davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Indianapolis times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1922-1965, 1931-04-25
HEALTH SERVICE
Expectant Mother Must Watch Diet

containing these substances to best
advantage are milk, whole grain
cereals, leafy green vegetables, eggs
and fruit.
If the prospective mother will
make certain that her diet contains
at least two leafy green vegetables
every day and a quart of milk, she
will be quite certain of having a
sufficient amount of calcium to
build bones and to maintain teeth.
1t is not necessary that the quart
Of milk be taken as whole milk. 1t
can be used in combination with ce-
reals, soups, custards, buildings or
in the form Of butterinilk, cottage
cheese or as milk that is powdered
or evaporated.
The whole grains are especially
valuable because of their mineral
and vitanin content, and the leafy
green vegetables contain salts and
most Of the vitamins Except vita
min D..
To provide adequate amounts of
vitanin D, the mother probably
should take codliver oil or vicsterol.
In most places in this country
she will not get sufficient sunlight
under ordinary living conditions,
and it will be necessary to get the
vitanlin D through the substances
that have been mentioned.
If her diet seems to be deficient