Show W WHAT H AT to EAT and WHY C houston goudiss describes correct diet for cool weather explains how to fo keep warm and well by C HOUSTON GOUDISS M MANY ANY people look upon fall weather with foreboding they cannot observe leaves on the aroun ground d without a feeling of vague uneasiness and the sight of brown and barren fields fills them with desolation this I 1 think is a throwback to an earlier day when the advent of cool weather foretold long months of bitterly cold days in draughty inadequate ly heated houses and the lack of adequate heat was only one of many difficulties the principal reason for fearing cold weather is another heritage from the past limited diet of an earlier day there was a time within memory of many of us when the terms 1 cold weather diet and warm weather diet had real meaning winter food differed a great deal from summer food particularly ticul arly in the absence of fresh fruits and vegetables and in the restricted strict ed use of f 0 milk and milk products the limited diet of winter was enforced by conditions of that period methods of production transportation refrigeration and and storage of foods which are commonplace mon place today were then unknown fruits and vegetables were consumed when and where they were grown and when cold weather prevented their growth they were not available the canning industry was young and the grocery st store ore in cold weather presented a far different appearance from the modern food store in which the shelves are lined row upon row with shining cans of the finest fruits and vegetables to be found anywhere in the world plus an amazing assortment of prepared milks it was an accepted fact that fruits vegetables and the generous use of milk belonged to the summer months while in winter everyone ate an unbalanced diet As s a result of lacking these essential protective foods health went down rapidly from late fall to early spring the winter diet was deficient in minerals and vitamins which science has proven to be the protectors of health barriers against disease sustainers iners of life but in those days vitamins were unknown and very little had been learned about minerals therefore ore when people became ill during cold weather the natural conclusion was that sickness was inevitable during the winter season lect elect their health through careless living and especially through careless eating measures to protect ones self a against the attack of winter should be taken during the summer and early fall A sturdy resistance si against the ills of winter should be built up by means of a balanced diet which assures an abundant supply of the minerals and vitamins when a person is undernourished or improperly nourished he is denied of every defense lie ile is chilled by the slightest drop in temperature ile he offers fertile soil for every kind of disease germs ile he can neither resist their invasion nor fi light ht them off after they have attacked attacked thus the first rule for keeping warm and and well in winter is to live ands and eat in a manner that helps to maintain health and strength the correct winter diet differs in one important respect and one only from the correct diet at other seasons |