This section is from the book "Food And Dietetics", by Alice Peloubet Norton. Also available from Amazon: Food and Dietetics.
It is by no means a matter of indifference whether the proteid be derived from any one of these food materials, or from a mixture of different ones. The other food ingredients present must be taken into account. For example, the three pounds of bread would furnish also more than a pound and a half of carbohydrates, a great excess of the required amount. The meat would vary in fat, but estimating the per cent as twenty, the pound and a half would yield four and eight-tenths ounces, more than would be required for the day. The quantities used of these different foods must then be so adjusted that the nutrients will be in approximately the right proportion. The deciding upon these different quantities from the percentage composition of the food is the essential point in calculating dietaries.
Ash, per cent. | Water, per cent. | Proteid, per cent. | Fat, per cent. | Carbohydrates, per cent. | Calories, per lb. | |
Milk..................... | 0 7 | 87.0 | 3.3 | 4.0 | 5 0 | 325 |
Butter............. | 3.0 | 11.0 | 1.0 | 85.0 | .. | 3,605 |
Cheese ........ | 3.8 | 34.0 | 25.9 | 33.7 | 2.4 | 1,950 |
Eggs...................... | 1.0 | 73.7 | 13.4 | 10 5 | .. | 720 |
Beef (sirloin)......... | 1.0 | 61.3 | 19.0 | 19.1 | .. | 1,155 |
Beef(round)... | 1 1 | 65 5 | -20.3 | 13.6 | .... | 950 |
Mutton (leg)..... | 1.0 | 63.2 | 18.7 | 17.5 | .. | 1,085 |
Fowl... | 1.0 | 63.7 | 19.3 | 16 3 | .. | 1,045 |
Cod (boneless salt) . | 19.0 | 55.0 | 27.3 | 0.3 | .. | 490 |
Cod (fresh).......... | 0.9 | 82.5 | 16.7 | 0.3 | .. | 325 |
Oysters............ | 1.1 | 88.3 | 6 0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 230 |
Apples.................. | 0.3 | 84.6 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 13.0 | 290 |
Bananas...... | 0.5 | 75.3 | 1.3 | 0.6 | 21 0 | 460 |
Sugar... | .. | .. | ... | .. | 100.0 | 1,857 |
Flour (white) ... | 0.5 | 12.0 | 11.4 | 1.0 | 75.1 | 1,650 |
Flour (entire wheat)..... | 1.0 | 11.4 | 13.8 | 1.9 | 71.9 | 1,675 |
Bread ..................... | 1.1 | 35.3 | 9.2 | 1.3 | 53.1 | 1,215 |
Crackers... | 1.8 | 6.8 | 10.7 | 8.8 | 71 9 | 1,905 |
Macaroni................. | 1.3 | 10.3 | 13.4 | 0.9 | 74.1 | 1,665 |
Corn meal... | 1.0 | 12.5 | 9.2 | 1.9 | 75.4 | 1,655 |
Rice... | 0.4 | 12 3 | 7.8 | 0.3 | 79.0 | 1,630 |
Potatoes............ | 1.0 | 78.0 | 2.2 | 0.1 | 18.4 | 385 |
Dried Beans... | 3.5 | 12.6 | 22.5 | 1.8 | 59.6 | 1,605 |
Dried Peas... | 2.9 | 9.5 | 24.6 | 1.0 | 62 0 | 1,655 |
Lettuce... | 0.9 | 94.7 | 1.2 | 0.3 | 2.9 | 90 |
Almonds.................. | 2.0 | 4.8 | 21.0 | 54 9 | 17.3 | 3,030 |
Raisins................... | 2.3 | 14.6 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 76.1 | 1,605 |
Chocolates... | 2.2 | 5.9 | 12.9 | 48.7 | 30.3 | 2,860 |
(See pages 36 and 37 for charts giving graphic representation of these foods).
 
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