Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1917-12-07
MEANING OF GALORE
AND EFFECTS ON MAN

fure FOOQ Inspector y. n. White SA
plains the term calorie peculisr to
food values, showing that II is a
measure of heat and that the average
man or woman needs $3.50 calories to
keep going to perform daily duties. |
The statement OF the commissioner
follows:
When you buy corn meal for five
cents in bulk. or and one-half cents
in packages, do you realize that the
pack caSt5 - per cent more than
the bulk price?
Prt*es -ic- Il 27 certe per pornd
liz over 240 per cent higher than the
best bulk rice at II cents. and does
not contain a particle more food
In your buying observe the relative
food values III article
Food value is measured by calories
To hcoin with it is a measure of
heat. Heat, as ordinarily understood
is produced by burning coli or wood
or oil or so on. Heat is not pro
duced by covering up in bed-that is
only way of saving heat
Anything will burn-even steel
heated red hot and put in liquid air.
will burn like taper.
Meat. bread-anything will burn.
and when 1t burns it produces heat
The faster 1t burns the faster it pro-
| duces heat, and the slower it burns,
the slower it produces heat.
USED TO REASSURE.
What is burning?
Burning is just process Of
chemists call it Oxidation 1t means
oxygen uniting with something.
| When iron rusts, the oxygen of the
air unites with the front is a slow
of hrvr In
| that we cannot perceive the heat that
| is f~aneratcl
| Now, when we take heat into the
stomach, it burns, or oxidizes, and
| does it rapidly enough to produce
heat That is what keeps rs war''7
| When you want to measure how hot
an oven is you do it with thermom-
eter. If you want to run the heat up
higher you increase the fire. The ther
mometer says the heat goes up 50
MANY degrees. Now the thermome
| ter is used to measure actual heat,
| but suppose you wanted to know how
much heat a ton of coal will yield
when you burn it. The thermometei
could not be used unit, YOU burned
the coal. But from tests 1t can be
calcnla ted Just how much HIT a to-
of coal or a pound of steak, or a
pound Of cheese will yield upon bein :
burned. and that is measured IN this
way: 1t takes a certain amount of
heat to raise the. temperature of a
liter (about one quartz of water one
degree certiorade THAT ar,Gp~t al
heat is called calorie. Now, if a
pound of bread is buried i -e-i'1 nroa
duce enough heat to raise 1855 litevs
of water one degree. centigrade: or
as we say. it contains 1855 cal9rt,s
If pound of cheese is burned = viii
yield enough to raise 2n55 lt.""s Of
water one degree. certirradn: hence
we say cheese yields 2055 cal ,ries
per pound This is trr~ ~, 49, vhc
bread and cheese are burned in a
furnace or Somebody ho6y.
FOOD VALUES.
One pound Of lettuce yields 20 cal
cries.
One pound of asparagus yield; los
calories.
One pound of lobster yields 140
calories.
One pound Of oyster yields $50
calories.
One pound Of white potatoes yield
so calories
One pound of rice yields 1850 cal
cries.
one pound or dried beans yields
i 1905 calories
One pound of lean beef yields $50
calories
One pound of peanuts yields 1895
calories.
One pound of butter yields 1926
calories.
One pound of cheese (full cream
yields 2n5S calories
A pound of full cream cheese has
as much food value as 80 pounds OF
lettuce
The avertge daily requirement OF
the average man doing ordinary
things. is estimated at $3.50 calories
If man needs $3.50 calories and
has only q little money to spend, II
would be folly. if rot tragedy. te
snend it for lettuce or lobster, rather
than bread or cheese.