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CHAPTER IV 



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METABOLISM . . . . . .51 



1. Fasting metabolism . . . . . 51 



2. Insufficient feeding . . . . .55 



3. Abundant food supply formation of fat and flesh . 58 



a. The effect of protein . . . -59 



b. The effect of non-protein nitrogenous substances 65 



c. The effect of nitrogen-free nutrients . . 69 



d. The action of nitrogen-free nutrients upon the 



protein and fat metabolism . . 7 1 



e. Formation of body fat from food fat . . 74 

 /. Formation of body fat from carbohydrates . 77 

 g. The utilisation of complete foods . . .82 

 h. The effect of mineral substances . . -93 

 *. The effect of water . . . -99 



CHAPTER V 



THE UTILISATION OF FOOD AND ENERGY IN MUSCULAR 

 WORK LAWS OF PRODUCTION OF ENERGY . . 104 



1. The sources of muscular energy . . .104 



a. Protein as a source of muscular energy . .104 



b. The nitrogen-free nutrients (fats and carbo- 



hydrates) as a source of muscular energy . 106 



c. Storage of protein in consequence of muscular 



work ...... 108 



2. The relation between metabolism and muscular work . 109 



PART II 



THE FEEDING - STUFFS THEIR PROPERTIES, 

 CONSERVATION, PREPARATION, AND APPLIC- 

 ABILITY .... .113 



CHAPTER I 



THE NUTRIENT CONTENTS, PALATABLENESS, AND DUR- 

 ABILITY OF THE FEEDING-STUFFS . . . 115 



