BREAD AND THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN

Dominion, Volume 14, Issue 1, 27 September 1920, Page 4

BREAD AND THE HEALTH OF CHILDREN

CRISP TOAST FOE MASTICATION. (Published under the authority of the " Education Department.)

In the last article reference was to tho superiority of wheatmeal over white bread from a nutritional point of view, and also at a means towards tho prevention of dental disease. Wheatmeal bread is regarded by some as not. so palatable as white, but in riality, when properly ma6tieated, it is very much more palatable, having a nutty flavour which is quite wanting in white bread. More careful chewing and more thorough: mixing of food with the saliva, not only .enhances its flavour, but if put into praolico would go far to eliminate indigestion, a common, complaint in modern communities. , As a food for children, wheatmeal bread, toasted or crisped in the oven, U highly recommended. Every alula likes it. It provides for the adequate exercise of the jaws and muscles of mastication. Its flavour is excellent, and it is easilv digestible. It should be buttered cold. It is a good plan for children to eat this oven-toast with softer foods, and in this wav the habit of more deliberate and careful eating « *™™ d ' W hard, crisp food satisfies the natural craving of children for something to chew. Many children lose appetite through being fed too exclusively on soft pappy, foods. The habit of vigorous mastication Shard food by bringing an increased supply of blood to tho Parts.. contributes Abetter development <*-**K™ ?" the teeth, wb ch aro developing in the gums It is a valuable aid, also, in the prevention of adenoids. „, k Oven toast s made as follows:-lane a loaf of wheatmeal bread, one day old by border to counteract the incr« f^ffood 1 £%KH»« ° f 6U I bolting looa, ine _. jj c »H on is a real food which has become necessity. This ovm . j lo children at every meal. _