Show WHAT wo rl n HAJ A to EAT E AT and WU WHY n ri RIC n ft I 1 C houston housdon goudiss offers new years resolutions concerning foods and nutrition suggests how to fo help make your family healthier and happier by C HOUSTON GOUDISS I 1 IT T HAS been customary for a long time to mark the beginning of a new year with the ringing of bells with merrymaking and with the hope expressed to ones friends that they will enjoy greater health happiness and prosperity in the forthcoming twelve months though greetings are usually exchanged in a spirit of gayety gaiety the occasion frequently does as indeed it should have an undercurrent of so lemnitz lemn ity for it is quite fitting that we should view the close of one year and the beginning of another as both an ending and a beginning even though we recognize that life goes along in an unbroken stream the magic hour of midnight may well mark the end of certain of our mistakes and the beginning of greater wisdom in acting thinking and living wb it seems to me that the week in which we celebrate new years is a particularly appropriate time for mothers to resolve to take stock of the program of daily living that they have outlined for their families and if necessary y to alter it so that ev every ery member may gain a more generous share of well being and contentment questions for a homemaker I 1 believe that every homemaker owes it to her family to pause for a few moments at this season to look backwards along the road that she and her family have traveled in recent months have you taken advantage of the knowledge know leage offered by modern nutritional science can you conscientiously say with conviction that you have given your husband and children all the different f food elements that are necessary for buoyant radiant health if you have grown as you should in the past year and no homemaker who is doing a really first class job ever remains static she moves with the times then it is inevitable that there has been a gradual change in the character of the food that you have put on your table three times a day but can you yon feel confident those meals have been right in every respect have they included the necessary protein fats carbohydrates have they included at least 12 minerals the six sis known vitamins and sufficient bulk or cellulose to help maintain regular health habits time to take inventory do not be too discouraged if you cannot answer yes to all of these questions because the chances are that many other homemakers may also find it necessary to give a partially negative answer moth ers espee especially bally are busy people and many of them feel that it is s difficult to keep pace as they would like to do with the fast moving science of nutrition now during this week which brings us the beginning of a new year now is a time after taking inventory of what you have or have not done to look forward to survey the road that lies ahead before every wife and mother hangs the curtain of the future that will be slowly drawn aside revealing the destiny of herself her husband and her children as the future becomes the present as tomorrow becomes today and as your loved ones travel the road of life it is you who have it in your power to help them attain strong vigorous bodies alert efficiently working minds now is is the time for you to determine to make the power of food their power so that they shall not flag in their travels along the highway but draw new strength for each days journey every time they sit down at your table sit down as I 1 have said before to life the tremendous power of food what they are going to be tomorrow is indeed influenced by what they eat today for there never was a truer statement than that man is what he eats cats and that does not mean that physical I 1 prowess and mental superiority may result only when the table is set with luxuries I 1 on the con arary malnutrition which means not necessarily under nutrition but improper nutrition is found in the tha homes of the wealthy as wen as aa in the homes of the underprivileged the power of food Is fa abi not so much by what you spend as by what you yon choose one need not spend a great deal for food to provide the milk and other dairy products fruits and vegetables that should be consumed in abundance there is al ab ways a Ys evaporated milk for those wh w who 0 do not care to buy bottled milk or who prefer to use it as a supplement to bottled milk and since large numbers of fruits and vegetables are now in season practically throughout the year it is almost always possible to choose varieties of these mineral and vitamin bearing foods that are inexpensively priced be it resolved I 1 should therefore like to urge every homemaker to make at least one new years reso jut 0 U t to resolve that she will build her family diet in 1939 first of ar an around the protective foods milk eggs fruits and vegetables it will be my privilege each week to help interpret for you the tha amazing discoveries of nutritional science and to show how you can utilize the newer knowledge of nutrition to help increase the mental and physical efficiency of your family together then let us resolve to travel along the highroad of in 1939 questions answered mrs K H man you should include at least two rich sources ol of each of the vitamins in your menus every day it is also important to serve some raw food as for example a salad in planning the diet of persons in normal health use fruits liberally and provide a pint of milk for each adult a quart for every child either as a beverage or in cooked dishes C C houston audiss ou diss 13 |