| Show POTATOES IN PLACE OF BREAD if wheat remains at its present high figure or continues to rise in price and if th there ere is a corresponding increase in the price of bread scientists in the department suggest that the ordinary household will find it advantageous vant ageous to eat more potatoes and less bread with potatoes at 60 cents a bushel 10 cents worth or 10 pounds will give the consumer a little more actual nourishment than two 1 pound loaves of bread at 5 cents each the protein and fat are present in appreciably larger amounts in the bread but the potatoes will be found to furnish more carbohydrates and more heat units carbohydrates starch contribute greatly to the energy value of any diet and since potatoes are rich in these families that wish to expend their money to the best advantage are recommended om mended to consider whether r they can not make a more extended use of them they are pasy easy to cook and when prepared in in different ways can be made to lend variety to the winter diet when green vegetables are hard to obtain like other foods relatively rich in carbohydrates however potatoes should be eaten with foods correspondingly rich in protein such as milk I 1 meat eggs etc and with foods like butter cr cream and meat fat to supply the fat that the body needs under normal conditions in I 1 europe and america the potato ranks next to bread as a carbohydrate food if prices change sufficiently to make it desirable from a financial point of view there is no scientific reason why potatoes should not be substituted to a great extent for bread in addition the potato like many I 1 fruits and vegetables helps to neutralize an acid condition in I 1 the body this is another rea son for its being eaten in combination with meat fish and other animal foods |
