The Waterbury Democrat., 1932-11-09
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We don't hear 70 much nowa- days about caloFy counting ozc9pt perhaps where Q member Of the family ig dieting.
 Perhaps t is better 70. because I really believe Wo> reached q ste9s where the average mother dreaded meal time. Cooking turned Into Arithmetic. if she was 500 1u9y to count food units she had Q teel- ing that she wasn't Qulle doing nsf duty and that any digestive eii- meilt In the family was due to her lack Of bookkeeDiug.
 We graduated from calories 70 vitamineg, co to speak. And ai~ fhouRh I think the subject more important than that of calorles ID eeeting up balanced meals and pro. viding the children with those mysterious chemicals necessary 70 health and growth, there is stlll too much discourasement among women about them just ae there Hard t0 s.Av0idv Right EOOdsi
 Not iong ago I read q discussion of the subject by a doctor who epecializes in dietetics. He made the remark that with the varieties Of food available in nearly all com nnunities of our country to day 1t would l difficult to 60 wrong. That actually t would be harder / to avoid necessary food values than to get them.
 The diet of all babies up to . year old should be suggested py . doctor or a clinic. During the sec- ord year the mother should have I,rofesslonal advice about the baby food every three months or 50.
 After that she should have q general idea either by reading rood books on the subject or by etiIl seeking knowledge from that eyer dependable source-fer pny- For For one thing he will tell her that cake and pie, hot cakes heavy buildings and any rich des- serts are not good for little cnii. dren. older children exercising considerably, may have q minimum of some of these things ne VII explain, without coming to harm provided they are well, diges, easily, and do not eat them q ~ MIX and Lots of It.
 He will urge her to see that eacf child has a great deal of milk both plain and cooked in f00d---ai much as she can afford.
 Not too much meat will be hi next warning. It should never bt broiled. Fish, eggs, or chicken art good alternatives. Vegetables oi ail Kinds are good, especially thost that grow above ground. The oth. CTS are valuable too, but should not be used to the exclusion Q, the leafy ones.
 starcfes are all right but Q 1nea should not contain more than ont such food. A meal of potatoes macaroni. bread ,---we'll say-->corn contains four forms of starch ant little else. A bad combination h. Food Variety Not Costly.
 Some form of butter fat is neo essary and 90 some form of fruit either fresh, dried, or canned.
 These are things your guide. thu doctor, will tell you, think. AlQl that the children must not "bolt' food but chew it well. That the, should be happy at mealtime bu not excited. That fresh cookes food has more value than left overs. That meals should be regu nourinhing. That children shout, not be allowed to form, too man: ''food habits'' and eat only the fey things that they like best.
 To change meals each day 2, that there may. be variety is best It. costs no more to vary meal than to have the same things ove and over again, and bN doing :, you are sure of every sort of Wit min"