Show consistent DIET WAY TO REDUCE pounds can be taken off by 88 proper gating eating by EDITH M X BARBER A HE you overweight I 1 mean are you sou really overweight you can check this for yourself it if you will look at the average weight tables prepared hy by the life extension institute they show the average weight for height and age other statistics prepared by the metropolitan life insurance corn com pany show that a person who leeps keeps ills his weight at the average tor for thirty has the best chance tor for longevity this applies to persons under as well as over that age A generation ago this standard would seem very low but fashion tas decreed the slim figure both for men and women for the sake of both health and good looks you will find this thirty year old standard a good one by which you may check your weight individual differences will allow you to vary a few pounds up or down the scale if you are interested in reducing as many people are you will ind find that pounds wilt ivill come off only with a con sistena diet program followed for sev eral cral months A number of diet plans have been found successful the easiest one Is probably that which eliminates all sweets except the natural sugars which fruits provide most fats and most starches etarches sleat meat and ush fish may be used in fairly liberal quantities eggs are included several times a week at least one glass of milk Is included fruits and vegetables with ith very little dressing may be used liberally instead of 0 recipes I 1 shall give el you a plan for a plain reducing diet which you can use without undermining your health general plan for reducing diet about 1000 calories break breakfast fast orange grapefruit or tomato juice coffee clear milk toast one thin slice with one teaspoonful butter not hot bouillon lunch poached egg or omelet or one slice lean meat or fish or raw oysters or clams taw raw vegetable salad mineral oil or mayonnaise dressl dressing ng one thin slice whole wheat or bran bread with one teaspoonful butter fruit without sugar hild afternoon tea with lemon dinner clear soup or tomato juice cocktail lean meat or fish generous serving potatoes moderate serving with one teaspoonful teaspoon tul of butter spin ach carrots or other vegetables gen erous serving fruit salad generous serving with mineral oil mayonna mayonnaise lse or trench french dressing or lettuce salad sliced fruit without sugar bedtime one cupful of milk hot or cold notes one egg may be added to breakfast menu if it is needed for satisfaction is of appetite or one egg be combined with the one cupful of milk bug suggested tor for bedtime to make an occasional cas ional custard sweetened with ith saccharine ha rine it if sweetening for coffee is desired saccharine which has no food value may be used fruits and vegetables may be jellied to make a variation to in their use the rule of 0 five in nutrition the rules billich must be followed in planning meals from tile the nutrition angle are few and simple if tile the housekeeper will make them the rule 0 thumb she will ond find that almost automatically she pr broides oides ides for the family health needs as far as food goes 1 A quart of milk for each child and a pint for each adult each day part of this may be used in the cooking it Is a good plan to include at least one milk dish a day tor for children and grownups ups alike 2 plenty of fruits and vegetables path each day fresh or canned ruit fruit or tomato each day or a leafy vegetable such as lettuce cabbage or spinach as well as at least two iwo other vegetables or fruits fresh or canned 3 A whole cereal used in the form of breakfast food or bread each day 4 an ess egg or at least an ess egg yolk for each child and where possible for the adults each day 5 meat alent elsh or eggs or cheese once a day with these few simple rules followed the rest of the food will take care of itself the extra food value or calories will be furnished by the bread and butter and the sugar which preferably should be a flavor ing for the desserts rather thin than in the form of candy between ti meals leals 6 0 bell syndicate seri service lee |