98 ELEMENTARY BIOLOGY 



PART OF MR. REXFORD'S ONE-PORTION FOOD TABLE 



Milk, whole . . . 

 Buttermilk . . . 



Butter 



Cheese, full cream 

 Eggs, boiled (2) . 



Beef, sirloin . . 

 Beef, chuck, lean 

 Beef, dried . . . 



Bacon 



Ham, lean . . . 

 Lamb, leg . . . 



Chicken, broiled . 

 Salmon (canned) . 

 Brook trout . . . 

 Oysters .... 



Bread, white, homemade 

 Oatmeal . . . 

 Macaroni, boiled 

 Beans, baked . 



Cabbage, boiled 

 Potato, boiled 

 Apple, fresh 

 Banana . . 



Dates . . . 

 Figs . . . 

 Orange . . 

 Peanut . . . 

 Walnut, English 



-Sugar .... 



Weight of 

 Ordinary 

 Helping 



(Ounces) 



6.0 

 6.0 



0-5 

 i.o 



475 



2.25 



3-0 

 1.0 



1.0 



2.25 



3-5 



3-5 

 2.0 



1-75 



3-5 



2.0 



4.25 



2.75 



3-25 



4..00 

 3.00 

 5-5 

 3-5 



1-75 

 2.0 



5.0 



0-5 

 0-5 



0.25 



Ounces 



OF 



Protein 



19 

 iS 



05 

 26 



64 



37 

 57 

 26 

 I 



49 

 67 



75 

 44 



33 

 21 



iS 



03 

 oS 

 02 



05 



04 



09 



04 



'3 

 oS 



Ounces 



OF 



Fats 



4 

 03 

 43 

 34 

 50 



36 



4 



07 

 66 



55 

 44 



09 

 24 



36 

 04 



03 

 02 



02 



18 



09 

 01 

 02 

 02 



,05 

 01 

 01 



19 



32 



Ounces 

 OF Carbo- 

 hydrates 



.29 

 .02 



1.07 

 ■49 



00 

 08 



06 



73 

 78 

 77 



59 



5 



58 



12 



,oS 



Calories 

 Furnished 



123.6 

 61.9 

 II2.5 

 122.4 

 227.1 



137-1 



172.5 



49-4 

 188.6 

 203.2 

 194-3 



1 10.5 

 1 14. 1 



135-9 

 36-4 



I53-.1 



76.5 



286.2 



182.0 



35-2 

 82.S 



99-6 

 100.8 



177.6 



184.4 



75.0 



So. I 



103-4 



indeed, there are animals and certain plants (bacteria and 

 molds) that can get along very well on proteins alone ; nor is 

 there any reason to doubt that a human being could also liv^e 

 on a pure protein diet. But, as we shall see later, we cannot 



