Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1919-08-03
FOOD MUST DO MORE
THAN LOOK PLEASING
Marketers Should Choose Carefully What Is Adapted
Needs of the Family-Menus for Week
Given by Mrs Wilson
Copyright. 1919. by Mrs NJ. A. Wilson

Copyright. 1919 by Mrs. n. a. Wilson
Al! rights rcScrNedt
To markct intclligenily and TO set
the best value for the money spent. the
housewife should become familiar with
the requirements OF the family. Food
must do more than satisfy the eye ara
tic taste.
Choose carefully the food required for
daily use. for unless il il carefully
adapted to oar needs physical break
downs are apt 20 occur. Before at
tcmptinc 10 market the housewife
should, realize that food has three dis
tine, missions TO perform: First, build
ing Nud repairing the body; second.
supplying heat and energy. and, third.
regulating The bodily functions.
Now food that builds and repairs the
body also makes muscle ana bono and
tooth structure and blood The FOODS
that Will fiji the first requirements are
named proteins and they arc FOUND
chiefly in meat. cheese. nuts fish, cESs,
milk and le2umcs So that one of
these food constituents should form d
part of each meal.
Foods that will furnish the second
requirements are called ~ rbohydrates.
They arc found chiefly in sugars.
starches ana fats. Such foods are
cereals. sugars fruits. potatoes. also
beet and maple sugars. The fats are
butter and cream olive corn and other
cooking oils; nuts and fats in meat
may be included in this list
:. The regulators of the bodily pro-
ccsSes are thocS bulky foods. such as
bran of whole grains. cereals coarse
fresh vegetables. salads and garden
green and the yitamnes. known as fat
soluble y and water soluble r. found
in yolks Of eggs. milk. butter. cream
ana fresh Vegetables. such as lettuce,
spinach, cabbage. watc"cress and vari-
Gus salad plants, fruits and whole.
grains,
Now this study need not confuse the
busy housewife If she will rcmembei
Sh hn
posed OF fruit cereal in cold weather
and one dish containing an energy OF
fuel food. The protein dish will take
care Of the waste tissue. Energy food
and the cereal in cold weather for addl-
iional food for bodily heat and pota
toes or bread in the form Of mullins
not cakes or toast with butter for
energy or work food.
Fruit for its pure. natural distilled
water. which helps TO dilute the blood
stream, and the various mineral sails
Wh1ch aid the digestion and the Vita
health. an"
Luncheon should consis, Of ,irh,
palatable meal conta.ihing small
amount. of protein. Il lVbaral amount
e. fresh Vegetables and then energy
wheat bred and good butter If a
DESSERT is added 10 This meal. keen the
fact in mind. that all forms Of sweets
are heat and energy producing Goods
S sbs u . made from fresh fruits during
Value wi,h wiI , havG addtiona
The regulators OF the bodily funr-
Mons are coarse green vegetables and
sniau greShs freSh fruits and whole
grams Win their outer covering intact.
such as natural brown rice. crushed or
"n1Soie.Wh neat -four. made into bread
Dinner is virtually the same as the
luncheon; 10 actually estimate the
amount TO serve TO each individual de-
hehcs cntircly upon the amount of
nherSE expanded by that individual
inc person VINO Is indoors sitting AT :;
des< will not require as much food
as the one who IS in the sam. hnild-
ing nut moving about and standing
al dIy long. doing constantly heavy
ana laboriouS work. Nor would m,
out doors worker be able 10 CON
tinue his work Tor long time If h,
~ keep the scdentary worker in con-
dtiicn., For this reason the housewif,,
mus ne governed by tho appetite OF
The wise woman will find it real