DAIRY AND THE DIET.

Hawera & Normanby Star, Volume XLII, Issue XLII, 6 January 1923, Page 9

DAIRY AND THE DIET.

Do you realise the value of milk in tlie diet? It is very rich in the mineral constituents which are most essential to the body. Milk and cheese are richer in calcium than any other foods. While the iron content of milk is not usually high, metabolism experiments indicate that tlie iron of milk is utilised to especially good advantage.

Its proteins, because of chemical constitution, are easily digested. It is the best source of growthpromoting substances necessary for all children. Because of these and the high calcium content, milk is in a clais alone when nutritive efficiency is taken into account.

Considering the cost of meat and milk, milk furnishes more energy' and phosphorus than meat, and proteins and iron of equal value if not equal amount. It, therefore, seems advisable to spend as much of the money regularly allowed for food for milk a"s for meat.