Healthy living . 3. Bread and butter. 4. A baked apple or some stewed fruit. Food Saving in War Time.—As a result of the ruinwrought in the fertile fields of France, Belgium, Russia,and Roumania by the great war and because so manymillions of men have had to spend their time in de-fending their countries instead of cultivating thesoil, the world supply of food has run very short in thelast few years. We in the United States who have asurplus must do our very best to save all the food wecan for the people in Europe who will need it so badly—after the war as well as during the war. Above all, we
Healthy living . 3. Bread and butter. 4. A baked apple or some stewed fruit. Food Saving in War Time.—As a result of the ruinwrought in the fertile fields of France, Belgium, Russia,and Roumania by the great war and because so manymillions of men have had to spend their time in de-fending their countries instead of cultivating thesoil, the world supply of food has run very short in thelast few years. We in the United States who have asurplus must do our very best to save all the food wecan for the people in Europe who will need it so badly—after the war as well as during the war. Above all, we want to save wheat, meat, fats, andsugar, for these are the foods needed by the peoples ofFrance and the other countries of Europe. We should 88 HEALTHY LIVING be very careful not to waste any good food, such asscraps of bread or bits of meat or fat. In place of these foods that are needed in Europe,we should substitute foods that cannot easily be sentacross the ocean, and foods which the people over there. Fig. 37.—The wheat fields of America must feed the French andthe Belgians and the English as well as ourselves. do not know how to use. We should eat fish and eggsand milk, instead of meat. We should eat com breadand potatoes, instead of wheat bread, because wheatis what England and France and Belgium particularlylack. We should not use any more butter and sugarthan we really need. Some Food Habits to be Avoided.—^The digestivesystem of the body works best if we eat at regular FUEL FOR THE BODY 89 times. Meals should be served at the same hourevery day, and no food should be taken except atmealtimes. Nibbling between meals is a bad a child is hun-gry in the middleof the morning, aglass of milk andsome crackers maybe made a regularfourth meal. The bad food habitwhich children aremost likely to formis the eating of toomuch of certain high-ly flavored foods—pickles, sweets, andthe like. The resultof this is that theyhave no appetite leftfor the good nour-ish
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