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Table 33. — Sunday diet {uncontrolled), typical of large intake of nitrogen and energy — 



Gid, Squad A, Jan. 13, 1918. 



Kind of food. 



Breakfast. 

 At laboratory; 



Roll 



Banana (one-half) 



Milk, topped (1 pint) . . . 



Shredded wheat 



Jelly 



Sugar 



At restaurant: 



Griddle cakes (2 orders). 



Coffee 



Extras — 



Apple 



Chocolates {\ lb.) , 



Bran 



Epsom salts 



Nitro- 

 gen.i 



gms. 



0.53 

 .11 



2.07 

 .48 



2.80 

 .16 



.09 

 .64 



Ener- 

 gy-^ 



cats. 



104 



50 



203 



113 



67 



40 



861 

 62 



85 

 892 

 100 



Kind of food. 



Dinner. 



Soup, tomato 



Beefsteak (4 pieces) 

 Potato (2 helpings) . 

 Gravy (2 helpings) . . 



Coffee 



Ice cream (2 dishes) 



Supper. 

 Toast (3 pieces) .... 



Coffee (2 cups) 



Custard pie 



Cookies (four) 



Peas 



Butter (1 pat) 



Total for day 



Nitro- 

 gen.i 



gms. 



0.65 



14.92 



.84 



.35 



.16 



1.08 



.92 

 .32 

 1.17 

 .67 

 .49 

 .02 



28.47 



Ener- 

 gy-^ 



cats. 



97 



676 



230 



65 



62 



523 



188 

 124 

 330 

 260 

 52 

 80 



5,264 



' Computed. 



after the subject left the Laboratory, with a very large dinner and a 

 large supper, although the exact distinction between dinner and supper 

 is somewhat in doubt. Suffice it to say that Gul on this day obtained 

 over 28 grams of nitrogen and 5,264 gross calories of energy. 



Although we had to base our computations not only for this subject 

 but for all others upon their personal statements, with no weighings 

 and only approximate estimates as to the composition of the cooked 

 foods, we have computed the probable nitrogen and energy intake of 

 the subjects on the uncontrolled Sundays, including, also, the labora- 

 tory breakfast. This is of such general interest, especially in subse- 

 quent discussion, that it is deemed important to present it in consider- 

 able detail in table 34. In general the amount of food eaten was very 

 large, the caloric intake being on the average not much different from 

 that obtained for the normal group of 12 men from the Y. M. C. A. 

 College studied from November 20 to 24. (See table 32.) The aver- 

 age nitrogen intake on these uncontrolled Sundays was 16.62 grams 

 nitrogen, and the average gross energy was 3,994 calories. Comparing 

 these amounts with the actual food consumption at or about this 

 period, it can be seen that the excess in the nitrogen and energy intake 

 was large during the break in training on these days. 



This excess food has been for us a perplexing problem, the sudden 

 ingestion of a large amount of nitrogen interfering considerably in the 

 intelligent interpretation of our results. The sudden ingestion of a 

 large amount of energy has not been so confusing, for the men in- 

 variably took considerable exercise on subsequent days or voluntarily 

 curtailed their diet to offset the excess intake. So far as possible, 



