FOODS AS BUILDING MATERIALS 15 



The following facts about foods are especially 

 important for us to remember. Proteids, fats, and 

 carbohydrates should all be included in our diet, the 

 amount being varied according to what we seem to 

 need. More heat producing food is required in cold 

 than in warm weather, and we can add to our comfort 

 at any season of the year by using judgment in our 

 choice of food. If we happen to have a dislike for 

 one of the important food components, we should 

 keep trying until we find some food containing it that 

 can be both relished and comfortably digested. It 

 is wise to eat temperately of sugars and other sweet 

 foods that please the taste for a moment but in large 

 quantities may do much injury. 



What a great mistake it is for children to be al- 

 lowed to develop and persist in a dislike of necessary 

 foods ! In the first place, they do not receive the daily 

 body-building aid which these foods might supply. 

 Then there are dangerous diseases in which such foods 

 as milk and eggs, for instance, are about the only diet 

 that can be safely used. Naturally persons having 

 a preestablished dislike for these cannot relish them 

 at such a time, and so their chances for recovery are 

 greatly lessened. Indeed, children should be made 

 to eat staple foods, nor should they be allowed to form 

 detrimental habits in choosing improper diet. How 

 many cases of nervous troubles, poor digestion, and 

 weak bodies are due to lack of proper training in these 

 respects ; experienced physicians can testify. 



