Eat For Health (1954)

[Music] hello my Mom this is Ralph Judy and Frank want me to stay for dinner is it all right with you oh je thanks bye there's something we all enjoy about staying for dinner ever why it's because eating with others fun people like to come together at meal times enjoy each other's company while they're enjoying good food meal time is fun for Frank and it's fun for Judy too but it's different with Ralph will you have some peas Ralph gosh Mrs Scott I don't like peas oh that's too bad well how about a baked potato then well okay Che Ralph why aren you eating remember that picture we saw what picture the picture was the and in the five groups of food oh that was just school work no Ralph isn't enjoying his dinner much maybe it's because of that candy bar he had just before dinner whatever it is Ralph's good time with Frank and Judy is spoiled the next day is Saturday and Ralph's tired but Frank and Judy feel differently we're going skating today can Ral come with us well I don't know I think he's still in his room just a moment let me see Ral Frank and Judy are here and want you to go skating with them hi Frank hi Judy hi can you go skating with us outside it's just right I don't feel like going skating thanks anyway that's too bad maybe he can go tomorrow bye kids bye that's how it's been for quite some time Ralph just hasn't had the pep that he should have and now Ralph begins to wonder why maybe there was something more in last week's classwork than he had thought that hand for instance that his teacher had drawn five fingers that point the way to health what was it now bread and butter of margarine milk and cheese chees meat and eggs vegetables and fruits those are the foods you should eat every day if you want to be healthy the first one bread and butter or margarine reminds them of Kenneth why because those are energy foods and Kenneth has the most energy in class whole grain breads like whole wheat and rye are especially good for you if you do eat e white bread make sure it's enriched enriched bread has vitamins added to it cereals give the same kind of energy and health values that bread does especially whole wheat cereals and oatmeal butter and margarine contain fats they give you energy in a different way from Breads and cereals butter and fortified margarine have vitamin A in them which is necessary to good health the second finger that points to health represents milk and cheese and somehow they remind Ralph of the tallest children in class that's because milk and cheese help the body grow milk is about the most perfect food there is a glass full at every meal is good for you and with one more that makes a quart A Day vitamin D milk helps build strong bones and teeth and Ralph has decided that it must be lots of milk which has given Linda such a bright smile cheese is a bodybuilder too and there are many kinds to choose from the third finger represents meat and eggs and Ralph thinks of George right away cuz he's the huski and the strongest boy in class meat and eggs help the body grow and make it strong meat is good for you and there are many kinds there's beef there's pork and ham there's lamb fish is good and so is chicken and other poultry and egg a day is good for you too boiled fried scrambled poached her anyway meats and eggs are high in protein which helps build red blood and strong muscles the fourth finger pointing the way to health represents vegetables and here Ralph thinks of several children in his class for there are many kinds of vegetables potatoes for instance are an energy food and baked potatoes eaten with their skins and butter or margarine have lots of vitamins and minerals too when it comes to green and yellow vegetables thinks of Wendy the prettiest girl in the class and there's so many different kinds green vegetables like string beans asparagus and broccoli there are salad vegetables like lettuce and many others like celery radishes and carrots carrots are good cook too and so is squash and other yellow vegetables like rabaca [Music] cauliflower and cabbage are good too yes there are hundreds of wonderful vegetables the important thing is that all kinds of vegetables are good for you whether they're raw or cooked they're important for good health for lots of energy and pep for clear skin and bright eyes for shining gleaming hair and above all for that wonderful sense of feeling good the last finger represents fruit and there are two kinds some are especially rich in vitamin C and help ward off some of the diseases that keep you in bed they help cuts and bruises heel faster too foods with lots of vitamin C in them include orange juice grapefruit strawberries melons and of course whole oranges certainly vegetables like tomatoes and raw cabbage are also rich in vitamin C you should have a vitamin C Food every day for vitamin C isn't stored in the body very long finally there are the fruits we eat for dessert wonderful fruits like apples bananas peaches pears plums grapes and many others nuts make a good dessert too they're rich in energy proteins vitamins and minerals and now as Ralph thinks about it he realizes that each of the children he admires depend on all the foods for their health and not on just one food George is strong Wendy is pretty Linda has a bright smile and Kenneth has lots of Pep not because of any one food that they eat but because they eat some of all kinds of food for it takes five fingers to point the way to healthful eating habits and Ralph goes over them in his mind every day eat bread and butter milk and cheese meat and eggs vegetables fruits and a vitamin C Food thinking about all this food has made him hungry he has a candy bar around as usual but now Ralph has has a better idea of why he shouldn't let candy and sweets substitute for other Foods sweets don't have the proteins the vitamins or the minerals the bodybuilding qualiity is of other Foods so for the next few months Ralph really worked at learning to eat all kinds of foods Ralph would you like some peas I don't want well okay well what happened to you he'd sample everything that was served to him and even if it didn't happen to be a food that he preferred he'd eat some of it [Music] anyway at night he'd go over the five food groups and see how he had done that [Music] day after a month or two of this Ralph suddenly realized that a slow change had taken place without his noticing it he found that eating had become fun what's more his health was better and he had more pep he had more fun than he used to and more friends and all because he had learned to eat by counting his Foods on his fingers oh