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| VIII you please tell me what the
body gains through drinking milk ?
know in n general way that it is
good food. but I should like to know
something more about just why it is
| good. One more question. Is it Just
| as good for q person who has been
| ordered to drink lots of milk to take
| milk in different prepared forms?
do not like it very we'll and l have a
| friend who says that because / don't
! like milk Is no reason why I cannot
! drink it. She prepares milk in sew
! eral ways for her family and they all
| enjoy 1t. One way She takes 1t is to
make junket. Then she sends to the
| drug store for such things as fer
| mented milk. | should thank YOU
| very much If you will tell me some.
Answer-First of all. you are very
| wise to seek an answer to your ques-
| ton as to just what milk will do in
| the body. There are many like YOU
who realize its value as Il food. but, as
YOU say. cannot tell just what it will
| do for them. First of all, milk is one
| OF the best forms in which to add lime
to the diet. This is one Of the impor-
tant minerals and. in fact. Is the one
| which. experts tell us, Is most apt to
be deficient in the American diet Be
cause OF this lime, milk helps make
| the bones and teeth very firm and
| does great deal toward keeping all
| the machinery of the body In good
| care. Milk, like all other foods, gives
! energy or the power of doing work
| 1t has good supply of one of the
| most important growth-making vita
! Minis. Milk is alkaline and, therefore
| Is good for persons who are suffering
from acidosis. Finally, milk is a
great help in balancing the diet
| Now for your question about using
| milk in different forms. Your friend
is quite right in saying that the per-
son who does not like plain milk may
receive the same food value by using
1t in different forms. In fact, in GER
tain cases of indigestion, these differ
ent forms OF milk are even better
than plain milk. For example. acido-
philus milk. of which you speak, is es-
| pecially good for any one who suffers
! from putrefaCtion in the intestines
There is an organism in this form of
| milk that helps to correct putrefac-
ton and works with the normal or
ganisms that are present in the body
to keep this part of the intestinal
tract clean. Then, you ask about 9th.
| er forms of what we call fermented
milk. Either Of these is good food
for the same condition of which I
have just spoken. They are also good
for what is called a weak stomach
that cannot always retain the varied
diet. AS for junket. it Is one Of the
| very pleasantest ways of using milk
and is especiallyy good for children
and those who have delicate diges.
tions. The principal use in making
1unket is In its digestive element and
helps to soften the curds which plain
milk forms in even a perfectly healthy
stomach.
Is canned pineapple as good as
fresh pineapple? We are very fond OF
| it. but I have a neighbor who says
| that the canned loses it's food value
Mrs. T. l.. T.
| Answer am very glad that you
ask this question about canned pine
apple. Before answering it. / should
like to tell you something about
canned fruit in general. Women
should no longer make a sweeping
statement about canned fruit being
harmful. If they had kept up with
the times they would realize that pro
gressive Gamers of the day are Sc
careful to treat their products care
fully that they suffer nothing in loss
| of food value during the canning
| process.
| Now will try to tell you something