The Waterbury Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1917-1946, 1945-09-06
Your Health
By Dr.. william Brady

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HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS OFFER
MENU
We have accepted your challenge.
Our special physical education class
Gin high SCHOOL, has been studying
nutrition this past year. We have
come to the conclusion that all
necessary vitamins and minerals
can be obtained In natural foods II
care Is taken In selection. We en-.
close our sample menu for o day,
(0irls' Physical Education Glasses,
q. Q. 81
In the dinner you include q table,
spoonful Of cod liver oil, which sup.
plies o lot Of vitamin A and vitarnin
d. Now, girls, I have nothing
against cod liver oil. Use It as q
salad dressing II you like. But I'm
afraid many readers would make 1t
warm for me II / were to attempt
to make 'em swallow cod liver
oil at q natural food.
Then am amazed TO flnd that
In your lunch menu there are nc
less than 4s6 units Of vitamin .
in q glass OF milk and q pat Of
butter (both Of which do contain q
few units Of vitamin Dbl take II
you will not expect me TO conccde
you can get any vitamin D In tht
other items you include In the
lunch-8 ounces Of tomato juice
one wheat germ Tnuftln, one large
serving Of carrot and raising OF
lettuce salad with mayonnaise anc
one-half canteloupe.
pick on your menu, girls, moi
because It is, let US say, out Of order
because you included the fish iivel
oil, but because you evidently fall
into the same error as most o. oui
readers who submitted diet list
did In estimating the amounts o.
vitamins In familiar items.
Many other contestants specified
such items as "vitamin D milk,
enriched bread" and fortified
this and that, when the mel1t
seemed otherwise q bit shy Of thu
essentially vitamins. None Of thes'
doctored, medicated, hoped up o.
fortified items can be called o nat
ural food. OF course II Is o simple
matter to make any menu adequate
In respect to vitanin and minera
content II you add in one way o.
another whatever vitamins or min
erals the food fails to supply.
will say this for your girls o
the Physical Education Glasses o
@. @. S.--the sample menu for
day which you submitted mos
nearly conformed with the require
ments and maybe--keep your seat
and don't cheer yet, kids-mayh,
we'll find you have won q reward
Let's hold everything until tn
squawks are all In, and until I hCa
from your teacher.
You say that II you win 20
mean to buy books to assist you Il
further research along the line Q
died and nutrition. Offhand ca
think of q dozen books about foo
and nutrition, health, hygiene, ply
siology, that should be available 9
every school boy or girl. That 1
something else for me to discus
with your teacher-your Physica
Education teacher, no other.
Meanwhile I'm going to prin
here soon the breakfast menu yo'
high school girls offer, and And on
how our readers like II.
QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS