The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-03-11
ARE YOU TOO FAT, TOO LEAN.
OLD OR YOUNG? HERE'S DIET
(6Y Or. w. A. EVANS IN THE
CHICAGO TRlBUNE.)

The amount of food, expressed in
calories, eaten by farmers in Connecti-
cut, Vermont and New York in a GER
tain investigation. averaged $3.50. The
amount required by man lying
quietly in bed is 1910. These farm
ers, therefore. needed about 1000 CAL
cries to furnish them the energy to
do their work
The amount of food required by
women Of the same weight as men,
and doing the same work as men, is
the same as that required by men. If
women require less food than men
it is because they weigh less and be-
cause they do not work SO hard.
Aside from the calorie or heat and
energy requirement OF food, the most
important requirement is the protein
requirement. The protein requirement
Is about 1927 protein calories day.
Another way of stating it is to say
that the body requires lis grams of
protein a day
Dr. Rose suggests that one fourth
of pound of meat a day will furnish
one-third enough protein for a work.
ingman, that he will get another third
from the ordinary portions of bread,
cereals, fruit and green vegetables, and
that glass of milk, an egg and some
cheese, beans or nuts will furnish the
other third. Authorities vary greatly
as to the amount of protein a man
needs in a day. OF some Importance
Is the ash requirement. A man needs
of phosphoric acid about AZ grams, of
calcium oxide about 10 grams. and Of
iron about one fifth of grain.
Rich in Phosphorus.
The foods richest in phosphorus are
buttermilk. fresh Goldfish. celery, spin
ach. fresh haddock. lettuce, cauliflow-
er. lean beef. cottage cheese, aspara-
gus, hard cheese, dried beans. milk.
rhubarb. turnips. string beans. cab
hage. egg yellow, tomatoes, dried peas.
onions. peas, oatmeal and green corn.
One hundred calories OF buttermilk
tone and one eighth cups) contains
three times as much phosphorus as 100
calories of green corn Zone half cup).
The richer foods in calcium or lime
are cauliflower, ,gcelery, buttermilk
spinach, .cheese. milk, cabbage, string
beans and carrots One hundred cal
orics Of cauliflower Zone half medium
head) contains considerably more than
three times as much lime as 100 call
cries of carrots three or four medium
sized roots). Cauhflower contains 50
times, as much lime as white bread.
The food generally prescribed wnen
lime il needed in milk
The richer foods in iron are spin
ach., string beans. cabbage lean beef
celery, egg yellow, Strawberries. dried
beans. tomatoes, carrots. dried peas,
potatoes, beets, turnips. graham bread
One hundred calories of spinach
cooked 1.-TWO and one-h half cups) con-
tain 10 times as much iron as two
slices Of graham bread. Milk and white
bread contain only quarter as much
iron AZ does graham bread.
Ranks in Protein.
are as follows. Dry gelatin. cod, fresh
steaks, chicken, lean meat halibut
steak. lean round beef. canned SAL
mon: oyster solids, skim milk, eggs,
buttermilk. Frankfort sausage, dried
peas, navy beans. whole milk. shelled
peanuts. oatmeal. macaroni. white
bread, cornmeal. One hundred calories
1.-TWO and three quarters tablespoon
fuls) of dry gelatin contain seven times
as many calories as do several slices
600 calories) of white bread How
ever gelatin protein is less service
able as food than that Of white
bread. meat, milk and eggs
Using the above data as a basis,
DR.. Mary s. Rose gives some dietaries
in Feeding the Family" as follows:
Fuel value, l.4OO calories: ordinary
requirements. 2.+O0 ,e.ii6rits.l II The dff-
ference Is to be rfiHdc ttpf by biirriniing