Food That Builds Good Health (1951)

mmm bacon and eggs and buttered toast what you have some about some jelly too and proves they're delicious we have milk and a big glass of orange juice there's nothing like a good healthy breakfast to start the day off right and a meal like this should satisfy anyone well almost anyone except art Baker art just doesn't eat the food he should he only takes what he likes no wonder mother is worried she knows that eating the right food zillow me ism to good health art is pale and underweight and he doesn't have very much energy and arts disposition well when mother asked him to help her with a marketing after school see how cross he gets he'll have to learn that Fool has a lot to do with the way you look and the way you feel did you ever notice that some boys and girls seem to look and feel better than others they always seem to be and full of vigor and vitality cheerful smiles bright eyes and strong and husky bodies it certainly is wonderful to be like that isn't it art would like to have as much fun as anyone else but he just can't keep up do you think that I'd could ever look and feel healthy like the other boys and girls well what's this guinea pigs arts class has been raising these guinea pigs for some time now this is Pat he's strong and healthy and full of pep and energy isn't he don't you think watching Pat is lots of fun this is mike say doesn't look like Pat does he see how unhealthy he seems to be not very much prep and energy no it isn't much fun watch these days why isn't Mike as healthy as Pat art can remember just a few months ago when the class first got Pat and Mike they had the same start they were both the same size and age and both were strong and healthy in the classroom they both received the same treatment only one thing was different the food patran for Mike's on a chart arts class kept a careful record with check marks to show when Pat and Mike were fed hey the chart looks like this and today it's arts turn to feed the guinea pigs one kind of food for Pat and another kind for Mike do you think do you think this difference in the kind of food they eat has made the difference between at and unhealthy Mike yes that must be the right answer you see Pat gets a balanced diet containing all the different kinds of food and guinea pig needs to be healthy but Mike's diet is unbalanced he gets plenty to eat have all the kinds of food he needs so Pat is strong and healthy but Mike is not the kinds of food you eat make quite a difference apply to people our bodies need the balance of the various kinds of food to make us strong and healthy tool we need foods rich in proteins carbohydrates fats vitamins minerals and water proteins help us with growth fats and carbohydrates are important suppliers of energy vitamins and minerals are good for body regulation and water serves to transport all these materials throughout our bodies can you guess where these materials we need come from why from the foods we eat of course those foods fall into basic food groups milk vegetables fruits eggs meat cheese or fish cereal or bread and butter or enriched margarine every day you should eat some of the foods in each of these groups it's up to you if you don't eat the right foods regularly you may not be strong and healthy if you do eat the right foods regularly your body will get all the material it needs for good health well after school art tried helping mother with a shopping and he found it was fun to try to help pick out the foods that will make good healthy meals take milk for example that's an important food group when we're growing up we should have about four glasses of milk every day to help build strong bones and teeth and now let's go on to another important food group vegetables' certainly is quite a variety to choose from lettuce spinach cabbage carrots celery squash and a lot more besides potatoes we should have two or more servings of vegetables daily next something from the fruit group look at all the different kinds cherries pears apples pineapples watermelon oranges will take some oranges fruits are especially good for body regulation we should have two or more servings every day and let's take some Tomatoes art is not so fond of tomatoes but if they help make us healthy he's willing to eat them and who knows he'll probably grow to like them eggs are another important food that help make us healthy there are all sorts of ways to prepare eggs we should really have an egg every day now let's see meat what kind will we have for dinner meats of all kinds or fish or poultry or cheese any of these would fill our daily requirement of this group of foods and there's certainly a variety to set a tempting table there now is there anything else Oh ass another important food bread and mother always make sure it's whole grain or enriched and to go with the bread butter or enriched margarine they contain that help provide us with the materials we need for energy now we have foods from all the group's necessary to make healthy well-balanced meals can you remember what they are milk vegetables fruits eggs meat bread and butter these food supply what our bodies need for good health and here's what a healthy dinner looks like ready to eat just look at that roast and potatoes carrots bread and butter lettuce and tomato salad and milk a well-balanced meal with something from each of the food groups and look at art he's eating a good helping of all the things on the table whether they're his favorites or not he's going to become just as strong and healthy as anybody else and during the weeks that followed every time art sat down to a meal he remembered the things he had learned about foods and health about how Pat and Mike showed that eating the right foods regularly can make you look and feel healthy and how our bodies different kinds of materials from the right foods and what these food groups are and how we must have the right amounts of each to have a balanced diet yes art has learned that the food we eat has a lot to do with good health the right foods will help us to look healthy to feel free and most of all to be happy you