Women's News & Views

Press, Volume C, Issue 29558, 6 July 1961, Page 2

Women's News & Views

Hot Lunches Recommended For Working Girls

If either a milkshake or a cup of coffee with a cigarette is your lunch, it is not enough, says an article from the Department of Health. At 12 p.m. or 1 p.m. the body requires more fuel to carry it through the second stage of the day. A milkshake does have food value absent in coffee, and you may not want to eat starchy bread, but a cigarette for the second course will not help you overcome the 4 p.m. flag.

Our bodies require energy acquired from the action of calorie intake in the correct proportions, the article says. An average, active person between 17 and 25 bums 3000 calories a day. These are necessary for shiny hair, clear skin and bodily vitality. which are the fundamentals of beauty. On a day like yesterday, something hot for lunch is essential for working girls. At present several lunch counters in the city are serving hot soup in cartons, toasted sandwiches and cheese rolls. A hot lunch five days a week should not consist solely of pies or fish and chips. Mahy persons say they do not feel like a hot meal in the middle of the day but usually make up lot it at afternoon tea time. Many say the same about breakfast BIGGER WAISTLINE One bun contains 300 calories, a good percentage

of which will not be absorbed at once but will form fatty tissue guaranteed to add inches round the waistline.

Why not try having an adequate breakfast and lunch each day instead of eating between meals? A cereal with hot milk, an egg with toast and a cup of tea wiU do far more good than an extra slice of cake at morning tea time. And a nourishing, wholesome lunch will keep you warm and alert through the afternoon. On warmer days, try supplementing a milkshake ot coffee with fresh fruit, or even a packet of nuts. Dates or raisins also give energy. Bring a flask of soup to the office with you, or sandwiches with cheese or honey, or a slice of bacon-and-egg pie. Skipping lunch is no help towards slimming. The first place to lose weight and colour will be your face. A reliable slimming guide suggests less bread in the diet but also emphasises meat or vegetable soup for winter, egg or cheese, raw fruit and tea. coffee or milk. Children, too, need a warm-

ing lunch in the winter. If they cannot come home for lunch they can take soup with them in a small, in-1 expensive thermos flask. A small piece of cake or a biscuit must only be an extra in this lunch as it should be in an adult's lunch. Better., still, give the child an extra piece of cheese or a piece of fruit in addition to the apple or banana’ already in the lunch.

The pre-school child who baa his main meal in the middle of the day ’.nil present no problem in this dietary pattern. But his food at this hour of the day is very important, especially during the winter. He should never be allowed more than a hoti milk drink and a piece of raw carrot or fruit at midfnorning. Whenever possible, a piece of unpeeled apple or I" any raw fruit or vegetable should be given after each meat It is important for cleaning teeth and encourages chewing.

If children are introduced to the correct foods from the beginning they will be assured of fresh complexions and healthy teeth for the rest of their lives. Greater resistance to colds and ’flu will also be built up. Tn rushing to provide families with hot lunches, mothers should not neglect their own. Instead of snatching a piece of bread and jam with a cup of tea (usually eaten standing up at the bench) make sure there is soup left aver for you. Your own health is almost as important to your family's welfare as their own.