49 



, , Cost, 



Lunch: cents. 



Cracked wheat ( with sugar, but no milk ) 3 



Baked potatoes (2 potatoes) 2 



Graham crusts (see above) 1 



Total 6 



Supper: 



Two ( iraham crusts (see above) 2 



Pat of butter (ab(.)ut 12 grams) 1 



Fruit cake (1 small square ) 1 



Cup oi hot water 



Total 4 



Total cost for the day 25 



May 24. 

 Breakfast: 



Oatmeal (sugar, l)ut no milk ) 3 



Baked potatoes ( 2 potatoes) 2 



(iraham crusts 1 



Cup of hot water 



Total 6 



Lunch : 



Boiled hominy (sugar, but no milk) 3 



Two Ciraham criL^ts 2 



Baked potatoes ( same as above) 2 



Cup of h( )t water 



Total 7 



Supper: 



Boiled potatoes ( 2 potatoes) 2 



Bread (4 slices of white bread ) 2 



Saucer of prepared cereal 3 



Cup of hot water 



Total 7 



Total cost for the day 20 



At the end of the investigation Subject K had gained 8.-1 pounds 

 and showed a corresponding- increase in anthropometric measure- 

 ments. Judged by the results of an examination, there was no change 

 in his general health or physical condition. He passed his final exam- 

 inations with a clean record of A's, which indicates a scholarship far 

 above that of the average student. 



It appears, then, that this subject, the best developed and most 

 robust looking of all the men studied, judging by the data recorded, 

 lived on the lowest diet (50.8 grams of digestible protein and 1,847 

 calories of available energv per day on an average) and performed a 

 highly credita})le year's work without signs of physical deterioration. 



The amounts of protein and energy supplied 1)3^ the diet of this sub- 

 ject are very small. The low protein would be understjindable if the 



