The average business woman requires 2500 calories of food per day.

The average housewife requires 1800 calories of food per day. The reducing diet calls for 1200 calories of food per day.

Meats

Beefsteak - av. helping.. 185 cal.

Tenderloin - av. helping. 285 cal.

Roast beef - av. helping. 150 cal.

Roast chicken - av. help. 180 cal.

1 frankfort.............. 100 cal.

1 large chop............ 100 cal.

1 slice bacon............ 25 cal.

1 pork chop.......160 to 300 cal.

Boiled ham - av. helping. 250 cal.

1 sausage............... 60 cal.

Turkey - av. helping..... 250 cal.

Lean fish like halibut.... 120 cal.

Salmon - av. helping___ 200 cal.

1 sardine............... 25 cal.

1 oyster................ 8 cal.

Lobster - av. helping.... 90 cal.

Crabmeat - av. helping.. 100 cal.

Vegetables

Asparagus - 1 stalk...... 5 cal.

Beets - 2 H. T.......... 30 cal.

Baked beans - 3 H. T. .. 150 cal. Baked beans - home made 300 cal.

Lima beans - 3 H. T.... 130 cal.

String beans - 2 H. T.... 15 cal.

Cabbage - 3 H. T....... 5 cal.

Carrots - 3 H. T......... 18 cal.

Cauliflower - 3 H. T..... 8 cal.

Celery - 6 stalks........ 15 cal.

Radishes - 6 ............ 15 cal.

Cucumber - 10 slices.... 10 cal.

Lettuce - 1 head........ 33 cal.

Spinach - 1/2 cup........ 25 cal.

1 cup cream sauce...... 145 cal.

Turnips - 2 H. T........ 25 cal.

1 large tomato.......... 50 cal.

Mushrooms - 8 oz....... 100 cal.

Green peas - 3 H. T..... 100 cal.

Corn - 2 H. T........... 100 cal.

Ear of corn............ 100 cal.

Onions - 2 large........ 80 cal.

1 baked potato......... 100 cal.

1 sweet potato.......... 200 cal.

1 boiled potato......... 145 cal.

2 H. T. mashed potatoes 110 cal.

Potato chips - 10........ 100 cal.

Squash ................ 70 cal.

Tomatoes - 2 H. T....... 15 cal.

Fruits - Nuts

Apple - small .......... 50 cal.

Banana ................ 100 cal.

Berries - 1 cup.......... 100 cal.

Cantaloupe - 1/2 ........ 90 cal.

Cherries - 1 cup......... 100 cal.

Grapes - 1 bunch........ 100 cal.

Grapefruit - 1/2.......... 100 cal.

Lemon ................ 30 cal.

Orange ................ 100 cal.

Peach ................. 50 cal.

Pear .................. 90 cal.

Pineapple - 2 slices...... 50 cal.

Plum .................. 30 cal.

Prunes - 4 with sauce... 100 cal.

1 olive.................. 10 cal.

1 almond............... 10 cal.

1 pecan................. 20 cal.

1 walnut................ 25 cal.

1 ■ sweet pickle.......... 25 cal.

2 T. rhubarb............ 130 cal.

1 H. T. jelly........... 100 cal.

1 fig.................... 60 cal.

Raisins - 10............ 80 cal.

Honey - 1 H. T......... 100 cal.

1 tablespoon mayonnaise 100 cal.

Desserts And Dairy Food

Ice cream - 1 tablespoon 100 cal.

Rich cake ...........200-300 cal.

3 cookies............... 100 cal.

Gelatine pudding........ 70 cal.

1/4 cup pudding......... 170 cal.

1/6 pie - 2 crusts....... 350 cal.

1/6 pie - 1 crust........ 250 cal.

1/3 cup custard......... 100 cal.

1/2 waffle................ 100 cal.

1 ginger snap........... 20 cal.

1 graham cr?cker....... 35 cal.

1 soda cracker......... 25 cal.

1 slice bread........... 100 cal.

1 muffin................ 125 cal.

1 pancake.............. 100 cal.

1 lady finger........... 35 cal.

Av. helping - means' average helping H. T. - means heaping tablespoon. T - means tablespoon.

1 macaroon............. 50 cal.

1 tablespoon thick syrup 100 cal.

1 ball butter.............120 cal.

1 cube cheese.......... 100 cal.

1 glass milk - skim...... 80 cal.

1 glass milk - whole.... 160 cal.

1 tablespoon cream..... 50 cal.

1 tablespoon whipped cream ........... 100 cal.

1 egg................... 80 cal.

Miscellaneous

Cream soups............ 125 cal.

Consumme . •........... 15 cal.

3 T. thick gravy........ 100 cal.

1 T. catsup............. 100 cal.

1/2 cup rice............. 100 cal.

2 H. T. spaghetti....... 90 cal.

2 H. T. spaghetti with cheese ........... 200 cal.

1/2 cup. popcorn......... 100 cal.

3 cubes sugar.......... 90 cal.

2 H. Teas. sugar........ 100 cal.

2 1/2 teasp. peanut butter 100 cal.