Crittenden press., 1901-08-29
SCIENCE OF EATING.
1t Is Being Studied by the Depart
ment of Agriculture.
-eIection of Foods with Reference
10 Human HCauircments-Slo
Cooking IL the Hest OF All
Cooking,

ing prepared IN the department
of agriculture; lectures which
teach temperance in all things, such
a. eating, drinking, tilling. planting,
hoeing, moving. reaping. Every
branch and division OF the great de
partmcnt of agriculture is working
on common sense practical lines.
In one of the divisions to-day il was
was ascertained that the people Of
this country do not know how to
choose the foods they eat or how to
cook them afterward. This burden
OF ignorance falls most heavily upon
the wage-workcrs who, taking an av-
eragc among them, use onc-half Of
their money To buy food, this cSti-
mate not including the cost of cook
ing The poor man wastes IN pur-
chasing provender; his wife wastes
in preparing il for the table. When
an intelligent person buys a coat he
has a pretty fair idea as To whether
it fits him and how it will wear. But
when he invests i'm meat and pota.
toes he has little information as to
how much nutriment they contain
or whether IL is of "a kind suited to
his bodily requirements.
These men of science say that
when man buys coal or wood for
the winter ne knows exactly how
many tons or cords he will need;
but that the average man has no
idea Of the amount or kind OF fuel he
needs for his body-for food is fuel
10 keep the human physical ma
chincry going.
IL is OF interest and value to know
that the average human being. lead
ing a moderately active life, requires
80 ounces of food per diem. lie CON
sumes 81 ounces Of water and alb
serbs in breathing 80 ounces 81 oNy-
gen from the air. His total bodily in
come, therefore, is about eight
pounds daily. What he needs for his
support each day is four and one-hfth
ounces Of fesh-forming albumcn.
TWO ounces of iat-enough 10 make
a fair-Siled candlc-l7is ounces of
sugar and starch; four-ffths Of an
ounce of mineral matters, such aS
common salt, potassium. etc. two
quarts OF water, and $50 gallons OF
oxygen. SO much water is contained
IN solid foods that we may be- said
20 eat as much water as We drink.
In order To supply the substances
above mentioned man should eat
daily 2O ounces OF bread. eight
ounces OF beefstcak. 80 ounces OF po-
tatoe~ and one ounce of butter. with
one quart OF water or the equivalent.
A human being is composed mostly
Of water. The body of man weigh
ing l5i pounds contains 90 pounds or
10 quarts of water. To complete his
makeup must be added - pounds Of
albumen. ten pounds OF gelatine. %
pounds of fat, sH pounds Of phos-
phate of lime. one pound OF carbon
ate OF lime, three ounces of sugar
and starch. seven ounces OF huoride
OF calcium, six ounces OF phos phatc
of magnesia, triHc OF chloride OF
potassium and little ordinary table
salt
The stt tents Of food do not eV-
pect ali men and women TO know all
of these facts by their own expert
ence, bu: they expect ultimately 20
be able To teach people the science
and art of eating so that life may be
greatly prolonged. They have gone
so far as TO invent and construct an
apparatus for measuring the physic-
al income and outgo Of human be-
ings.
IL is a metal box. inside Of which
. man is placed. lie stays there for