INDEX
Reading edition
Alcoholic beverages, 41
Appetite, 23, 35, 41
Balanced ration, biological analysis of, 9
Basal metabolism, definition of, 24 of boys, 26, 29 of men, 26 table, 28 of women, 27
Butter, 8
Cabbage, 7
Calorie, definition, 24
Calories, cost of, 35
Calorimeter, 24
Cane sugar, 41
Carbohydrates and muscular work, 40
Chittenden, 16
Corn and pellagra, 10 in Italy, 7 quantity available, 11 reasons for using, 10 syrup, 41
Cream, use of, 11
Diet, a balanced, 7 a proper, 23 Italian, 7 of purified food-stuffs, 9
DuBois, measurement of surface area, 26
Economy in diet, 8
Emaciation, metabolism in, 39
Energy of sun, relation of life to, 23
Fasting, metabolism in, 25
Foods, cost of, 35
Graham bread, 16
Graham, Sylvester, 16
Green leaves in diet, 8
Heat production in man, 24
Hindhede's dietary, 14
Life, nature of, 25
Meat and muscle work, 18 desirability of, 15 economic production of, 19, 20 in hot weather, 18, 43 restricted diet of, in America, 18, 20 in England, 19 in Germany, 18 specific dynamic action of, 17
Meatless dietary, 14
Men, metabolism of, 27
Metabolism, definition of, 26 in emaciation, 39 in fasting, 25
Milk, cost of, 13 economic production of, 19, 20 food value, 8, 13, 14 in pellagra, 10
Mineral salts, 8, 23, 25
Muscle work, 25, 30 and carbohydrates, 40 and diet, 17 and fasting, 17 and protein, 18 and undernutrition, 38, 39
Occupation and metabolism, carrying a load, 31 climbing, 32 industrial, 33 posture, 30 running, 30-32 walking, 30
Oleomargarine, 12
Olive oil, 8
Overfat people, 38
Oxidation of food-stuffs, 24
Peanut butter, 12
Pellagra, 9
Pork, economic production of, 19, 20, 21
Potato diet, 15
Rules of saving and safety, 43
Substitution of foods, 43 historical, 11
Summary, 43
Surface area and heat production, 26
Undernutrition, 38 and labor, 38
Vegetable oils, use of, 12
Vegetarianism, 16
Vitamins, 8, 23
Weight, reduction of, 39
Women, metabolism of, 27
Transcriber's Note:
The following corrections were made to the text: Du Bois to DuBois (p. 45, Index entry) and Oleomargarin to Oleomargarine (p. 46, Index entry).
The variant spelling "calory" (p. 32) has been retained.