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FOOD VALUE CHART—Continued.

Foops WHICH PREVENT DISEASE AND PROMOTE GROWTH.

Vitamin Vitamin . Vitamin Vitamin
A. B. c. ; D.

Butter Cabbage Cabbage Cod-liver oil
Cod-liver oil Spinach Lemons Egg-yolk
EKgg-yolk Bread (whole wheat)| Lettuce Whole milk
Cream Beans Oranges Butter-fat
Whole milk Tomato Potato Green vegetables
Spinach Yeast Spinach Cocoanut oil
Cabbage Cauliflower Tomato
Carrots Lettuce Grapefruit
Lettuce Parsnips Apples
Sweet potato Potato
Liver Barley
Kidneys Oats
Squash Peanuts
Tomato Apples

Grapefruit

Lemons :

Oranges

Celery

Nuts

Milk

FOOD REQUIREMENT.

The automobile or engine requires a given amount of gasolene or coal to
run a certain number of miles. The driver must know his engine, and must
also know what fuel will give the best results, and just how much fuel is
needed. Just as fuel in the engine produces power to travel, so the food in
our bodies produces heat which supplies the energy for our work. This heat
has been measured by scientists. When we measure gasolene, we use a gallon
measure; when we measure milk, we use a quart measure; when we measure
cloth, we use a yardstick, so when we measure heat derived from food, we
use a calorie. Therefore, when we think of the food requirements of the body
we must think in terms of calories. It is not easy to measure the small
amount of food that will give one calorie, so our scientists have given us
another unit of measurement to be used in estimating food values. This unit
is called the 100-calorie portion. 3

TABLE OF APPROXIMATE 100-CALORIE PORTIONS.

(For the use of those who wish to estimate roughly the number of calories
eaten daily.)

Size of 100-calorie Portion (using %4-pint

Beverages.
Cups and Level Measures).

Buttermilk (see Dairy Products).

Cocoa (half milk and half water)...... 36 of a cup.
Cream (see Dairy Products).

Grape-juice (see Fruits).

Milk (see Dairy Products).