It's All in Knowing How (1954)

[Music] so it's all in knowing how is it well watch this yes something's wrong all right last year it looked like Bob Troy had all the M back but this season it's a different story somehow he lacks his old drive the break seem to be going against him not only in football but in almost everything take Al she's noticed the difference in him no question about that lately he hasn't been much fun to be with and well C Andrews that make the walk home kind there's Jimmy then boy he's just kidding but Bob's not having any thank you just one thing after another yes for these past few months it seemed like he could couldn't win around the house things weren't much better it seemed to him that the family was always after him about being on time for meals and about what he ate or didn't eat but the more they worried about him the grouchier he got and the less he was interested in any kind of food he was just plain Fed Up tired and run out of Pep and the sad part was he didn't know why luckily for Bob Troy however there were still a few people determined to help him get back his old pep and happiness that same night his parents had a chat with Mr Ferell the coach who also taught biology as they talked an explanation appeared the results of Bob's physical examination were fairly good and the doctor had said there was nothing serious about his gradual slowing down in fact it happens too often regardless of age however it usually can be corrected yes corrected by two of the simplest most enjoyable remedies known to man you bet I inan it Bob sit down a moment you start getting enough sleep and enough of the right foods and mark my words in a few months you'll be back in top shape but Mr frell I mean I get quite a bit of sleep and I certainly eat all I want the point is what do you eat and how much rest do you get suppose we look at it this way last summer when you worked out at the airport you learned a lot about planes didn't you well your body is hundreds of times more complicated than any aircraft even the most perfectly tooled plane factory made each part Precision engineered will not fly very long unless it's given intelligent care and supplied with enough gas oil hydraulic fluid and so forth without any of those without skilled care that plane is headed for serious trouble just as your body is headed for trouble if you don't give it the right combinations of food every day as well as plenty of sleep suppose you tell me how much sleep you had yesterday outside of class I mean and also exactly what you ate well as Bob thought back he began to realized there was plenty of room for improvement he'd had only 6 hour sleep and often got less Not Enough by a long shot no wonder he couldn't drag himself up mornings and when he finally did he had time for only a quick glass of fruit juice his family of course got up in time to enjoy a good breakfast but not him he had to rush off to school and then by 10:30 he kept checking his watch for lunchtime getting more ravenous by the second at last when lunch came he spent a good deal of money trying to satisfy his hunger again had he eaten enough and included all the right Foods at dinner that night he filled up on one or two things he liked best and left the rest of a good meal unfinished sure he was too tired too discour but now he was beginning to understand why Bob if your body were an airplane caress treatment would put it on this scrap Heap but of course your body doesn't just quit when you don't treat it right it tries to keep going by making changes gradual changes that affect your energy your personality and the way you feel now you learned in biology that your body needs certain nutrients from food every day remember why you need the mineral calcium for bones for nerves and for muscle action even for your heartbeat because your heart is also muscle tissue to give firmness to your muscles you need protein you need the mineral iron in red blood cells to carry oxygen from your lungs to your body cells and you have to have vitamins vitamin A for vision thamin for steady nerves vitamin C for healthy blood vessels and other tissue riboflavin and other nutrients to help your body grow maintain itself and use food properly how you know all this Bob but you've been forgetting that you need a sufficient variety of foods to give you BAS basic met amounts every day and along with them the necessary calories to give you energy for work in sports energy for fun and for just being and feeling alive looks as if you've been missing a lot doesn't it yeah it sure does Mr frell all right now this is just a suggestion but I've got an idea just how you can do something about it in the biology course we're working on a project that made me well Ferell was a Sly old Fox at that what had he done but suggest Bob help Alice with an idea she had for her nutrition project in biology not that Alice needed help really she'd already noticed what a difference proper rest and good eating made in her pep and personality that was the beginning Bob was good at charts and they worked one out together they based it on the foods he needed each day and the reasons be Behind These needs the chart would fit Alice too providing she ate a little less than Bob of each of the different kinds of foods they listed the nutrients as Mr Ferell had done calcium protein iron different vitamins then they drew a goal line it represented the recommended amounts of different nutrients their food should give them each day for instance meat fish or poultry or Al alternates two servings and an egg would give them this fine base of nutrients notice the protein iron and vitamins then they added vegetables and fruits five servings long on the green leafy and yellow vegetables and on citrus fruits and tomatoes look at the buildup in vitamins particularly a and C next whole grain or enriched bread and cereal at least one generous serving at each meal adding some of many nutrients as well as energy but even with all these Foods while they could see that they were coming closer to the goal there were still big gaps one more food group was needed Dairy food for a boy Bob's age the equivalent of 1 to 1 and 1/2 quarts of milk a day plus butter Bob chose four glasses of milk a serving of cheese and ice cream and three Pats of butter actually these Dairy Foods put him over the Gold Line in nutrients for milk and milk product Supply most of the calcium and riboflavin plus protein and other essential essential nutrients no wonder milk and other Dairy Foods belong in every meal yes cold milk to drink at Meal Time and in refrigerator raids milk in cooked foods and butter adding its flavor and food value to many foods cheese to suit any taste and ice cream so good and so easy to serve in many ways yes it's all in no knowing how and as Bob helped Alice assemble the chart he saw how easy and pleasant it is to eat intelligently and the interesting part was that while he could make the goal in nutrients if he ate these kinds and amounts of foods he still needed more food for energy this meant he could go back for seconds or add other favorite foods to fill that energy need see that looks all right doesn't it now you mean if I eat all of that I won't get out of shape well not if you don't overdo it eating the right Foods doesn't make anybody fat and it won't cheat US of our snacks either look at me look at Tom Andrews I'd rather look at you the more Bob began to look around him the more he realized how much he'd been missing lately he saw for instance why his parents got up in time for a good breakfast together I used to cut my sleep short and I'd have to eat breakfast on the run the way you've been doing well finally caught up if I hadn't started getting more sleep and eating correctly I might have lost my job believe me Bob care of yourself really pays off and Bob didn't have to be told either because he could see a lot of things now really envied were the ones who took care of themselves they were the ones having fun getting enjoyment out of of good eating and the friendly companionship shared over food and once Bob realized what he'd been missing he made up his mind to do something about it no no Miracles and the change didn't happen overnight either but gradually As Time passed Bob had new pep and a new attitude at home and everywhere now that he'd given his body a break it was beginning to pay him back in energy stamina and steady nerves in personality and looks and best of all he was having a good time again fun with Alice fun with his friends fun with his family by Springtime he was looking ahead with a wonderful kind of confidence that would carry him on through school and into Aviation or whatever career he sought because Bob Troy was back in shape again and ready to roll yes like the man had once said it's all in knowing how