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...tons of powdered whole milk, 250 tons of evaporated and condensed milk. There will be more drugs and supplies, less food for France: 500 tons of powdered whole milk, 250 tons of evaporated and condensed milk, 25 tons of children's clothing, $100,000 worth of drugs and vitamin concentrates...
...though it is "extremely injurious to pulmonary tissues," is often essential for a child's diet. It should never be given to struggling children, never be fed to infants while they are lying on their backs. Safe procedure: give a few drops at a time, or use vitamin concentrates...
...pointed out the distinction between "undernourishment, or deficiency in calorie intake, and malnutrition, or deficiency in proteins, vitamins, and minerals," remarking that the more vital problem is to maintain the quality of the national diet, especially in regard to vitamin content, in order to "promote vigor, resistance to disease, and a high morale...
Next great food crusader was Wilbur Olin Atwater, who in the 1870s, following European methods, figured out the number of calories different occupational groups should consume. No vitamin faddist, Atwater urged U. S. workmen to fill their calory quotas with greater "energy-yielders"-meat, potatoes and bread-instead of watery stuff low in calories...
Depression Diet. Despite hard times, U. S. diets have grown more nutritious in the past ten years. Reasons: 1) more home canning; 2) more truck farming; 3) wide Government distribution of such vitamin-rich foods as oranges, grapefruit, milk, celery...