The Five Food Groups

Study them. Every food you eat may be put into one of these groups. Each one serves a special purpose in nourishing your body. You should eat some food from each group daily.

Group I. Vegetables And Fruits

Eat these freely. They contain mineral matter, vegetable acids, and body-regulating substances necessary to health. Eat them when they are in season. Eat local products. They are cheaper and fresher.

Group II. Meat And Meat Substitutes

They help build up the growing body and renew used-up parts. Except in the case of milk, which should be used in large quantities for children, the amount required is not large.

The United States Food Administration asks you to:

Save - pork, ham, bacon, beef, and mutton.

USE - milk, eggs, fish, cheese, nuts, beans, peas, peanuts, soya beans, poultry and game.

Group III. Cereals And Other Starches

These act as fuel to keep you warm and to let you do work. They also give your body some building material. They are the most economical fuel foods.

The United States Food Administration asks you to Save - wheat, whole wheat, graham, rye, white breads, Victory breads, crackers, wheat breakfast foods, wheat pancake flour, white flour cakes, macaroni.

USE - corn, barley, rice, oats, hominy, soy bean products, 100 per cent substitute breads, cornstarch, tapioca, Irish potatoes, sweet potatoes.

Group IV. Sugar, Syrups, Jelly, Honey, Etc

These foods supply fuel to the body, and add flavor to foods. They are, however, used in much too large quantities. Sweet fruits contain much sugar and are better for us than candy.

The United States Food Administration asks you to:

Save - cane sugar, brown sugar, beet sugar.

USE - molasses, syrups, honey, preserved fruits, jellies, jams, maple sugar, grape sugar, corn sugar, corn syrup, and maple syrup.

Use also the natural sugars found in raisins, figs, dates, prunes, dried fruits and cocoanuts.

Group V. Fats

Fat is fuel. It is needed by hard-working people. Remember that expensive fats are no better fuel than cheap ones. Use drippings. Don't let the butcher keep the trimmings from your meat. They belong to you. Children need butter fat. Give it to them in plenty of whole milk or in butter.

The United States Food Administration asks you to:

Save - animal fats (bacon, ham, salt pork, lard).

USE - vegetable fats, (olive oil, corn oil, cottonseed oil, oleomargarine, etc.). Fats trimmed from meats, drippings, top milk for cream, and butter in moderation.