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THE FOODS WE EAT 



foods, people were strong and did much hard work, al- 

 though many of them died young. They may not have 

 known why this or that food was good or bad, but we 

 know that they ate different kinds of foods and they ate 

 what was most abundant in their own environments. 

 The Indians lived on fish, fresh venison, or birds with some 

 wild fruits or nuts ; the Arab, on dates and figs, grasses, 

 and meat of goats or sheep ; the early colonists on such 

 foods as they could bring with them on ships, but soon 

 supplementing these things with fresh meat from the 

 forests and with corn, which they grew in their little 

 clearings. 



A Varied Diet Important. Not only did people eat 

 what was easy to get, but they ate a variety of foods. 

 This fact was their salvation. Scientific experiments 



Wright Pierce 



Do you think you could prepare a well-balanced meal from the food in this 

 picture ? Are there any foods shown that you would not change ? 



