South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1919-03-26
DAIRY PRODUCTS WEEK
Choose Your Food Wisely
Comparison of Food Values Show Dairy Products to Be
Essential to Health.
Substitutes Lacking in Vital Elements.
BY FRED VI. ALLY.
Copyright. 191S.j

The other day dropped into the Of
nee OF a physician friend Of mine In the
marshall Field building ana said TO
MN Doc, what do you know about
Il know good Zeal more about but
teT than j did a year ago" said Doc,
since there have been so many OF these
alleged butter substitutes placed on the
market"
Then you don't believe that these ad.
verused substitutes really take the place
OF butterf" I asked
You are right. I don't" replied my
medical friend, "and I'll give you "A re-
cent experience Of mine 70 explain one
mighty good reason why / don't.
Il recently had children in three diff
ferent families under my care who were
not doing we'll Nothing specific seemed
10 be the matter with them. but they
We're not growing-not developing the
way they should.
In the first case I prescribed certain
medicine and. knowing that the family
used evapOrated milk. / told the mother
70 give her daughter quart Of fresh
Pasteqrized milk every day and also a
liberal supply OF butter.
There was such a decided change In
the child within week that I made up
my mind 10 was not the medicine that
was responsible. On investigation
found that the child had been eating
butter substitutes and had been receiving
practically no milk, as a part OF their
Diet as the family used canned milk only
Tor cooking aud In their tea and cof-
Zee. This child was being undernour-
isbed and ! decided that the butter and
prOvement.
II then traced the other two cases to
the same deficiency in diet as both of
the patients had been using butter sub
sututes because they had been told that
the mixture was as good as buter'
Il advised rho al those chill
dTen 10 spend their mOrey for butter in
stead or medicine and Doctors fees and
see what this would do for the youngs-
ters, and then" said Doc you ought
later"
That sounds good to me from the
butter side OF the case. doctor. but like
~ as not these are isolated cases and it
does not necessarily follow that the lack
OF sufficient butter and milk will effect
every child the same way"
isolated cases nothing" declared Doe
warming up 20 the subject. there is not
week passes but l am called on sim
liar cases and every physician has the
same experience. Frequently when
explain that it is not medicine the pa-
tient needs much as proper nOurish-
ment, they seem 10 doubt my ability 70
properly diagnose the case or else be-
lieve that 1 am In league with their milk
dealer"
But what is there about butter. Doe
tor, and milk that makes il such an es-
Sential part OF the diets I have always
known in a general way that butter Is
nutritious and that glass of milk Is
healthful drink, but IL has never Oc-
CURED 20 me that either Is indispensable
for the proper nOurishment OF the
body"
Right there" said Doc. sis where
whole lot OF people make mistake. But
ter is looked upon by mos. people mere
~ as a spread for bread or as n luxury
ia cooking-not because of its food val
Ne but on account of the flavor good but
ter possesses. IL makes the bread more
Talatable and sort Of greascs the way 10
the digestive organs. THAT'S the reason
why SO many people accept the so
called substitutes. They make just as
good a lubricatOr as butter, look like
butter and are favored to initiate the
butter taste
People who use these mixtures-Or at
least good many of them-dO not
know that butter contains certain prop
critics which are most essential to the de
velOpment Of the young and necessary
for the maintenance Of the health Of
adults and that these vital elements
ARE NOT FOUND IN NUT MARCIA