Diets For Consumption - Some Principles Of Diet In Disease

In these Diets for Consumption it is assumed that no fat is assimilated except that artificially pancreatised.

In Table VII., The required amount of carbon is supplied by an excess of carbo-hydrates.

In Table VIII., The required amount of carbon is supplied by an excess of albuminoids.

In Table IX., The amount of carbon is kept low, because it is only intended as a temporary diet to be used during periods of rest in a warm room. The arrowroot and some of the fat of the milk are pancreatised by mixture with the pancreatic emulsion.

Diets For Consumption.-Table VII.-Carbo-Hydrates

Diets For Consumption.-Table VIII.-Albuminoid. With this Diet Hydrochloric Acid and Pepsine should be given to assist in digesting the very large quantity of Plastic Matter.

Diets For Consumption.-Table IX.-Temporary Fluid Diet