Show WHAT TO BUY proper nutrition begins with the food you buy although there is much to be learned about those mysterious substances called vitamins the fact Is that we need them as well as minerals fats proteins and carbohydrates A balanced diet must include them all the amount of food each person requires depends largely upon how active he be Is one who sits all day will of course require proportionately less food particularly of the muscle and tissue building and energy producing types than one who is doing hard physical labor each normal person however needs every day some milk whole grain or enriched bread or cereal green or yellow vegetables oranges or other citrus fruit or tomatoes meat fish or poultry eggs at least three or four a week butter or other fats rich in vitamins and a limited a mount amount of sweets these foods can always be supplemented with additional vegetables I 1 and f traits experts also 1 so recommend that peas dried beans nuts and peanut butter be included from time to time under normal circumstances it is best to use all fresh foods especially vegetables as soon as possible long exposure to the air deprives them of some of their value but 4 1 dont spurn the lowly peanuts on the way to your table by way of the peanut butter batter jar these peanuts are rich in food value experts recommend that peanut butter be included regularly in your diet today with gas rationed in many parts of the country and with the housewife eager to do her part by saving her tires she may find it 11 necessary to do her marketing only once or twice a week |