How to keep well in wartime
1943 1943 1940s 28 pages : illustrations HOW TO KEEP WELL IN WARTIME the National loaf, you obtain other useful things as well, such as Vitamin B and iron. And in potatoes you get Vitamin C. Foods to Round Off the Corners. You probably know that the other two foodstuffs used by the body for energy a...
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| Institution: | MCR - The Modern Records Centre, University of Warwick |
| Language: | English English |
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London : His Majesty's Stationery Office
1943
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28 pages : illustrations
HOW TO KEEP WELL IN WARTIME the National loaf, you obtain other useful things as well, such as Vitamin B and iron. And in potatoes you get Vitamin C. Foods to Round Off the Corners. You probably know that the other two foodstuffs used by the body for energy and heat are fat and protein. Fat may be in the form of butter, margarine, milk, suet, dripping, herrings or salmon (fresh or tinned). Besides giving energy, fat also rounds off the corners of the body and sometimes makes them look attractive. It serves, too, as a food store and as an insulator against loss of heat. Protein — the lean of meat and the white of egg are protein (mixed of course with water) — is perhaps the most important of the three. Protein is the body builder. It is the principal ingredient in the billions of tiny cells which make up your body. It may be said briefly that we eat starches, sugars, and fats for energy, and proteins so that we can build up the body and keep it in a good state of repair. Food experts say that animal protein is better for this purpose than vegetable protein (peas, beans, and oatmeal), and so call it "first-class". You get first-class protein from meat, fish, eggs, liver, milk, and cheese, and in one of these forms you should have some first-class protein every day. War has reduced our supplies of first-class protein, so plan to make the most of your rations. If you have meat or fish for dinner, don't have cheese as well. Cheese, in wartime anyhow, should not be treated as a savoury tit-bit. It is a good solid food consisting largely of fat and protein, and first-class protein at that. Drink your full ration of liquid milk, and use dried milk in your puddings. And while dried eggs are obtainable use them for cooking, and keep your shell eggs for egg dishes. Keep an eye and an ear open for the Ministry of Food's hints in newspaper advertisements and broadcasts; they're scientifically planned to help to keep you fit. Food for Blood and Bones. But fuel isn't everything in diet. You must have certain chemical elements like iron and calcium (or lime). Iron is necessary to make blood. If you don't eat enough iron you become amaemic. It is the iron that carries the oxygen in the blood. You obtain iron in various ways. It is present in the National loaf, in green leafy vegetables (especially spinach and watercress), in the yolk of egg, in liver and lean meat, and in peas and beans. If you become very anaemic the doctor may have to give you an iron medicine. Calcium (lime) is important because it is the stuff from which bones and teeth are made. Your bones are alive. They, as well as other parts of the body, need calcium. Your muscles won't work efficiently without calcium. Without calcium the blood won't clot properly. Cheese and milk are good natural suppliers of calcium. When there is a shortage of milk, there is a risk that people will not obtain enough of this bone-builder in their diet. This may help you 10
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