Show WHAT to EAT and WHY oulton G outdid carbohydrates and FATS foods that provide motive power for the body machinery k by C HOUSTON GOUDISS 6 east st new york THE rhe human body might be compared to a framework filled with machinery it takes food to build the framework food to run the machinery 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 repair bady tissue and those that are adequate 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 alive the body could not function in the absence cl cf fuel foods any more than a machine could run without power or a car without gas every breath requires an expend expenditure of energy and so does e very every movement from the beating of the heart 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 if you walk slowly you expend twice as much energy as when you sit still and when you walk fast you may us use e up four five or six times as much energy the chief fuel or energy producing foods are the carbohydrates t 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 t fat on the other hand burns slowly like a lamp whose wick is turned low danger of inadequate fuel supply recently there has been a tendency to minimize the importance of the fats and carbohydrates due to the craze for di eting some of the results of disregarding the absolute necessity for these foods are extreme irritability and a greater susceptibility to fatigue nervous diseases tuberculosis and other infections too much fuel causes overweight 11 is true however that an excess a of fuel foods will tend to produce overweight for if we ice assimilate them your you r food Is your fate T THE HE third of 0 the series of articles entitled what to eat and why written by C houston goudiss the eminent food authority au author thor and radio lecturer appears in this issue in these articles mr goudiss tells how you can be strong beautiful wise and rear healthy children by combining the right food materials in the diet he points out the vast influence which food wields over ones lif life e T the he housewife and mother who desires to know what foods will benefit her family the most will do well to read these articles week by week and make a scrapbook of them for ready reference ind and do not utilize their potential energy enemy in in muscular effort they will be stored as to fat usually in most inconvenient on the other hand an excess of any load food iq n a 0 detriment therefore e the goal should be enough but not M too much 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 ft 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 is provided in the form of carbohydrate and 30 to 35 per cent in the form of fats carbohydrates arbo hydrates are quickest fuel carbohydrates which originate chiefly in plant life are readily converted into heat and muscle energy foods rich in carbohydrates 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 appetite 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 cereals macaroni and potatoes quick energy can also be obtained from the easily digested sugars of fresh and dried fruits such as prunes prune apricots raisins and fully ripened bananas here is an interesting and important point which is frequently overlooked in unscientific reducing diets fat requires carbohydrates for its proper utilization by the body that is why women who try to reduce without following a scientifically planned diet frequently become b orne seriously ill as a result of a cutting down on carbo carbohydrates hydra t es while overlooking the fats contained in milk butter and other foods relation of fat to lo 10 health fats are so necessary to the body economy that it is no exaggeration ge ration to say that without fat life in its higher forms is impossible the noted arctic explorer found that he could exist satisfactorily on an all meat diet provided he ate liberally of fat on a diet of all lean 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 figure because it leaves the stomach more slowly than proteins and carbohydrates fat retards regards the digestion of these food groups somewhat and thus gives staying power to a meal at the same time it promotes the flow of pancreatic juice and bile thus helping in the assimilation of other foods foods rich in fat include butter cheese egg yolk cooking fats and oils margarine olives pastry peanut butter most nuts except chestnuts and 1 lichi ichi nuts various kinds of sausage and trie frie anger destroys fat reserves experiments have demonstrated why nervous irritable individuals are usually thin while those with a serene serena temperament often ac cumulate weight it has been proven that anger and fright increase the amount of fat in the blood and remove a corresponding amount of fat from its usual storage place beneath the skin A fit of anger may take oft off more tat 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 his body such persons could profit perhaps by taking more of the fat forming foods but whether the members ol of your family am y are good natured or irritable young or old they hey need a constant supply of fuel loads at every meal every day fuel foods produce energy and energy is the motive power ol of life and work and thought thoun ht 0 C houston goudiss 1938 |