Excerpt from What Shall I Eat and Why?: Essential Food FactsDietary 'pattern' TO meet the recommended allowances Milk, adults 1 pt., children pts. To 1 qt. Egg, 3 or 4 times per week. Meat, 1 serving (1 02. At 1 yr. Up to 3 025. For adults). Vegetables, 2 servings. One green or yellow. Fruit, 2 servings. One citrus or tomato and one Other, as apple, prunes, etc. Potato, one or more servings. Butter or fortified oleo, (100-500 calories). Whole grain or 'enriched' cereal and bread, at least half of the intake.Sugar, fat, etc., to complete calories. Committee on Food and Nutrition, National Research Council, May, 1941.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.