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Show Eat and Grow Younger Skim Milk Is Inexpensive And High In Protein By LELORD KORDEL Number Eight of a Series Milk, man's first and oldest beverage, has taken on a new form that puts it in the front ranks of concentrated protective foods. I refer to dry skim milk--an inexpensive, readily digested, high-protein food that is handy to use and short on calories. I must confess to taking a few liberties with history when I saw that dried milk is "new." Actually, long before the birth of Christ the ancient Egyptians prepared a concentrated concen-trated milk by drying it in the sun. And the sturdy Mongol horsemen who made up the invading armies of the conqueror Genghis Kahn were supplied sup-plied with sun-dried milk as a concentrated marching ration ra-tion that would assure them full nourishment necessary for their strenuous campaigns. HELPS DIET PROGRAM So, we're a few centuries late in learning that dried milk is a wonderfully concentrated food. If everyone in this country were to use this economical food in their daily diet, it would overcome the widespread deficiencies of protein, calcium and riboflavin which afflict thousands upon thousands of persons, causing them to fall ready victims to the diseases and problems of aging. Did you know that the addition of even so little as a tablespoon of powdered skim milk to your daily servings of food would be a worthwhile contribution to your Eat-and-Grow-Younger program? Did you know that powdered skim milk is tolerated by persons who find whole fresh milk hard to digest? Did you know that the highly concentrated amounts of protein, calcium and riboflavin in dry skim milk can help prolong your "prime of life" and aid you in retaining youthfulness? A mistaken belief popularly held about fresh milk is that the "richer the milk, the better." Nothing could be further from the truth. The protein, minerals and vitamin B-complex B-complex (riboflavin and thiamine mainly) are all contained in the skim milk, not in the cream. If you want to gain weight, dry skim milk, used liberally, will provide extra amounts of the protein, minerals and vitamins, lack of which probably caused you to be underweight under-weight in the first place. If, on the other hand, overweight is your problem, and yours should be a reducing diet, then dry skim milk is equally good. Liberal amounts of this powdered skim milk can be used without making your calorie count jump up like the thermometer on a hot day. This milk can be incorporated into your reducing menu in a number of flavorful and appetite-satisfying ways. Moreover, the highly concentrated protein in this type of milk is a valuable aid to a high-protein reducing diet, since the more protein you eat (without adding calories) the more quickly your sluggish thyroid gland can be prodded into taking over and bringing your body weight back to normal. SKIM MILK CAN HELP Then again you may not like the taste of either sweet milk or buttermilk well enough to drink it. If so, dry skim milk makes it possible for you to obtain all the health-protective health-protective values in this protein food without offending your sense of taste. Incorporate at least one-half cup of the milk powder into your food each day, and you'll get all the benefits of a quart of fresh liquid miik. Right now powdered skim milk is the biggest food bargain bar-gain of all. You can slice your milk bill to a third with powdered skim milk as well as supplementing your diet with the valuable proteins and vitamins and minerals found in this wonderful food. From the standpoint of economy and convenience alone, housewives tell me they would not be without skim milk powder after once using it. Yet economy and convenience conveni-ence are but two of the advantages gained by the advent of dry skim milk. A teaspoon of skim milk powder thoroughly mixed into the beaten eggs makes wonderful scrambled eggs for breakfast, an excellent high-protein dish with which to start off the day. At lunch, dry skim milk can be added to soups. At dinner, the fruit pudding or egg custard served for dessert should contain a tablespoonful or more of dry skim milk in addition to the liquid milk specified in recipes. REAL NUTRITION BARGAIN If you want an extra-juicy-extra-plump, and extra-rich broiled hamburger soon, just add a couple of tablespoons of skim milk powder to the mixture. For about 40 cents a day you can furnish 60 percent of your family's daily protein allowance. Compare this with getting an equivalent amount of complete protein from other sources. Your savings in the food budget can be quite substantial. Dry skim milk can help build strong and healthy bodies in childhood and adolescence. In adult life, it will help maintain and sustain you. In old age, it can help you find the balanced level of nourishment that can ward off the illnesses associated with increased years. Is there a real need for dried skim milk? With more than half of our "civilized" people losing their youth before they are 40, I should say there is. Condensed from the book "Eat and Grow Younger" by Lelord Kordel. All rights reserved. Distributed by Specialty Special-ty Features Syndicate. Next: Honey, a natural sweet, provides fast energy at minimum cost. |
