The Birmingham age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1902-1950, 1922-09-13

food values The value of our food
depends largely upon a few factors.
Vitamines and mineral salts vary in
the different foods, and we have
learned just where certain foods fall
short. Laboratory experiments have
eorroborated our ideas along these
lines. out of many thousands of
nutritive experiments, IL has been
shown that three kinds of diet will
preserve health and vitality.
The first kind is not of great inn
portance to us, but il served the In
dams of times past. Few peoples are
now entirely carnivorous, but animals
are. The fundamental requirement
for the meat eaters is to eat all the
meat Muscle fiber will not satisfy
All parts. glands, organs, must be
eaten.
'In the herbivarous world, the
grains or cereals alone Will not sat
fsfy. To them must be added the
leafy parts to supply the elements
lacking in the grains.
Mixed Diet Changing
"The mixed diet is the one used by
| most of the world. This diet is
changing. Due to modern milling
methods, our flours do not have the
same food values that the old time
flours did. The millers of today have
| taken out many valuable parts of the
grain. In the meats, the tendency is
to eat muscle tissues. But muscle
tissues and white flour will not sat
isfy nutrition demands. Our diet of
white flour. muscle tissue, sugar and
! potatoes is deficient. 1t has been in
use for nearly so years and we are
beginning to see its effect upon US 1t
is not satisfactory. The teeth of the
baby are not good; the mother can
not properly nurse the baby on such
diet. The ordinary menu calls for
but little lettuce or other raw food.
We should substitute a diet, a reduc-
ton of some items, as white flour and
muscle tissue, and an increase in
other important foods. The best rule
for diet is to eat first what you need
and then afterward what you want
The proper diet for any person should
include at least one quart of milk
every day and salads at least twice a.
day.
IF such foods were used year in
and year out, we would find very few
gloomy and nervous persons. Physi-
cal well being and nervous well being
are very closely related. But what
we can do for ourselves is small as
compared to what we can do for chill
dren.
Importance of MILK
MIX is the most important single
part of our food supply. BY all
means milk should be pasteurized.
Neither should pasteurizatlon be
used to make dirty milk safe, but
even clean milk should be pasteur-
lied to remove the danger of cpl
denies. Milk is an ideal medium for
the growth of disease germs, and
the only way to protect children
from milk-borne disease is by pas
teurization. Pasteurization does de-
stroy one vitamine, but nevertheless
all milk should be pasteurized
This one vitamine may easily be
secured from vegetables. Infants
fed on pasteurized milk should have
orange juice to supply the deficien-
cy due to pasteurization. There Is
no longer any argument as to the
wisdom of the pasteurization of pub
lie milk supplies.
THE health department Is the
greatest single force for good health
If the citizens will give it free rein
and stand behind it. School chill
dren should be examined for defects.
not by part time physicians in a
part time fashion, but by the health
department, which is the logically
responsible agency to direct such
work. This Is true as a general
proposition and is said without
knowledge of local conditions or To-
cal practice. However, it is a fact
that in some communities school
medical work Is done under the di-
rection of educational authorities or
other agencies who experience but
little responsibility for health mat
ters and frequently lack an adequate
appreciation of the vital Importance
of thorough physical survey in it's
relation to the welfare of the child.
"The remedying of physical de-
fects and the correction of dietary
deficiencies will work wonders in i'm
proving the health of our children"
DR.. McCollum left at 4:10 yesterday
afternoon for Tuscaloosa, where he
will deliver a lecture before the
student body of the University of
Alabama.