The potters herald. [volume] (East Liverpool, Ohio) 1899-1982, 1943-09-09
NUTRITION AND
LABOR
Money Ism Everything


quate income leads to poor diet and
therefore to maInutrition, sickness,
general lack of resistance. and other
disadvantages. This point need hard
ly be discussed or stressed. because
there are very few people in the word
who do not know that if there aren't
sufficient funds available for food,
there is bound 10 he a shortage of
food in the house 1t is hardly neces-
sary to point this out to working
people. many of whom have expert
enced it in times of unemployment.
All people know You need money to
live decently and respectfully.
Long before much was known about
the value of food and Scienctific nutri-
ton, labor had already availed' itself
of the principles of organization and
collective bargainng to obtain advan-
tageS which society could readily af-
ford to give but which it was slow to
do because of petty seltishness and be-
cause of lack of vision. Labor needs
therefore not be reminded that for ade-
quate and satisfactory living cOndi-
tonS not only with regard to the
biological essentials. such as food and
shelter. but also with regard to other
living standards, adequate pay is es-
Sential
But one thing we often fail to take
notice of is that money is not every
thing. Besides thinking of money i'm
buying the food needed for the home
or in planning for the dinner one
should ALSO think of nutrition, of the
values of foods, avoidance of waste,
and the importance of having Il bal
anced meal, which means meal con
tanning as many Of the seven essential
food groups as possible.
We all know that many people may
spend great deal of money in buying
things for the home that may not
be in good taste 1t is also common
knowledge that many people may
spend much money on food and not
only buy badly balanced foods, but
feed themselves into sickness. Give Il
child money and tell him to buy him
self Il dinner, and most likely he will
order candy, ice cream, cake, and
some other sweets. Many grown-up
people also behave like that in handl-
ing their food needs The best evidence
for this is Il recent study made of the
diet of 44S people in the upper income
brackets, among whom there were %
physicians.
1t was amazing to find that in such
Il group of people 17R showed de-
liciencies in two important nutritional
items, namely vitamn B1, or thiaminc
and B2, or ribotayin, ii type of de-
ticicncy which can be very serious,
Among the minerals, calcium and iron
deficiencies were most common. OF the
foods, milk, eggs, fruits, and whole
wheat and enriched grain products
We're most frequently lacking. This
study leaves little doubt that money
isn't everything, chat people may spend
and may overlook entirely the body's
needs for healthful, balanced foods.
The interesting thing is that there
are even many physicians who still
have not awakened to the Importance
of the new knowledge of food and its
role in health and disease This study
should give us much food for thought
| 1t is essential, especially in these days
| when people do have more money THAI
! they had before, that they spend the
money wisely. 1t is especially i'm
purtanl when prices are high, which
means that money can easily be
SQUandered, and when some foods ar,
! scarce. 1t is because of this that every
! housewife, and for that matter every
body who eats, must have some ele
mentary knowledge of the basic FOOD
| groups. 1t is not necessary TO know
all about vitAminS. All that one has
to remember is that one should eat
! daily some food from each of the fol
! lowing seven groups: CD Green an'
| yellow vegetables, some raw, som,
cooked GU Oranges, tomatoes, grape
! fruit. raw cabbage, or salad green,
| (3) Potatoes and other vegetables ant
fruits (p Milk and milk products O.
Meat, poultry, fish, and eggs; or drie,
! beans, peas, nuts, and peanut butter