THE VALUE OF MILK

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume LXI, 5 April 1926, Page 3

THE VALUE OF MILK

I.MIM)I!TANCK IN PIKT ll is a fac| thai the pliy-si calls' hig races of mankind are milk drinkers, while races of lesser stature cm.sum. iiii le milk or none at all. Km instance, the | pie ~f Ihe Itiitish Isles. Ilolland Siandinav ia. ( iermanv. and Northern Kuropc geii"iiill\ aiid the ! luted Mates, are larjje c onsiliiiers of milk, and are larger and taller than the people of auv other great division of the world. I here is ample evidence to prove fh'.'ulv Liiai there is a direct connection helween milk and large stilt lire. All the ether essentia] elements of food— meal. lish. grain vegeUihle—mav Ii" i/htaiiialile. hut If "milk is lacking the frame not reach ils highest devehijjmelil. Large stature is" mainlv due tu In.in- growth, and i-alcitim is the principal solid element ol' hone, [)r .Mary Swart/. IJuse. ■, Wist inguished authority on diet, says milk is the food richest in calcium (lhncM. This lUithcrify points out lhat ii is'essentia! lor everyone to have, a sttpplv iff lime, and patriciilarly imp,, riant' thai all flowing infants, children, and voiing oepie have plenty for ivconsl ruel ion iif hones and teeth. 'I here i s very little id meal/ and hread. none in idinmoi.' I.ils ami .sugars, and ei mjiai aI i \ elv lew "•mniiion fois.ls can he taken al.in'e and digested in large em,ugh ipianlilien u, ensure an adeijuale supplv ; whereas it pinl of milk (whole, skim. ~,■ i.mi,,,. milk], will guarantee 1,, .., guAvn person a siiflicicnl am.,nut. ntid a iptait a day will provide fur the greater needs of growing children. Whatever otiier foods we have we cannol allnrd to leave milk i-ni of He; die', heeauso of its lime. I'mler the ni.-t favourahle dielarv conditio-'is when the diet is liberal and varied, an adult should have i,l leasl half a pi of milk a day. and no child should be expected lo thrive with less than a pin:.