COMPARING FOOD VALUES 



A large glass of sweetened and flavored water — a "soft drink" — can yield more 

 "food energy" than almost any helping of good food you might choose in a restau- 

 rant. But it furnishes nothing at all of other food values, whereas each of the ordi- 

 nary foods with which the soft drink is compared supplies essential proteins, min- 

 erals and vitamins. We can measure human energy in calories, but the body can 

 release energy only if it is supplied with the other nutrients in suitable amounts 



