This section is from the book "A Manual Of Home-Making", by Martha Van Rensselaer. Also available from Amazon: A Manual of Home-Making.
These foods should supply a part of the day's energy. Fat seems to be necessary for two reasons: because it helps to regulate the rate at which food passes along the digestive tract; and because certain fats are carriers of a body-regulating substance necessary for growth. Children particularly need this type of fat.
Fat-rich foods which carry growth-promoting substances are: milk, cream, butter, eggs, cod-liver oil, meat fat, to a certain extent, and fat in soybeans.
Other fat-rich foods are: bacon, lard, drippings, fat meats, vegetable oils or food rich in oils.
 
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