When one eats much fatty food does he require more
fresh air? Yes; for he needs the oxygen, to help in
digesting it as it contains less oxygen than starch and
sugar. That is one reason a person working out of doors
can eat pork, pie and fried cakes, when a person of seden-
tary habits cannot.
How does the body use the mineral matter found in
green vegetables and fruits, and in eggs and milk? They
are used in the teeth, bones and nails.
How does the body use fat ? Considerable fat is stored
in the body as a reserve fund ; but its principal office is
to keep the body's machinery going.
Would bean soup, roast beef, potato souffle, egg salad,
and plum pudding be a well balanced menu? No; it
contains entirely too much protein.
Should bean soup or egg salad be used with a heavy
meat ? No.
Would potato soup, fish, baked potatoes, macaroni, and
rice pudding make a well balanced menu ? No ; there are
too many carbohydrates.
What two foods should be generously provided ? Vege-
tables and fruits.
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Why? They are necessary brooms for the human body
to keep it swept clean of refuse matter which would clog
up the system.
Are fresh fruits and vegetables preferable? Yes; if
the price is not too high; then substitute dried, evapo-
rated, or canned ones.
Can one judge of the nutritive value of food by its
price? Not at all. The scarcity of a food increases its
price. Fruits and vegetables out of season cost several
times more.
What is the comparative amount of nourishment in
cheese and meat? There is twice as much nourishment
in a pound of cheese.
Is milk an economical food ? It is, although it is mainly
water it contains all the five fundamental types of food
material.
Name seven kinds of foods one pound of which would
have nearly the same amount of nourishment . Macaroni,
bread, corn meal, dried peas, dried beans, rice, or white
Hour.
Is there as much nourishment in a quart of milk as in
a quart of oysters ? Yes ; it has been proved by the Agri-
cultural Department.
Is there much water in meat? The flesh of the larger
animals will average about two-thirds water.
How does the amount of protein in a pound of lean
meat compare with the amount in a pound of milk?
There is about five time as much in the meat. But re-
member you must take the bone and fat all out first, then
reckon what your pound of lean meat cost, and compare
it with the cost of your pint or pound of milk, remem-
bering there is five times more protein to the pound of
lean meat, but even so, you may be surprised at the com-
parative cost of protein in the milk, and realize that it
may better be substituted in liberal amount instead of
too much meat.
Is the meat from young animals as nutritions as that
from older animals, or in other words is lamb as nutriti-
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ous as mutton, or veal as nutritious as beef? Meat from
young animals is not as nutritious, does not keep as well,
but is more tender.
Is there more nourishment in the expensive cuts of
meat? There is not as much nourishment, but they are
more tender, so are more easily and quickly cooked.
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AI-modernized reading of the original text
When one eats much fatty food does he require more fresh air? Yes; for he needs the oxygen, to help in digesting it as it contains less oxygen than starch and sugar. That is one reason a person working out of doors can eat pork, pie and fried cakes, when a person of sedentary habits cannot.
How does the body use the mineral matter found in green vegetables and fruits, and in eggs and milk? They are used in the teeth, bones and nails.
How does the body use fat ? Considerable fat is stored in the body as a reserve fund ; but its principal office is to keep the body's machinery going.
Would bean soup, roast beef, potato souffle, egg salad, and plum pudding be a well balanced menu? No; it contains entirely too much protein.
Should bean soup or egg salad be used with a heavy meat ? No.
Would potato soup, fish, baked potatoes, macaroni, and rice pudding make a well balanced menu ? No ; there are too many carbohydrates.
What two foods should be generously provided ? Vegetables and fruits.
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Why? They are necessary brooms for the human body to keep it swept clean of refuse matter which would clog up the system.
Are fresh fruits and vegetables preferable? Yes; if the price is not too high; then substitute dried, evaporated, or canned ones.
Can one judge of the nutritive value of food by its price? Not at all. The scarcity of a food increases its price. Fruits and vegetables out of season cost several times more.
What is the comparative amount of nourishment in cheese and meat? There is twice as much nourishment in a pound of cheese.
Is milk an economical food ? It is, although it is mainly water it contains all the five fundamental types of food material.
Name seven kinds of foods one pound of which would have nearly the same amount of nourishment . Macaroni, bread, corn meal, dried peas, dried beans, rice, or white Hour.
Is there as much nourishment in a quart of milk as in a quart of oysters ? Yes ; it has been proved by the Agricultural Department.
Is there much water in meat? The flesh of the larger animals will average about two-thirds water.
How does the amount of protein in a pound of lean meat compare with the amount in a pound of milk? There is about five time as much in the meat. But remember you must take the bone and fat all out first, then reckon what your pound of lean meat cost, and compare it with the cost of your pint or pound of milk, remembering there is five times more protein to the pound of lean meat, but even so, you may be surprised at the comparative cost of protein in the milk, and realize that it may better be substituted in liberal amount instead of too much meat.
Is the meat from young animals as nutritions as that from older animals, or in other words is lamb as nutriti-
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ous as mutton, or veal as nutritious as beef? Meat from young animals is not as nutritious, does not keep as well, but is more tender.
Is there more nourishment in the expensive cuts of meat? There is not as much nourishment, but they are more tender, so are more easily and quickly cooked.