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Ingestion of carbohydrates Calorimeter experiments (continued). 

 Discussion of calorimeter experiments. (continued). 



Sucrose 178 



Maltose-dextrose mixture 182 



Bananas and sugar 185 



Bananas 190 



Popcorn 192 



Rice 194 



General discussion of calorimeter experiments with carbohydrates 194 



Maximum effect of carbohydrate ingestion on metabolism (direct calorimetry ) . 195 

 Total increments in metabolism after carbohydrate ingestion (direct calo- 

 rimetry) 198 



Respiration experiments 202 



Statistics of respiration experiments 204 



Dextrose experiments 205 



Levulose experiments 211 



Sucrose experiments 215 



Lactose experiments 222 



General discussion of respiration experiments with carbohydrates 224 



Maximum effect on metabolism of carbohydrate ingestion (indirect calo- 

 rimetry) 225 



Dextrose 225 



Levulose 227 



Sucrose. 227 



Lactose 229 



Comparison of maximum increments obtained with various pure carbo- 

 hydrates 230 



Total increment in metabolism after carbohydrate ingestion (indirect calo- 

 rimetry) 232 



Dextrose 234 



Levulose 235 



Sucrose 235 



Lactose 236 



Comparison of total increments in metabolism obtained with various pure 



carbohydrates 237 



The respiratory quotient after ingestion of carbohydrates 240 



Dextrose 240 



Levulose 242 



Sucrose 243 



Lactose 244 



Comparison of respiratory quotients obtained with various pure carbo- 

 hydrates 245 



General discussion of results obtained with pure carbohydrates 247 



Ingestion of fat 251 



Statistics of experiments 251 



Discussion of experiments 254 



Olive oil (mayonnaise) 254 



Cream 254 



Butter and potato chips 258 



Conclusions regarding effect of ingestion of fat 264 



Ingestion of predominatingly protein diets 265 



Beefsteak 265 



Middletown calorimeter experiments 265 



Discussion of experiments 266 



Boston calorimeter experiments 270 



Discussion of experiments 271 



