The Fayette falcon. (Somerville, Tenn.) 190?-current, 1919-01-17
PROTEIN FOODS
ARE NECESSARY
Housewife Should Be Sure That
Diet Contains Some Kind Of
Meat or a Substitute.
Mak IMPORTANT FOR CHILD
List Given Suggests Total Amount Of
compiete-Proteln Food Desirable
for Family Served In Form
, OF Central Dish.

In planning meals and when buying
supplies, 1t Is well to think Of the fol-
lowing foods as In a class by them
selves: Milk, eggs, cheese of all kinds,
meats excepting salt pork and bacon),
poultry, fish and sea food. These foods
are grouped together because they pro-
vide1 whatois now called adequate or
complete protein or protein combina-
lions. The term adequate" or "com.
pseten is used in connection with these
proteins because of their important re-
iation to the proteins of the body.
Protein is an essential part OF all the
tissues OF the body, including the mus
cies, the blood, and the organs. The
material out Of which body protein is
made Is constantly changing. 1t is
sometimes said that the muscles and
other tissues of the body swear out"
and are In constant need of "repalr."
Vhis is not an apt description of what
really takes place, for 1t suggests pc
RODS Of disorder In the body followed
by periods Of strength and well-being.
AS a matter of fact, the process by
~hich body proteins take in new mate
rial to replace the old is a perfectly
normal and healthy one which involves
no wearing out" The process does,
however, create never-ending demand
Tor protein materials In the food.
Two Kinds Of Protelns.
The proteins of the diet are found
chiefly In two classes Of materials. To
the first class belong milk. eggs. cheese,
and flesh foods, all Of which are rela-
tively expensive under most conditions
OF living, and to the second belong the
cereals (wheat, oats, corn, barley, rice
and rye), and also beans, peas, and
cowpeas, all of which are relatively
cheap. There Is an important differ.
ence between the proteins Of these two
classes of foods. The first are COM
piete and the second Incomplete. This
means that Of the building stones" or,
as chemists say. the amino acids, nee
uessary for making body protein, the
FIRST supply all, while the second, with
a few possible exceptions. are lacking
To use bread or cereals in other
forms to the exclusion Of milk, eggs
cheese and similar foods Is unsafe
from the standpoint Of health. but to
use the latter foods In greater amount
fhnn Is needed usually adds to the cost
Of the diet. II becomes an important
matter, therefore. to know how much
of the perfect protein food one should
use. 1t Is generally agreed that q child
under six should have either one quart
of milk day, or. better still, three
kourths OF quart and one egg. A
child over six should have a minimum
of q pint Of milk a day and small
amount Of the other foods In the group.
A family consisting Of four adults
swo men and two women-all doing
moderately active muscular work.
shcuId have a quart Of milk day and
&C least one and half pounds Of 9TH
- complete protein foods or their
sguivalent In milk. For supplying pro-
esfn quart of milk may be considered
- equivalent Of eight ounces Of the
sekeF complete protein foods.
Depending on Cereals.
II me housekeeper decides to depend
'rksefly o. the relatively inexpensive
cereals. beans and peas for most Of
rAe protein needed By her family. and
- uss the more expensivs protein foods
ely IN amounts sufficient for body
zeedA she has q her hands the prob |
"a Of Determining how TAR the small