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every other in all respects, but, as we know, the body needs food to build. 

 up and to repair its waste tissue as well as to furnish it with energy. 

 Mineral salts furnish no appreciable quantity of energy, but they are 

 very necessary as building material, so care must be taken that our 

 foods are not deficient in these salts. Proteins build the body as well 

 as furnish energy, and authorities say that from 10 to 14 per cent of 

 the calories of energy taken in our food should come from protein. They 

 also say that from 50 to 60 per cent of the calories should come from 

 carbohydrates. The bulletin tells what per cent of the food value of 

 each food is protein, what per cent fat, and what carbohydrate. 



To illustrate the use of the method we have selected from the 

 portions given 24 for a day's meals. 



MEALS FOR ONE DAY CALCULATED ON THE 100 CALORIE PORTION BASIS. 



