| Show EAT FRUIT FOR YOUR DAILY DIET many varieties contain at least four vitamins by EDITH M BARBER fruit in the twentieth century has taken an entirely new vince in the dally daily diet there are two reasons for foi this the first and most important being the fact that there are certain fruits now distributed so BO widely throughout the country that it Is pos sible to get them at a fairly moderate price all the year round the second reason which has promoted the idea of fruit in the diet Is the new knowledge of the existence of vitamins and the discovery that fruits are most high in this content a number of them containing liberal quantities of at least tour four vitamins there are other reasons as well tor for the importance of fruit to in the food plan the alkaline quality of products of digestion which neutralize acid products of meet meat and cereals and at the same time the natural acids tn in their original state which with the natural fiber content have a part in hastening the digestion of foods citrus fruits and pineapple have the highest vitamin content apples and bananas two of 0 the most widely distributed tri buted of foods rank nearly as high it if these are available and less expensive than citrus fruits there need be no fear of a lack in the diet although tomatoes are not usually classed as fruits because we have used them so long asa as a vegetable I 1 must mast remind you that they rante rank with SIL all citrus faults in vitamin content that this content Is a not injured by canning and that canned tomatoes can v be e found at verj ivery grocery store large or small in the city or country at ill all times of the year I 1 should also mention that the pulp Is just as valti valuable able as the juice and that it can usually be bought at a lower price in the form of tomato juice however tomatoes toma |
