The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1917-06-09
HOME HEAL TIT CLUB
tEdited by Dr. David H. Reeder

(Edited by Dr. David H. Reeder,
 Chicago)
 The Days Food: Every human be-
 ing should at this time of world shor- tage in food seek not only to produce but to conserve food and get the greatest percentage of value in the
 way of substantial nutriment from the least expensive products of the soil. Without food money is value less. Food, raiment and shelter con-
 stitute true wealth. In order to help
 all to the best possible daily food that is nutritious and palatable. food
 that will appeal to gustatory enjoy
 ment and physical we'll being, the Department of Agriculture has given us in the excellent paper entitled Far
 mer's Bulletin No.s sos a detailed es- timate for the needs of an average family:
 "A man who does rairIy hard mus l cular work would be likely to get the
 food which his body needs if supplied
 daily with such a combination of foods as the following:
 1 IA pounds of bread, having about the same food value as 1 pound of such cereal preparations as wheat 1 or rye flour, oatmeal, cornmeal, rice, etc. ounces or IA cup of butter, oil, meat drippings, or other fat. 2 1 ounces or IA cup of sugar; or Is l cup of honey, or sirup or an equiva- | lent amount of other sweet. 1 IA pounds of food from the following: Fresh fruits and green or root vege | tables. 12 ounces of food from class
 which may be called meats and meat substitutes that is, moderately fat 1 meats, poultry. fish, eggs, cheese, | dried legumes Oceans, peas lentils, cowpeas and peanuts). Milk also be- longs among these floods but because i of the large amount of water it con l tains half a glass or 4 ounces of it would be required to equal an ounce l of any one of the others
 | A man who works hard out of | doors all day probably would need | more food than this, and one who sits all day at his desk would need l less. The amounts given are suitable for a man who, like salesman in a store walks about more or less and does more or less of such work as l lifting. A family consisting of a man and a woman who do moderately hard muscular work and three chill
 dren-say between 3 and 12 years of
 age-would get the food they require l if supplied daily with:
 l 1-2 pounds of bread, having the " Tor rye flour, oatmeal, cornmea1 or hominy or rice; or about 3-4 pounds I of cereals and. to 6 medium sized potatoes. 3-4 cup of fat (butter or I butter with oil, beef-drippings, or other fat)-a weekly allowance of
 2 1-2 to pounds. A little more than ] 1 cup of sugar or a weekly allowance of pounds; or an equivalent amount
 of some other sweet. pounds in all
 of fresh fruits and fresh or root vege-
 ta bles. One of the two following, the kchoice depending on the age of the children: quarts of milk and pound of other foods taken from the 1 meat and meat substitute group, 2
 quarts of milk and 1 1-2 pounds of other foods taken from the meat and
 meat substitute group.
 This rather rough calculation IS | based on the assumption that cereals
 contain, on the average, about IF per Ecent. protein, 1 per cent. fat, and 75 per cent carbohydrates, and that pound of bread contains about 2-S of | a pound of cereal; that butter, oil l lard and other fatty foods average
 90 per cent fat; that fresh fruits and fresh and root vegetables average | about 1-2 per c>nt. protein and 10 per cent carbohydrates with neglig-
 ible quantities of fat, and that meats,
 fish, eggs, cheese, etc. as purchased, may be considered to average about 1 IA per cent each of protein and fat. The estimate also assumes that all 1.-the fat obtained with the meats, etc., 1 is utilized, being either eaten with l the meat or saved for use in cookery. 1 Under these conditions the fuel value
 of the diet would be about 10000
 calories per family per day or the
 equivalent amount of 5000 calories
 per man per day; the protein value
 would be about 330 grams per family
 or 100 grams per man per day.