Evening star., 1941-10-09

5000, 900 900 pounds.
why so much milk? The Secre-
tary gave two reasons. First, he
said, we in this country need to con-
sumo more milk for improved health
and strength. Second, the British
will need tremendous quantities of
cheese. evaporated milk and dried
skim milk.
Back of both these reasons is
the story of milk's food value. Milk
Is a sound foundation on which to
build family meals. For packed into
a quart of milk are lot of essential
food values that would be more diff
fcult and more expensive to get
otherwise.
Milk in more concentrated forms
of cheese, evaporated or dried milk
has another advantage 1t is easy to
ship and handle. Thus, in compara-
lively small packages good, solid
nourishment can be delivered to
Britain or to the American con-
suner.
Milk was one of the charter men,
bers of the list of protective foods.
This is group of foods gold-starred
because they provide goodly amounts
of the food values We need if our
diets are to come up above the safety
line for good nutrition. Living on
diets well above the safety line is a
basis for buoyant health.
Milk qualities as protective chiefly
because of its calcium, high-quality
protein, vitamin A and ribofavin.
Every one needs to get calcium in his
meals, and milk is one of the best
and easiest ways to supply it. Be
cause children are growing, forming
teeth and building bones, they need
more calcium than adults. That's
the biggest reason they need more
milk than grown-ups.
But although grown-ups don't
need as much milk as children, they
need some every day. In many cases
adults neglect milk simply because
they do not realize how very val
liable it is
The mistaken notion that milk is
fatten1ng, for instance, may cause
some people to cut down on it. Con-
sldering the important protective
values of milk, this is an extremely
short-sighted policy Foods are clas-
sif1ed as fattening or mountaineering
according to the calories they con-
tain. In proportion to its other food
values, milk has comparatively few
q ~ 81 N,,4
ting down on milk and other pro-
tective foods is one of the reasons
behind loss Of vitality and lowered
resistance that accompanies certain
efforts to keep from getting fat or to
reduce.
wise mothers know that the
mllk-every- meal habit will be one
that is health asset to their chill
dren through life. Besides the al
ready mentioned values milk has
some vitamin B1 and a little vita
min D, both necessary to good nutri-
ton.
Tn working out low-cost diet
70 meet the new national yardstick
Tor good nutrition the Bureau of
l1OuIc ECOIlOHllCS Ol IQe UnlIeO
States Department of Agriculture
emphasizes milk. For every child
to cups of milk are recommend
ed, and for every grown-up 2 to
3 cups. If there is more money to
spend. some may be used to advan-
tage for more milk both for chill
dren and adults. Expectant mothers
need about l quart day and nurs-
ing mothers Ia quarts.
Tor convenience these recon-
nendations are expressed in terms
of whole fresh milk. But smart
honemakers make use of other
forms-for variety and economy.
They may serve it as cheese, skim
milk. evaporated or dry milk.
Make use Of milk below the
cream line advises DR.. Hazel X.
Stiebeling, food economist of the
United States Department of Agri-
culture, especially If your food
money is limited. We not only need