Show rw FOR HEALTH IN WINTER WINTE R MONTHS important protective foods necessary s lack of the right variety of foods in winter frequently affects our health in the spring fruits and nd leafy vegetables with their vitamins their calcium iron and other mineral salts baits are among the th 0 important protective foods although lust just as necessary when out of season they cost more and are therefore often omitted it if tho the income Is reduced for the limited food budget the bureau of home economics of the united states department of agriculture points out the following possibilities ties in the winter market cabbage heads the list for protective values it Is stored tor for winter use it Is always cheap and it Is served raw or cooked in wany many ways turnips and collards collands col lards can be hall had most of the year in mild climates spinach Is cheap lu in some localities and so EO la Is kale potatoes and sweet potatoes are high in protective value irish potatoes furnish vitamin 0 sweet potatoes vitamins A and C yellow tur nips and carrots are arc rich in vitamin A dried beans and peas supply minerals vitamins and protein tomatoes canned or fresh rant rank with cabbage and other green leafy vegetables as protective foods their vitamin value Is about the same na as I 1 that hat of the oranges and canned tomatoes nod tomato juice may be used when fruit is scarce the citrus fruits oranges tan garines ge rines grapefruit lemons are rich sources of vitamins raisins prunes and dried apricots ore especially important for their iron among the cheaper canned fruits peaches and pineapple retain much of the food va value lue of the fresh fruit do not fall to eat cat vegetables and fruit ns as regularly in winter as in summer says the bureau the more limited the family purse the more nu uneconomical economical it Is to spend food money for a one sided diet too heavy with breads cereals fats and sweets and lacking in vegetables and fruits |