Radio and television mirror (July-Dec 1951)

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By VICTOR H. LINDLAHR Noted Nutritionist Vegetables, like diamonds, are a woman's best friend. It's all in the way you prepare them "rj1he trouble with reducing diets is I that you must eat so many vegetables," women complain, "and the trouble with vegetables is that they taste horrible without butter or rich sauces." But there's an answer to this: the American woman with her imagination and creative talents has made herself the most attractive, chic female in the world. If she would put the same imagination into the preparation of low-calorie foods, she will find there are more different kinds of tasty vegetable dishes than there are different women's hats. This may sound like a brash statement since few men have ever seen two women wearing the same hat. But it is true. First, I'll remind you that vegetables are among the richest sources of vitamins and minerals. Everyone needs vegetables but they are the particular friends of overweight people, for vegetables contain fat-destroying enzymes that help turn those excess bulges into working energy. "But to be truthful," women have been heard to say, "I shudder at the mere mention of cooked vegetables." And with little wonder. The way many vegetables are prepared, they taste like boiled cardboard. Each day thousands of cooks commit mayhem on the plant kingdom. And only because they have not put the same thought into side dishes as they do into the main course. Consider that there are about fifty tasty members of the plant kingdom used in cooking — how many have you eaten? This is the first test of whether you have taken (Continued on page 77) Victor Lindlahr's expert comment on food and health is heard Monday through Friday at 10:45 A.M. EST on ABC. Sponsored by Serutan.