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Te Ao Hou, December 1955, Page 57

BUILD SOUND TEETH Give your youngster's teeth a good start in life by building soundly … through good food AN ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE N.Z. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH The main building foods are: milk, cheese, eggs, liver, meat, fish liver oils, butter green and yellow vegetables. Also—sunshine for Vitamin D and fruits and vegetables for healthy gums. These foods are the main ones supplying most of the elements necessary for the building of turally sound teeth. As baby teeth begin to form during the second month of pregnancy, the mother should eat adequate amounts of these foods. When baby comes, breast feed him if at all possible. As he grows older, put him gradually on to the above foods. Note that some foods with help to clean the teeth, so eat one of these after every meal; raw fruits—such as apple, pear, orange, etc., or a piece of raw vegetable such as celery, carrot, tomato, lettuce. Immediately after every meal see that the teeth are cleaned