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A GUIDE TO
National Dairy Council’s adap
tation of the four-food-group plan
is called “A Guide to Good Eat
ing.” We’ll talk about it today be
cause the four food groups are a
foundation upon which you can
build good meals.
Each food group makes special
contributions to the nourishment
of your meals. Foods from all
four groups work together to
supply the energy and nutrients
necessary for health and for
growth.
Every person needs the nutri
ents from all four groups. The
only differences are that you
make adjustments for children,
Here is the Guide to Good Eating, spelled out:
Milk Croup Meat Croup
3 or more glasses milk - Children 2 or more servings
smaller glasses for some children Meats-, fish, poultry, eggs or cheese -
under 8 with dry beans, peas, nuts as
4 or more glasses - Teen-agers alternates
2 or more glasses - Adults
Cheese, ice cream and other milk-made
foods can supply part of the milk
Vegetables and Fruits
4 or more servings. Include dark green
or yellow vegetables; citrus fruit or
tomatoes.
Now if you follow the guide and have the minimum servings
suggested for each group daily, you will (if you are an average adult
male) get each day, the following: 96% of the protein you need;
98% of the calcium; 86% of the iron; 75% of the thiamin; 98% of
the riboflavin, over 100% of the vitamins A, C, and niacin; and
only about 1,100 calories.
Additional foods chosen from the same groups will give you
more calories and may give you more nutrients to meet all the
recommendation®. The variety of foods in the four food groups
named in the Guide also will give you other nutrients known to be
needed in the human diet.
Doctor
in the Kitchen”
by Laurence M. Hursh, M.D.
Consultant, National Dairy Council
GOD EATING
teenagers and adults, or if, say,
a woman is pregnant or nursing
her baby. The foods don’t change
- merely the number and sizes of
servings.
Now remember, the following
four-food-group information wifi
not meet all your needs. What
happens is, the minimum number
of servings suggested for each
group, if used in daily meals, will
give you a large share of the
Recommended Daily Dietary Al
lowances (RDA). As the guide
says, additional foods will give
you the extra calories you need
and hopefully will fill out your
total nutrient needs.
Bread and Cereals
4 or more servings
Enriched or whole gram
Added milk improves
nutritional values
Consumers,
to Know
by LEE LANDIS
“Sensible shopping makes
cents” is a good motto to keep
in mind whenever you make
a purchase, according to Vir
ginia Knauer, director of the
U.S. Office of Consumer Af
fairs. In an open letter in
“Consumer News,” she cites
another good motto, “Com
parison shopping makes
sense," as a particularly wise
one to follow when you are
trying to feed a family with
in a food budget.
A good example is a test
case made by the First Na
tional City Bank of New
York. Two shoppers were
sent to the same supermarket
with the same grocery list.
One was to compare prices
when she made a selection,
while the other was not. The
result was $ll.lB difference
in their grocery bills. The
comparison shopper paid
$25.12 for similar items that
cost the other shopper $36.30.
Mrs. Knauer points out
that comparison shopping in
volves making five decisions
based on comparisons,
1. Compare your own menu
possibilities. For example,
chicken with dumplings vs.
spaghetti with meatballs, or
squash vs. eggplant.
2. Compare prices. Use the
unit pricing concept which
compares price per ounce,
quart or pound rather than
just the whole container,
package or loaf.
3. Compare size. Consider
your needs and storage fa
cilities. Large economy size
vs. small, or half gallon vs.
pint, or dozen vs. six. You
gain nothing if the larger
size spoils before using it.
4. Compare convenience.
Grated cheese vs. a package
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