Color Of Health (1960)

[Music] my [Music] as childhood passes and youth grows to adulthood the toys and playthings of yesterday are discarded and forgotten today is a time of new challenges new ideas new responsibilities [Music] they say the world is ours who wants it we didn't ask to be here and now the moon the universe in all of space sometimes i'm afraid it isn't our world now this is more our world [Music] [Applause] [Music] read read read read read read [Music] what are they trying to make of us no more than you can be and what is that what are we really well let's take a good look at you actually you each are a total of three different ewes there is a physical you a mental you and an emotional or spiritual you and what you are as a whole person depends upon how fit you keep each of your different selves because these cells vitally affect each other oh i see when one of me is weak then all of me is not as good as it could be but how do i keep these three cells of mine healthy i think i know our parents and our church help us to learn how to live and we study and we learn and we exercise to keep ourselves physically healthy that and more for instance let this disc be you the 3use emotional mental and physical you take a closer look it takes more than exercise to maintain physical health i agree you have to have rest and sleep too i know i do and what about medical and dental care in food you both are right now let's make all three of these as active as we can see how the total u is a blend of all three i see that all right but what difference does it make if the blend isn't exactly right well if everyone were just like you perhaps it wouldn't make any difference you'd fit in nicely everywhere but everyone is not alike [Music] that's right in my group they're not all the same nor in the group i'd like to join yet every group wants to be better to have the strongest members and this requires that each member be strong physically mentally and emotionally it seems to me there ought to be some way we could strengthen all three at once there is in your physical education classes oh come on now well the exercise part for physical health i can see all right [Music] but how does it exercise the emotional me that would be the part represented by the blue wouldn't it it is and have you ever thought about this learning to play by the rules develops sportsmanship develops character and so does learning to share the game i know it's fun to win but when you lose you have to know how to take it right and that's emotional and spiritual development [Music] you know there's more to this than i thought there was i agree but how does the third me the intellectual me work together with the other two it's like this i think take any of the games you play as a team or as a group we have to think then act and play the game according to the rules and like it [Music] i wish that thing would stop a minute that's easily enough done we said that food was part of keeping healthy that's right and i know we talk about food and diet in health education classes but how important is it really that's what i want to know too i'm not going out for any of the teams so why should i worry about a balanced diet maybe you can figure it out for yourselves if you'll just let those mental cells of yours work for just a few minutes without any food what would you be there'd be no you at all and it's not only enough food that you need but the right food too only with the right nutrition will you feel like doing the things you like to do and the things you have to do and feel that you can be the one you'd like to be without the right nutrition the chances are you just won't measure up to the standards of your group eating a complete diet will help your mental alertness and is a factor in emotional stability too i guess they never really thought about it too much but what should we eat what should you put on this table what do you need well first of all you are warm-blooded beings sony fuel for energy just like the furnace in a building you want to be active too and we need fuel for that we prove that in our science class [Music] so you'll need some fuel on your table won't you and i haven't stopped growing yet so i suppose i should have something to build bone and other tissue and how about repairing and replacing tissues now here's another plate do you know what it's for i thought we'd covered everything not quite i like to have a lot of pep to do the things i want to do and the things i have to do i like to look just as good as i can and i like to feel good too and for those reasons you need something for pep vitality for the normal functioning of your bodies but what well you need minerals and vitamins for that perfect vitality and you need fats carbohydrates and protein to furnish calories and proteins and minerals from which bone and other tissues are built this is the nutrition team that plays the game of helping to keep you healthy now watch what happens when one of these essentials is removed [Music] remember when your diet is unbalanced your physical self will not be healthy and so your whole self suffers you will not be as alert as you can be and you'll be hard to get along with you do want a full team a strong team a good team naturally but one that looks like something good to eat then how about this here is where your nutrition team comes from take protein for instance protein comes from meats eggs dairy foods dried beans and from enriched and whole grain bread how about minerals these foods are rich in minerals such as iron and calcium enriched in whole grain bread are important sources of minerals and you recognize the vitamins character don't you vitamin a comes from deep green and dark yellow vegetables and from whole milk butter and margarine too and i learned the other day that you have to have b vitamins to keep healthy here are the best known of the b vitamins thiamin riboflavin and niacin thiamine is the vitamin most likely to be shorted in most diets it is found in pork enriched in whole grain bread and cereals beans and potatoes riboflavin is found in milk enriched in whole grain bread and cereal meats and green vegetables niacin is found in poultry fish enriched in whole grain bread and cereals and potatoes and i think you get vitamin c from fruits tomatoes potatoes and leafy vegetables yes and there are other vitamins vitamin d for example that you get from the sun from seafoods and from fortified milk you'll find that all foods carry calories some more than others you must have calories to stay alive of course if you don't have enough you'll be too thin and if you have too many well just remember that the total of all you eat in one day depends upon how big you are how active you are and how efficient your body is and when you eat morning noon or evening or even for snacks remember that the full nutrition team will work for you only when you choose your food to include some of each of the basic four groups tomorrow at breakfast the most important meal remember and choose wisely for the sake of your total health i suppose we should but it isn't always easy especially when there's a choice but the choice is yours i think i understand if i want to be healthy in every way then i must try to make the right choice and if i want to do that i expect i better pay more attention to what they teach in physical education classes me too i hope that more and more i'll be making my own choices and i'd be pretty stupid to make the wrong ones to choose between better and worse that is the sacred privilege of every human being just how the choice is made depends upon each one and upon what he or she really wants to [Music] be [Music] you