Show coon SODA J MOT f rqn cu 0 7 0 UK 4 16 J 04 FOODS THAT BUILD THE BODY WE W E MAY liken the growing of the body of a boy or girl to the building of a house bouse first we must have a good foundation which comes from healthy ancestry then comes the choosing of the materials to build the bony structure and the muscular system which must develop at the same time during the early years the bones need lime and other minerals to stif fen them and to make them strong to carry on the work of the body in the teen age the diet must furnish adequate amounts of building buil din g types of foods A diet which supplies daily one pint to a quart of milk taken in various ways two eggs one fourth head of lettuce or its equivalent in cabb cabbage agia from one half to one pint of orange juice daily with the juice of a lemon using the juice of the lemon to add to the drinking water without sugar gives the water life and adds the required vitamins needed this gives a diet which will furnish good firm bones and teeth for fuel foods which are the carbohydrates bo sugars and starches we need not be exercised about them as the youth usually eats enough sweets which he needs to supply energy and starches are eaten en in fairly good amounts the fats consumed which are taken in oils nuts butter and yolk of egg should be in proportion of one to four in carbohydrates in athletics candy gives a quick energy food for children if given after a meal or long enough before it not to dull the appetite for the proper food it is now considered quite a part of the daily food A growing boy needs twice as much food as his father overweight w is better than underweight since it gives a reserve to draw upon in time of illness or strain 9 western newspaper union |