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VICTORY GARDENS ARE NEEDED
Analyses of Vegetables Consumed Show Inadequacy of National Supply
If the nutrient content—energy, protein, vitamins, and
minerals—of the vegetables consumed annually per person in the United
States is estimated from the average analyses of these vegetables as
harvested, the inadequacy of our national vegetable consumption, as
judged from our nutrient requirements, becomes very evident. All of the
vegetables consumed per person annually supply enough to meet the
requirements of a man of average weight and physical activity, as
estimated by the Food and Nutrition Board of the National Research
Council, of energy for 22 1/2 days, of protein for 24 2/3 days, of
calcium for 30 days, of iron for 81 days, of vitamin A for 100 days, of
thiamin for 52 1/2 days, of riboflavin for 27 4/5 days, of niacin for 51
days, and of vitamin C for 283 days out of the year.
While it is admitted that cereals, after all, supply most of our
energy and meats most of our protein, it should be emphasized that
vegetables are our best sources of vitamin C, excepting the citrus
fruits, and are among the best sources of vitamin A and niacin.
Furthermore, the quantities estimated above are those in the fresh, raw
vegetables. The amount of vitamin C left in the vegetables as eaten
after handling, storage or processing, and cooking, probably is
considerably less than one-half of that in the fresh, raw products. On
this basis, the public obtains probably no more than one-third of its
vitamin A and vitamin C requirement from vegetables, which are among the
best and cheapest sources of these nutrients.
Representative Members of Five Pennsylvania Families Are
Shown
With Some of the Produce from their 1943 Victory Gardens
Photograph by B. P. Hess
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Victory Gardens
Handbook of the
Victory Garden Committee
War Services, Pennsylvania
State Council of Defense
April, 1944
TABLE OF CONTENTS
page v
page vi
page vii
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