The Ypsilanti daily press. (Ypsilanti, Mich.) 1928-1962, 1944-06-06

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only, and then only through
his column.
It tastes good. By the average
dietician / include not only the
professors Of biologic chemistry,
but also mother and grandma and
the cook.
II something new 10 eat that
tastes and looks like hay or the
brim of an old felt hat comes along
then Professor Svoboda, the vita
min expert, and Miss Dish, the
dietician for the Board Of Educa-
ton, and the lady who is fourth
cousin TO the famous author of
cook book all say it is swell. Oh
my, it is very healthy, according
to them and loaded with vitamins
and minerals and the nutritional
factor and biotin and they don't
see how the human race survived
at all before they began to eat
spinach and carrots and rutabaga
and kale and broccoli and barscz
and casava roots. But let some
thing really good and yum-yum
come along and their immediate
reaction is-"You will undermine
your whole nutritional mechanism
If you keep on eating that stuff"
Opposition to Ice Cream
II was SO with ice cream. Dolly
Madison, according to legend, in
vented it and it Immediately
caught on. But it had plenty Of
opposition. The sour pusses said
it froze the stomach and stopped
the flow of gastric juice. have
pamphlet issued by Philadelphia
physician in 1887 which shows
that ice cream is running the d.
gestion and undermining the
stamina Of the American people.
Well, since then, we have fought
and won three wars from the peo-
pies Of understanding coun-
tries, so if it is undermining our
stamina it is doing so by 8 very
slow and pleasant process.
In the meantime the best scien-
tifc and dietetic opinion has
veered around and now they say
e Ice cream has splendid nutritional
qualities. DR.. B. Rice, Health
Commissioner Of Indiana, for in
stance, says-"Try as hard as l
will I can not think Of anything
that has a more complete set of
vitamins than strawberries and
ice cream" So in these early
summer days you can sit down to
that kingly dish with a clear con.
science.
Well, the American people by
disregarding the dietetic advice OF
the early days have performed
mass experiment which proves in
itself that ice cream can't be any,
thing but healthy. The average
American has for many years con-
sumed nine pounds of ice cream a
year. Ny statistical department
reports that three billion, five hum
dred and ninety-eight million and
few odd thousand people from
the time of Dolly Madison down to
the present have eaten ice cream
all their lives and remained
healthy-so it can't be so bad.
Healthful Food
II milk is good for you then Ice
cream is good for you. In the
realm Of the vitamins milk is the
largest contributor Of riboflavin
In the dietary of medium cost
diets. The thiamine (Vitamin b
content of ice cream is four hun
dred milligrams per 100 grams, Of
Yitamin c, l gram, and of Vitamin
A, $50 international units.
For calories and nutritional
value an ice cream cone is as good
for your body as a shovelful Of
coal for a furnace. So it is a good
mid-afternoon lift" for the
worker whether in factory or Of.
fee.
As for f1avoring and palata-
biity it would take the composite
ghosts of Keats and Wordsworth
and Tennyson to do the subject
justice. / suggest TO Congress that
since we have . Washington, Lin
coin and Jefferson memorial in the
nations capital, the next man so
honored be the genius who first
thought Of combining chocolate
with ice cream. A sheer and
monumental leap Of the magma
toni
The filters Of the Ice cream cone
have themselves no mean nutri-
honal value. They are a triumph
Of the bakers art. They remain
crisp under melting ice cream 20
are better than paper carton and
spoon. They are made Of milk,
sugar, honey, tapioca, -four and
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