The chronicle-star. (Pascagoula, Miss.) 1920-1941, 1940-03-22

ton Massachusetts,. 1ast NQA q rNAl-
dnef of PENcagouia. wSll ufttr q cul-
u1un weekly fer this paper, the first
Of such writings appearing N the
ChrunieIe-Star Of uA week
Mrs Sweeney Is > niece q The
late Lieutenant Commander ALVIN
n Bxoy. who was hsre for some
time several years azo As comman-
der OF the Coast Guard base here
she was married 70 James Augustus
Sweeney In November. 1853 II 81
PatrirkS Church tn RoxbuTy- Mas
She was formely research dietitian
In the Massachusetts, General He's
usai IN Boston and Is wei qualified
70 write on the kuhiect she has
chosen for her subject
Mrs Sweeney received her train
ing in Boston. She attended Boston
Latin school and received = Bachelor
Of Science degree a. Simmons Col
lege On foods and home economics
She spent n year as a student die
titan at the Boston DispenSary.
under Miss Frances Stern. the fnsya-
DER Of the first faod clinic. Mrs
Sweeney also trained with the As
ISOLATED Charitable Bureau. the
Community Health Association OF
Boston. the Judge Baker Founda-
ton and the Beth Israel Hospital
For the past two years she has been
working on q research problem st the
Massachusetts, General Hospital TN
der the auspices Of the Harvard
Medical School and Dr. Walter
Bauer on the relation Of food 70
rheumatoid arthrftis.
Mrs. Sweeney Is an active member
OF the American Dietetic Associa-
ton and The New England Home
Economics Association.
The nutrition column viii discuss
such topics as the essentials of an
adequate diet. budgeting your food
money. feeding the school child. the
worknan's lunch. Iow-cost recipes.
diets for che underweight and over
weight Why drink milk. etc. Indi-
vidual questions which may arise
VIII be answered weekly at the end
OF the column. If the reader win ad-
dress them 70 Nutrition, care
Chronicle Star. Pascagoula. Miss.
How Adequate Is Your Dietf
lBy MRS LEONORA SWEENEY
Eating is one OF the pleasures Of
life. II is also one Of the necessi-
ties As an automobile needs raso-
line 10 run. SO our bodies need fuel
that We may have the energy TO do
our daily work. We must have the
proper kind and amount Of this fuel
10 be healthy. The so-cailed car
bohydrate- foods. bread. eereL po-
tatOes. root vegetables, fruits. es-
peciaIly the dried fruits. sugars and
sweets. are the most important
energy-giving foods and should be
included in the daily diet.
We must also eat so that our
bodies will have the proper materials
for building. repairing and growth.
A scratch on the surface Of the skin
quickly disappears A broken limb
takes time TO heal. but eventually is
cured. Our hair and ~ftngernails are
constantly growing. In fact. every
cell IN our body Is undergoing q
breaking down and building Up pro-
cess. For this. we need the so-called
"portelnH foods-meat. fish, NIX.
eggs and cheese. Then. there art
the fats. as butter. lard. cream.
bacon, etc. which help Us 70 burn
our foods and which are stored In
the body.
The adequate diet also contains
two other groups. namely. minerals
and vltamins The minerals are
iron. which helps Us build good red
blood. andciuTn and PHOSPHORUS.
the substances which form sound
teeth and bones.
OF late. We have heard 3 great
deal about Titamins. and In q sub
sequent article. ] vii explain in fun
detail what they are, where they
are found and why each one Is 50
necessary for health
II you can score 100 per cent IN