diet adequate in every respect respect respect re re- re- re except that it lacked one of the six vitamins As soon as her young were born and weaned they were fed a completely adequate adequate adequate ade ade- quate diet Then the scientist tested the mentality of the young animals He wanted to find out whether or not their mental power had been injured in any way by the fact that their mother mother during during pregnancy preg preg- nancy nancy had had been deprived of one vital food element So he put them in a runway To get out of this this this- and reach a tasty morsel at the theother theother theother other end they end they had to make their way through a series of passages He had already made this same test on the same type of animals born of properly fed mothers He knew that it never took them more th- th than 25 25 trials to to i learn n thi- thi their way out of the maze Most of them had gotten out after 15 to 18 attempts But what lack of skill was shown by the animals whose mother had been deprived of proper food The stupidity of these pathetic little creatures was unbelievable Some of them never learned to thread the maze and andreach andreach andreach reach their goal even after as many as trials They were being given given given-at at the time time every every everything thing that was necessary to their diet But they had entered l life e with minds totally unequipped to cope with the world world because because their mother had not been properly properly properly prop prop- erly fed before they were born Food Can Make or Mar Ular This is a striking example of the power of food to make or mar existence I could cite rite hundreds of other laboratory experiments many of which have been confirmed confirmed con con- firmed by clinical experience Nor is this power of food to affect affect af af- af- af mental activity confined to prenatal life Even if a child enters enters en this world with a strong body and a clear mind the mind the wrong food during childhood has the power to wreck health Investigation after investigation tion by leading specialists throughout the country has proven of en that a surprising percentage retarded children those children those who cannot cannot cannot can can- not keep up with their school grades grades grades-do do not really have inferior inferior inferior minds They only seem stupid stupid stu stu- stu pid because the action of their minds is clogged and slowed down by sluggish under-fed under bodies Physical fitness is u far greater asset than titan material posses possessions For in ill times ol oj stress and ami trouble those who nho can stand up Ul under the he physical strain win ivin the battle For those collapse allis allis all allis is is lost last Every wife and mother is is therefore therefore there there- fore faced with the tremendous responsibility of keeping her family family family fam fam- ily mentally and physically fit Her husband must have the right kind of food in order to earn a be living Her own diet must adequate and well balanced if she is to have the energy wisdom wisdom wis wis- dom and patience required of a S. S s r rA a R C. C Houston Goudiss outstanding food authority author and radio lecturer author of What to Eat and Why He Be knows food from soil to serving from Crom table to sue Watch for his articles each week mother at all hours of the day Her baby will not grow into a healthy man or woman unless he or she has the right nourishment from the moment of birth And school children cant can't keep up with their classes without the right food If you will follow this series of articles and put into practice the principles of correct eating that I advocate I can promise that you will increase both mental and physical efficiency and as a result result result re re- sult achieve greater health and happiness for every member of your family Food Affects Your Body and Mind Each morning when you awake a new life lile is ahead of you Whether that day and the days to follow will be better or worse than those that went before depends depends depends de de- de- de largely upon what you eat For nothing short of a miracle is performed at every meal Within a few hours the bread meat ment vegetables and liquids that you swallow are transformed into your personality They begin to think feel and act They become YOU What was food yesterday today is carrying on the important important important tant business business' of the world Each meal that you OU eat cat helps or hinders hint hin ders the efficiency and case ease with uth which these various duties are performed That is is Ihy it is true that as you eat cat cat so you OU are arc And that is why I 1 sa say that three times a day at your OUr table you OU SIT DOWN TO LIFE C. C. C Houston Goudiss 1938 1938 |