The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1907-06-08
SOURCES or ENERGY.
Wonderful Results Of Expert
ments With Fruits and Nuts.
COMFORT FOR veoeTARIANs.

Old Fashioned Apple Butter One Of
esst Things 70 Eat Say Agricultural
expsrts-uss Of Fruits and Nuts
with Other Foods Recommended
Genuine comfort for the yegetarians
ana fruitarlans b given in bulletin
which has recently been issued by the
department Of agriculture on the sub
ject OF fruit AZ food, says Washing
tm correspondent Of the New York
Globe.
Comparison is made OF the value Of
fruits from a nutritive standpoint and
their cost with the nutrtttve value and
cost OF other foods It is shown that
10 cents will ON an average purchase
fully as much energy when spent for
fresh fruits and more when spent for
dried fruits than for lean meats. but
much less than when expended for
wheat -four. From the data as a whole
II b apparent that fruits are reason
ably cheap sources OF energy In the
diet.
For instance, 10 cents worth Of fresh
apples win furnish 1.467 calories OF en-
ergy. while 10 cents worth Of porter
house steak will furnish only about
third as much vim. or 444 calories Of
energy.
One Of the best things to eat from
tho standpoint OF production of energy
b plain. old fashioned apple butter.
Ten cents worth Of apple butter pro
duces four times as much energy ms
10 cents worth Of steak or mutton.
such plebcian substance as gooseberry
jam will produce twice the energy Of
steak or mutton and nearly as much
energy os milk Generally speaking,
jams, preserves, etc, are high In their
capacity to produce energy.
The fact that bread IL the ctaf OF
life, however, Is Indicated In the sta
tistica, showing that for 10 cents one
can buy A0OO calories Of energy. or
more than can be had for this sum by
investment In fruit. meat, milk or
vegetables.
The data published IN the bulletin
b based on experiments made by
Professor N. 70. Jaffa mt the California
agricultural experiment station In Co
operation with the nutrition investiga-
lions that have been carried on by the
department. ok aQ1culture a4 Washing
eOn.
Dietary stufies have been made at
the California agricultural experiment
station, and Il was found that fruit
and nut diet supplied the subjects with
amounts of protein and energy which
orc directly comparable with those OBJ
tained by many other persons from q
mixed Diet though In general the guam
tities were smaller than are supplied
b. the diet ok the average family. TT
should be said" according to the Of
Acial report, 'Athat the persons living
On fruit and nut diet apparently
maintained their normal health and
strength, and Il Is only fair to con-
clude that II for any reason such a
course seems Desirable It Is perfectly
possible to select a diet made up Of
fruits and nuts which, for long periods
ut any rate, win supply the body with
the requisite protein and energy, as
was shown by detailed study Of the
results Of the California experiments.
In such Diet nuts were the principal
sources Of protein and nuts, olives or
tho expressed olive oil the chief source
Of fat, while fruits. fresh and dried.
supplied the bulk Of the carbohy-
orate4"
The department Of agriculture does
not 20 80 far a. TO conclude that q
fruitarian diet In general y equal or
superior to the ordinary mixed Diet
but It does assert that fruits and nuts
should be considered fairly econom-
ical source Of nutrftive material" 1t
commends these foods IN combination
with other foods