New-York tribune., 1917-07-29
Watch the Calories in Your Food
And Famine. Will Take Care of Itself
.s-,.rt Tells How to Get the
Greatest Value for the
Money, by Buying Ac-
cOrding to Nourishment
Contained in All Common
Articles.
q, DIR. CHARLES F. BOLDUAN
.,or of the Bureau of Public Health
rrySneation Of the Department of
Health. New York City

Il .s-.rfNT NI lNt hhANa VI n abAN
"Fiueation Of the Department OF
/ Health, New York City
n cbinaman who had never seen a
locomotive once asked what made
20, monstrosity go. The engineer
.Tss in pigeon English: "Heap
- man inside drink plenty water,
!, .osl; no water, no coal, no workee,"
~. Is equally true Of the human
..sipe. Other fuels are substituted
,o.l or wood, but they are none the
,,sls. and some Of them are better
others. Il is the object Of the
.,, article 10 differentiate between
-. Of the ordinary foods so that the
4 -, of a person or family can be so
'ssssd that maximum food values can
@aL,oined with the minimum Of ex-
The planning Of meal nova
4 ur;tb war prices tackled on to an
49, cost of living, is not so simple
onre was, and great campaign
4 .iocation is now in progress along
H. The question of marketing is
~ N inportant one, and frequently
of the most nourishing and easily
Sa...5 foods can be obtained at most
.s!s,ste figures if exact knowledge OF
Z. food values is substituted Tor the
IA appeal 20 the eye.
y. brief. all food materials may De
.bly classified into two classes-nu-
.;ss and non-nutritive. The nutri-
q. Nv '.Sonstituents may be roughly divlid-
iDto. first, protein, which lncludes
.itrooenous substances, except the
..arorous " fats; second, cerbohy-
.-.as such as sugar. starch, ceilulose,
tbird fats: fourth, mineral mat
:, AZ ash. and fifth, water.
"u of these substances are necessary
.Is human economy. Food is neces-
=, for two purposes-to repair the
tissues. and to furnish energy
- Isst or work. In our subtle cheml-
y Isborstories we transform entirely
- chemical substances, and tins
-; he taken into consideration, con-
vously or unconsciously.
CslOric Is Unit of Measure
n. methods Of calculating the en-
~ foods are strictly scientific, and
a vr;+ of measure is the Galore,
,s;.b is the text of the present article.
q .sioris is the amount of heat when
m raise one liter of water (shghtly
,srs than a quartz one degree Cent?
f>,z6s Scientists have calculated al
80 syerv type Of food, and have gwen
j. 49, certain number of calories per
md which, by very simple process
gs BE- converted into cslories per por-
t,s. as ordinarily served.
ne fuel foods are burned IN the
s,iv exactly as they are burned IN
b, and the resulting products are the
a-s-carbon dioxide and water. IL
r,ossible 10 live entirely on vege-
ss diet. although those who ahect
), diet usually make large use OF TWO
grv convenient and highly concen-
-sted foods of animal origin-namely,
/ nyk and eggs. Nature adapts the body
verv closely to the kind Of food habit
psIiv used. In this country meat
] forms a large part Of our Diet and
/ his results in our great energy com
/ JARED with nations which exist primer
tally upon such foods as rice, although
| 4 does not follow that sucn peoples
| rave no capacity for work.
| Scientists have discovered that those
Vho lead sedentary lives require only
] ,bout $500 calories--i. e., heat units
day. Women usually require
/ snaller number Of calories than men,
but the amount varies with the WORK
oerforned Thus, a washerwoman re-
oaires $500 calOries, while a seam
stress could exist land unfortunately
hsy often do on 1900 calorles' A
nan engaged in very heavy work. IKE
4 lunberman, may require 5000 Gallo
res Food must have bulk. Thus
Wound Of watermelon has food yalue
Il only 60 calories, but the water and
nl1lsse are Of value.
Interest in Food Values Growing
= Iis interest in the subject Of food
ralsss EXPRESSED in calories IS very
grtatu the present time. One concern
o. raaurart propr:etors has gone so
fsYuto print in parentheses the num-
bf Of ealories. thus: "i632-429) cold
;in OF corned beef, potato salad, ~
asisD indicates that the portion as
Ep,lied would have 632 calories if
isn vas ordered. or 429 if corned beef
isogld be selected. This is a most val
.lble Innovation. and should be unlYer-
ally adopted. and should even be or
-slsd by the Board Of Health.
n the entrance hall 10 the American
glseum Of Natural History we ind
nfee tables with appetiZing meals set
li A. first sight the visitor might
hirk the food is clevcrly made Of wax
Efapier mache, but on a good not Day
tfen the butter melts,.it dSwns on one
"a, the food is real-not property
isse, The cost Of the entire 1000 LOT
re day is only about % cents.
~ ID I'm 81 q
trlss, is a. follows:
Breakfast: Stewed prunes, 100; sugar,
~ milk, 100 cOrnmcal mush, lou; put
~ le9; milk, 80; sugar, 80; bread oO;
hisl, $50.
Luncheon: Bacon and beans, 5O0;
Hik, $50; bread, 100; butter, IOO'
Sehes, 90; total, 300. 90,
,.Dinner: Soup, Is; bread 200; NILS
.s'i nee and milk, z3b; butter, lOOi
- $40; total, l,l0O.
Oar large engraving ghows'in graphi-
~ form a market with the articles
Nee9 in "calOries per pound and not
~.i2rs and cents. Some surprises are
z store. One is tempted TO 20 out at
nee and bug butter, cheese, bacon
--is. lGrd and crullers. Probably such
,-feaases would not bring the desired
.'siing Of contentment unless a liberal
s.sntty Of cereals and vegetables were
s<esd. Celery ig almost worthless az a
.isi producer. as is asparagus, whl4e
h't and lima beans bulk heavily. SPIN
tsa, cabbage and caulifOwer also take
back eeat along with cucumOers,
s'.is potatoes. onions, grapes and nuts
y1e i1t9 their own. The well thought
tl' humble banana is far above the
t1iocr5tic orange ard tomato; catsup
es1 a large increase over the tomato.
Anh "a valuable fuel food, as are eggs
~ gFiatiEe, aIG for this reason. des,
tIis made Of milk and eggs combined
~ geist.us are 20 nealthfuL
Fish an Excellent Food
hsh b. on excellent food, but the lob
- p rather disappointing when com